The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, when speaking with the newsmen  at the sidelines of the Nigerian Bar Association’s annual conference in Lagos State, about the  local government autonomy, the issue of state police and other issues. 

It’s about 100 days since you were sworn in as the governor, what would you describe as your major achievement?

First is the issue of peace and stability that we have had in the state, in addition to the unity and cohesion in the state. Starting from the party primaries, the 10 aspirants that contested the primary election with me decided to be members of the campaign council after I won. I mean all of them. The person who came second in the election decided to even be the chairman of the campaign council that produced us. So, we have some level of unity and stability in the state.

What are the things you have done in the major sectors?

In the area of education, we have completed most of the projects, especially for skill acquisition centres, special education and technical education. Also, we have seen the completions and near completion of most of the primary and secondary schools projects that were initiated by the former administration. In the area of special education, one of our biggest achievements is that the former administration set up a special school for the disabled. SUBEB is excited about that and they have said they would build another one for us to complement what the state had done. So, we will end up with two established special schools to cater for those who have a disability to ensure that they are being carried along. On road construction started by the former administration, we have been able to complete most of them while we are still on some of them. We have also given out new ones. We listed about 14 areas of interest that we strongly believe we are going to focus on and one of them is to ensure that we promote our agricultural sector. We are already working with the Federal Government to give us a facility of N1.5bn to empower the youth. Right now, they are undergoing training before they are given the funds, and we have identified land areas where those farms would be situated.