By Abel Leonard/Lafia
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule said he wants the state to be among the ten top revenue earners in the country.
He stated this while addressing participants at a two day training to facilitate budget preparation and implementation holding at the office of the Secretary to the State Government that, “Nasarawa State has never qualified for grant as a result of good budget preparation, never, according to the records that we have”.
“Even when it comes to our revenue, Nasarawa State is like number 27 and it doesn’t make sense, for a state such as this, to just be nine to the last,” the governor stated.
According to him, the current position of the state in terms of revenue earning was unacceptable and challenged Ministries, Departments and Agencies to compete amongst themselves in terms of revenue generation. “I intend to change the narrative and to make sure the state is reckon with when it comes to budget preparation and implementation.”
The governor charged the participants not to take the training lightly, calling on all and sundry to be committed as according to him, change doesn’t come easy.
Earlier in his opening remarks, an aide to the Governor on Sustainable Developments Goals, Abubakar Murtala Muhammad, said the training is for planning for budgeting, which he said, is a critical aspect of success for the administration of Engineer Sule.
