Lafia, Feb. 2, 2026 (NAN) Nasarawa State Government has approved N13 billion for Council Chairmen to construct one kilometre road in each of the 13 Local Government Areas of the State.
Aminu Muazu-Maifata, Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, stated this during a ministerial press conference on Monday in Lafia.
The event was organised by Dr Ibrahim Tanko, Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, to enable government officials to showcase their achievements.
Muazu-Maifata said that Gov. Abdullahi Sule had since granted autonomy to the LGAs and set up a structure to coordinate and ensure proper utilisation of the LGAs funds.
He said the structure was meant to review the demands of each LGA monthly in relation to their monthly allocations and other revenues, and agree on releases to address the demands.
“It is in our meeting with them that we agreed to construct one kilometre road in each area council and N13 billion was approved for the projects.
“From our savings, we have already released 30 per cent of the total sum to the chairmen, and work has commenced and is at different levels of completion.
“We are monitoring the progress of the constructions, and very soon, another batch of funds will be given to them to continue with the projects, ” he said.
He said this was in addition to many other projects the local government chairmen were executing in different sectors some of which had either been completed or currently ongoing.
“Taking a cue from the governor who believed in saving for rainy days, we have saved over N4 billion for the 13 LGAs,” the Commissioner added.
Muazu-Maifata explained that the Gov. Sule-led administration had no problem with the efforts to grant total financial and administrative autonomy to area councils.
He said the state government would support and champion whatever efforts were being made to ensure financial and administrative autonomy to LGAs in the country.
According to him, this is to ensure development at the lowest level of government.
He said that based on the governor’s counsel, the state had approved and was releasing 80 million monthly to the State Pension Bureau for payment of gratuity of retirees at the LGAs.
On his part, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Tanko, said that his ministry had created a lot of avenues, including the ministerial press conference, to inform the public about government policies, programmes and projects.
Tanko promised to sustain the enlightenment campaign through visits to project sites to enable the public to see the various projects embarked upon by the government in various areas.
The commissioner further explained that the government had included more projects in the 2026 budget.
“These projects are the highest in the history of the state, aimed at consolidating on the progress being made to enable the government to complete all ongoing projects.
He called on the public, to take ownership and protect public facilities such as schools and hospitals from vandals, criminals and saboteurs. (NAN)
