So we have made big strides in the area of security, let me count in the area of security, before his coming do you know that security has been one of our challenges, every week we pass without not mentioning any issue of kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry, and all the criminal vices. But now thank God and thank His Excellency with the security measures he has put in place, I think the vices are dying down.
His Excellency has come with a business background, a private sector background to know that look, governing a state is not just about paying salaries or attending burials or attending to your senior citizens, it's about all value you bring to the state and this value can only be brought by industries, by economic activities and by such factors as are in the NEDS document.
That he took all those promises he made one by one to make sure that he execute each of them. He's a man that always says what he means, and means what he says, he's not a man that he will say something and tomorrow comes to deny it. and before he says something, he knows exactly what he's talking about.
There is no any Local Government Area in the state that has not experienced infrastructural development, it has not witnessed one erected development structure or the other, he made sure that communities benefit from his developmental programs. When you go to each and every Local Government Area now, there is one project or the other, be it Health, Education, Road, Water, Sanitation, and other basic amenities that would improve the lives of people at the grassroots.
Government has been very tensed for quite some time, the history of insecurity in Toto Local government is never a thing of today. It has been there for decades, there has been cases of tribal crisis, cases of kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry and so on. When I came in, actually, particularly in th April 24 2018, there was a serious
Economic revitalization of the state, the Nasarawa Investment and Development Agency is a creation of the law and it is a key part of our enabling business environment effort, one the governor intended to create an investment promotion shop for the state as well also an institution that would do business with the private sector on behalf of the state but having the private sector to lead.
I am Comrade Taida Adam Jibrin, Secretary-General of people living with disability, youth wing of Nasarawa state. When we talk of the Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule administration, to me, to put it in an obvious term, I always narrow it as he is the messiah of vulnerable and the disabled. I don't
APC, the same… because we consider Almakura as our mentor and as our leader and the rest of… so all his projects, A.A Sule decided to complete them. And that is unique about Engr. A.A Sule, unlike most other people that might want to ignore projects that their predecessors and start theirs, but he thought that, rather than allowing resources to waste, let us complete them because of course, they were conceived, and they are meant to be for the good of the people, so let's finish it.
There are many things, the Association of people living with disability has gained in this administration. Our people living with disability had a para-soccer and Engineer Abdullahi A.A. Sule directed the Ministry of Sports and Rehabilitation Board to take us to Abuja for the “End Polio Para-soccer competition”. At the end of that competition, our people took second position and we brought the cup to the Ministry of Sports.
The current governor has really demonstrated total commitment and total support. If you go around the state, what you are going to find is that, our Primary and Secondary schools are being renovated, some of them are being fenced in order to secure the land.
He can say to you: 'please talk to them or talk to him, embrace yourselves as brothers, forgive and forget so that we can move ahead! To make peace and heal wounds is his passion! That is Engineer Abdullahi Sule for you, the Executive Governor of Nasarawa State.
He is a different kind of politician, maybe because of his background. Both his biological background which is very humble and his professional background which is from the private sector, a combination of these two, has produced an individual well rounded.
Wamba has been in existed as a former Local Government since 1996 and for the first time, the Sisin Baki road has been completed!. That road alone has opened the Farin Ruwa, and has opened up the Farin Ruwa waterfalls to the rest of the world.
It is obvious that the Government of His Excellency, Engineer Abdullahi Sule is keeping to its promises, particularly in the aspect or area of making the state competitive.
If you say His Excellency, Engr. Abdullahi A Sule is supporting entertainment, I would say not only entertainment that he support, he supports creativity.
Let me say with pride that we have told people, come and elect governor A.A Sule, he will industrialize and revolutionize Nasarawa state. Massively he is doing today that, and to my greatest surprise and to the joy of everybody.
I used to call him Mr. Perfect, human being, we cannot be perfect, it is only God that is perfect, but I call him that name because he is a person you can give him 80%.
What needs to be done by this administration they have done it. They have awarded the tower cabin, contract. They have awarded the fencing project; they have paid unpaid bills of the previous contracts. I don't think any contractor is being owed money on the Laia Airport project by Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule
I have seen commitment in real form with Engr. A.A Sule. He is easygoing and he listens to you, but he knows he is committed, and he knows what he wants.
When you want to say anything about engineer Abdullahi Sule, he has been able to “disquiet the quiet, and quiet the disquiet”, he has been able to bring all the warring factions, politically, socially, economically, were housing in a very one container called Nasarawa state.
His Excellency has already directed that we should look into and come up with a scholarship program for indigenes of the state in medical sciences so that we can encourage indigenes from the state to become doctors!
When my husband was alive, he called him and said, your Excellency sir, I have finished my house, what I need now is light, the Governor did not hesitate, he asked him to apply for a transformer, which he did. Lo and behold before you know it, the transformer was mounted, and they drew the light down to the house
Before his coming, we had accreditation in just one department, full accreditation in Family Medicine. But right now we have accreditation in Obstetrics and Gynecology department, we have in Pediatric department, Internal Medicine and in Surgery.
At the zonal level, the notorious SisinBaki/Kwara road which has been a nightmare is today a foregone story because what would have taken you a complete day's journey is taking you not more than fifteen minutes, and this is courtesy of Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule
For the past years we have been looking for sport-loving governor, and by His grace God has done it for us. We really appreciate Engineer A.A. Sule
He is transparent, he is honest, he is an individual with integrity, and he says what he means and he means what he says. Unlike the typical Politician out there whom when he speaks or when he speaks, you can't be sure of the possible outcome of the promises made.
For the first time now in Nasarawa state, we have a governor who is an industrialist who support industry, people to come and invest within whatever industry in Nasarawa state, and that encompasses the Film Industry which is another field of development. For Governor Abdullahi A. Sule, he is an industrialist and that is why he saw it necessary that film industry should be supported.
at least the narrative will change. The former Governor has tried his best by engaging us, but he absorbed us into the mainstream of the civil service, as I am speaking to you now, my life have changed, and the life of my colleagues have changed too. Some people said they are just using us, they will dump us, and at the end of
The project is a big project, it is very, very massive, the initial idea is a film village, but when they went there and saw what the site held, they decided we could call it a “Film City”, instead of a village, because a whole city can be built around Farin Ruwa as a tourist destination, so they came up with the idea of having a 3 Star hotel there, having village like chalet, special settings, so within the film city we can have a sub, you know, a structure called “the village” with everything you can think of
Supports creativity, you know, this is the first of its kind, you know, I am somebody that don't love like supporting politicians or follow them up, or all that. But I am telling you this is the first of its kind that we have a government that is open, so open to creativity. Once you are creative, once you have something new on board, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule is there to support.
Governor Abdullahi Alhaji Sule has performed tremendously well in terms of delivering what we call the dividend of democracy and good governance, insecurity, which is paramount, when he came on board there were a lot.
From the Primary to the Secondary and to the Tertiary levels. If you go round the state, what you are going to find is that our Primary and Secondary schools are being renovated, some of them are being fenced in order to secure the land. There are also efforts being made in order to nurture science schools in each of the senatorial districts, they are also going to provide them with special incentives so that they can run the science programs, and nurture secondary school students who can be very good in science.
pension so far, we don't owe anybody any amount as far as pension is concerned. Just as you receive your monthly salary, so also the pensioners have been collecting their monthly pension, most times even the pensioners will collect their pension before the salary earners get theirs, and there has never been any reduction that…
The large expanse of land that has been acquired and has been earmarked for Cassava farming will invariably make Wamba Local Government to become a major producer of Ethanol. This is a very big project not only for Nasarawa state, but for the country at large, which will generate additional income for Nigeria.
They should be the ones to be calling for that one. Since the inception of democracy in 1999, we've never seen a one-kilometer project until the arrival of this divine Governor, A.A Sule, and which is the construction over twenty-kilometer road from Mararaba to Udege. It is giant because it takes over 3 billion nairas and that is first of a kind since the inception of democracy since 1999 to date.
Governor A.A Sule established the commission of people living with disability which is called the Disability Right Commission in the state in order to help the lives of people living with disability in any capacity.
Yeah, he has done a lot as my chairman has said it all, he has done a lot for the team in short since he came in as governor, he has done a lot. Many things that we have been having challenges for so many years, and since he A. A Sule came in he has done in short almost 99% of it. So as you can see my chairwoman has said everything I have to say here, so mine is just to thank God and
I must say this is the first state where I have seen a government come in and continue, you know, with what the prior governor has done, and I must… I honestly I am quite impressed with our governor, and I really appreciate his simplicity and his humility, you know, and objectivity to be able to carry on what he knows will be beneicial to the state and the citizens and nothing political about it
Now without security nobody is going to bring his hard earned money to invest, and we are not talking of money that is in one million naira or ive hundred thousand, we are talking about billions either in dollars or in naira, we are talking of real capital. And I think that one of the greatest things that we must commend our governor is that realization that if I cannot secure somebody's capital, he is not going to bring it to my state.
He is such a man that has a good vision for inter-governmental relationships and you have to work closely with NGOs and donor agencies, people that have a developmental focus on them to bring development to your local government, and in so doing His Excellency has impacted and improved the social and infrastructural lives of Akwanga local government.
As I told you, His Excellency, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule believes in transparency and accountability in governance and his resolve for the first time in the history of Nasarawa state is to ensure that we have a law duly enacted to ensure there is transparency and accountability in spending government resources. Hence, today we have that law in place which my office actually handle in
Distribution of fertilizer and also other farm implements, you will recall that in the history of this state, we have never lagged off dry season farming, and so when His Excellency came, he emphasized and he encouraged us to go into dry season farming, and so the assurance here is that, there will be all round year food production, and there will also be food for everybody all throughout the year.
Well, I must say that, emm, all this I have talked about wouldn't have been achieved without the support of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Nasarawa state, Engr. A.A Sule, a very, very dedicated man who is vast in all phase of knowledge, and the very good thing about him is, he is always ready to learn. And because life is about learning, we learn every day, even when I was there lecturing in the university, I used to tell my students.
I am happy that I am working with a Governor that loves security and I'm a security practitioner. He is assisting us to really use our security expertise to build security structure in Nasarawa State so that security will make Nasarawa State a place where people can actualize themselves with little or without criminal intimidation.
You see, it's not every man who is a Governor that would want to complete someone else's projects, and I think for him it's a big plus to be able to complete projects that he saw on the ground. If he wanted to play to the gallery, to try to show that, ok he also has his own projects, he would simply have done that. So, it tells you the difference between men there are those who wish their states well, and there are those who are individual propaganda would want to do.
We appreciate God for the choice of the person of Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule as the governor of Nasarawa State not for the fact the is an engineer but to some extent even as a person who has attended level of proficiency in business administration and human resource management that could attest from his ability to deliver promises made even during his first year in office where he promise to do so many and I must say without any iota of doubt that he has achieve 80% of his promises made to deliver dividends of democracy during his first 100days in office.
It makes us feel proud that we are living in a time when we have a man that has a very clear focus and knows what it means to execute and deliver the dividends of democracy to all people and we have a 100% confidence that he will deliver to all Nasarawa citizens his promise because he is a man of honor and integrity
If you have a right-thinking person, he will do exactly what Engineer Sule is doing because he has taken him time to complete all the projects that were put on ground.
There are some politicians that would only want to keep to only those that supported them from day one. But for A.A Sule, those that supported them in the morning and those that supported him in the afternoon, and those that supported him in the evening, as far as he is concerned, they are all his supporters, and anything can be extended to anybody. That is accommodating.
It is always said that Allah SWT will give you a leader, either that will befit the set of people that Allah will want him to serve. And Alhamdulillah, we can find that in the Governor that Allah SWT has given to us. We needed, at this time, someone, of the caliber of His Excellency, the present Governor Engineer Abdullahi Sule; someone that you can find humble, simple, accessible, but most importantly, someone you can say, without any form of contradiction, outrightly an honest leader.