{"id":41461,"date":"2024-08-01T09:13:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T09:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=41461"},"modified":"2024-08-01T09:13:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T09:13:38","slug":"nigerians-should-ask-governors-what-theyre-doing-with-improved-revenues-gov-sule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/08\/01\/nigerians-should-ask-governors-what-theyre-doing-with-improved-revenues-gov-sule\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians Should Ask Governors What They\u2019re Doing With Improved Revenues \u2013 Gov Sule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has urged Nigerians to hold their state governors accountable for the improved allocations from the federation account. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today<\/em>, Governor Sule addressed concerns related to the planned nationwide protest against economic hardship.<\/p>\n

He highlighted the importance of questioning state governors about how they are utilizing the increased revenues provided by the federal government. Sule emphasized that the focus should not solely be on the federal government but also on the state-level actions and policies.<\/p>\n

“Most of the time people are looking at some of the hard economic decisions the president has taken. That is his own style. Two decisions taken are bringing these economic reforms. One, is the subsidy removal and the second is the floating of the forex. These are the two major policies people keep on complaining about. And people are asking where the money is. The money is there. It is being given to various people and places and coming to the people in different ways,” he explained.<\/p>\n

Sule used Nasarawa State as an example, noting that while there are challenges, there are also opportunities for development and progress through the improved revenues. He called for transparency and accountability at all levels of government to ensure that the benefits of these economic policies reach the people.<\/p>\n

“President Tinubu doesn\u2019t have land anywhere. The lands belong to the state. He can\u2019t go and do agriculture anywhere, for example. They have already started construction of highways from Badagry to Calabar. The one from Calabar is coming to Abuja and the one from Badagry going to Sokoto State. There are many of them,” he added.<\/p>\n

Sule also mentioned that local governments in Nasarawa State are receiving increased revenues and are not owing salaries, highlighting the positive impact of the federal government’s economic decisions at the local level. “The local governments in Nasarawa State when they receive their own after the FEC meeting they are getting 100% increase in their revenue. They used to receive N2.2 billion. Today they receive more than N4 billion. Local governments in Nasarawa do not owe anybody salary. They have some savings,” he stated.<\/p>\n

Governor Sule’s remarks underscore the need for Nigerians to actively engage with and hold their state leaders accountable for the effective use of public funds to alleviate economic hardships and foster development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has urged Nigerians to hold their state governors accountable for the improved allocations from the federation account. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today, Governor Sule addressed concerns related to the planned nationwide protest against economic hardship. He highlighted the importance of questioning state governors about how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":41464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41461"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41471,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41461\/revisions\/41471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}