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Poverty Reduction:FG, States spent N50bn out of N400bn approved Sule

Aminu Imam

The Steering Committee on National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy, has said that out of the N400 billion approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for the committee to reduce poverty and enhance growth in the country about N50 billion has been spent. The co-chairman of the committee and governor of Nasarawa state, Abdullahi Sule, disclosed this on Wednesday, while speaking with State House correspondents after the meeting chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that the Steering Committee on National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy, was inaugurated…

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Nasarawa Gov., Sule reveals main reason Northern Governors want Tinubu to be President

Aminu Imam

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has explained the main reason northern governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) support the presidential candidate of the ruling party, Bola Tinubu, to ensure he becomes the next president of Nigeria. The Governor said this at the Government House in Lafia, the state capital, while meeting with the State party officials, members of his campaign council, as well as elected and appointed government officials yesterday. According to him, the Northern APC governors decided to queue behind Tinubu to ensure that power…

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Insecurity: “Gov. Sule collected N14.4bn Security Vote without securing Nasarawa”, Maku alleges

Aminu Imam

Director-General of the Nasarawa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council, Labaran Maku, yesterday alleged that the incumbent State governor, Abdullahi Sule, has collected a security vote of N14.4 billion for about four years without securing the State. Maku, who is a former Minister of Information, made the revelation at the headquarters of Wamba local government area, in continuation of the Nasarawa PDP State zonal campaign rally, insisting that people no longer go to their farms because there was no peace in the State any longer. The PDP campaign DG,…

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Nasarawa Assembly confirms 14 Commissioners

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nasarawa House of Assembly has confirmed as commissioners all the 14 nominees sent to it by Governor Abdullahi Sule. House Speaker Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi announced their confirmation after they were screened on Wednesday in Lafia. The speaker urged the new commissioners to live above board while discharging their duties. Those confirmed are Hon. Yakubu Kwanta -Akwanga, Hon. Yusuf Aliyu Turaki- Awe, Hajiya Aishatu Rufai Ibrahim- Awe, Hon. Salihu Enah- Doma, Prof. Umar Mikail Gurku- Karu, Nuhu Ibrahim Oshafu-Keana. Idris Mohammed Idris-Keffi, Mohammed Tanimu Sarki Lafia, Abimiku Hannatu Bala- Lafia,…

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Gov. Sule signs hotel regulation bill into law in Nasarawa

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has signed a bill to regulate operations of hotels and other related businesses in the state to address illegal and multiple taxes. Dogo Shammah, the state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, said this during an inspection tour of hotels and other related businesses facilities in Lafia on Thursday. According to him, the signing of the bill is to pave way for registration, centralisation and collection of hotel taxes into a single account and to address multiple and illegal taxes in the industry. We cannot operate outside the provision…

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