01/10/2022
Nigeria@62, Nasarawa@26: Engineer Sule highlights achievements, urges restraint during political campaigns
As Nigeria and Nasarawa State mark their 62nd and 26th anniversary, Governor Abdullahi Sule has highlighted the achievement of his administration recorded so far, calling on the people of the state to eschew politics of bitterness and rivalry leading to the 2023 general elections.
Governor Sule highlited his key achievements while delivering his independence day/anniversary at the Lafia Square, on Saturday.
The Governor equally called on the people and as 2023 political campaigns commence in earnest, to play politics without bitterness as Nasarawa State remain the only home for the people.
Speaking on the giant strides recorded by his administration, Engineer Sule called on the people of the state to see what his administration has done particularly in the areas of security, economic transformation, employment generation among others.
Realising that security is the bedrock of any meaningful development, the Governor said, his administration embarked on a sustained collaboration with security agencies, providing them with logistics towards ensuring protection of lives and property.
He added that, this is in addition to the provision of operational vehicles and motorcycles to enhance effective coverage and quick response to security threats.
This is in addition to the establishment of military super camps at Kenyehu and Udege in Toto and Nasarawa Local Government Areas, as well as 4 Special Forces in Doma to tackle security threats in the area.
In the area of economy and investment, Governor Sule explained that his administration initiated and executed policies and programmes for the sustainable development of the state, launching the Nasarawa Economic Development Strategy (NEDS), which outlines the development blueprint of the government.
By religiously abiding to the NEDS, Engineer Sule said his administration thereafter established the Nasarawa Inve