Get Guardian on GoogleNasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has read the riot act to members of the State Executive Council, directing them to focus attention on completing all ongoing projects rather than initiating new ones, warning that he would not bequeath uncompleted or unpaid contracts to the next administration.
Governor Sule gave the charge during the first Executive Council meeting of the year held at the Government House, Lafia, with projections indicating that 2026 presents the only full calendar year his administration would have before the 2027 general elections begin to take centre stage.
His words, “I want us to focus and concentrate on completion rather than new project. Everyday I see new requests especially from the Ministry of Works about new projects, including the Ministry of Education, NUDA. I want us to give jobs. I don’t want us as an administration to leave an outstanding job to the next administration.”
The Governor, however, emphasized on the need for the Executive Council members to focus on completing all ongoing projects in the state.
“Please, I would like a situation where all the jobs we are giving will be completed by us, so that when we are handing over, we are handing over completed jobs, not just completed but paid. So that when we are handing over, we are not leaving either the payment of the job or the completion of the job to another administration.”
His directive, which sets the tone for his administration’s thrust towards the 2027 elections, came against the backdrop of what he described as “distractions” from political activities, including the recently released All Progressives Congress timetable for congresses and the Independent National Electoral Commission’s election timetable.
“This is the year that we have to make that decision because this is the full year that we have. Next year we don’t have a full year to operate. Next year we don’t have that full year. That is the reason why I call on you that please, let us focus, if you already have so many jobs out there, let’s go there and complete them before we start asking for additional jobs,” he added.
The meeting, which had in attendance the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa State, Labaran Shuaibu Magaji, SAN and commissioners, as well as the MD/CEO of the Nasarawa State Investment Development Agency (NASIDA), Ibrahim Abdullahi, witnessed the Governor outlining an ambitious project commissioning calendar for 2026, describing the year as “the most productive year in the history of this administration.”
According to Governor Sule, March 2026 would witness the commissioning of the lithium plant in the state by Vice President Kashim Shettima, describing the facility as a major milestone in the state’s quest to harness its solid mineral deposits for economic transformation.
Between July and August, the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations university of leadership would be commissioned, with the institution scheduled to take off fully in November following the visit of a global alliance in October.
Infrastructure projects feature prominently in the commissioning schedule, with the Keffi flyover billed for commissioning between October and November, while the Akwanga underpass, dualisation and bypass project would be commissioned around June or July this year.
The Governor also disclosed that various markets nearing completion in Awe, Wamba, Nasarawa, Toto and Doma local government areas would be commissioned between April and May, while the dual flyover in Mararaba would be commissioned between December this year and January next year.
