Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has called on his fellow northern governors to assume full responsibility for the security of their states, emphasizing that the unprecedented financial resources now available leave no room for excuses.

Speaking on Monday at the 2025 Northern Nigeria Investment and Industrialization Summit in Abuja, Sule highlighted that monthly allocations to the three tiers of government have quadrupled under the reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu.

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

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Sule added, “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.”

The governor urged northern leaders to direct the windfall into sectors that could transform their economies, stressing the importance of taking ownership of state security.

“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.

According to Daily Trust, Sule, emphasizing the accomplishments of his administration in Nasarawa, stated that investors in solid minerals were required to set up processing plants within the state. This initiative has resulted in the commissioning of a facility with a capacity of 3,000 metric tonnes per day, while another 6,000-tonne plant has been completed and is awaiting inauguration.

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

The summit, themed Unlocking Strategic Opportunities in Mining, Agriculture and Power, convened key stakeholders to explore pathways for industrialization and investment across northern Nigeria.