Insecurity: Governors must take responsibility, resources are adequate – Gov Sule

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has urged state governors across the country to take full responsibility for security in their domains, emphasizing that the level of resources now available makes excuses unacceptable.

Speaking on Monday at the 2025 Northern Nigeria Investment and Industrialization Summit in Abuja, Sule highlighted that monthly allocations to the federal, state, and local governments have quadrupled under President Bola Tinubu’s reform-driven administration.

“For the first time in our history, all tiers of government are sharing more revenue than they ever imagined.”

“Over N2.2 trillion was shared this month alone. When I became governor in 2019, we were sharing between N590 billion and N620 billion. Today, it is four times that amount”, he said

Sule urged northern governors to channel the windfall into sectors capable of transforming the economy while also taking charge of the security of their states.

“Every state now has the resources to secure its people. We should stop blaming anybody for our security. If we are blaming anybody, blame ourselves,” he declared.

Highlighting progress in Nasarawa, Sule said his administration had compelled investors in solid minerals to establish processing plants in the state, leading to the commissioning of a 3,000-metric-tonne-per-day facility and the completion of another 6,000-tonne plant awaiting inauguration.

He also disclosed confirmed oil reserves of between five and seven million barrels and outlined plans to expand rice cultivation from 3,300 hectares to 8,000 hectares before the end of his tenure.

The summit, themed Unlocking Strategic Opportunities in Mining, Agriculture and Power, brought together stakeholders to explore pathways for industrialisation and investment across the region.

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) had earlier announced the disbursement of N2.22 trillion among the three tiers of government in August, out of a gross total of N3.63 trillion.