State is endowed with vast mineral resources and arable land for all-season farming which placed it in a better stead to serve as a favourable investment destination.
It was Alan Lakein, a well-known author on personal time management who defined planning as “bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it.” When Engineer Abdullahi Sule, assumed office as the governor of Nasarawa State, over one and half years ago, he left no one in doubt when he promised to turn around the economic fortunes of the state, to compete favorably with others.
True to his words and of course in his quest to match words with action, the governor in July, 2019 set up a 14 man economic and investment team headed by a renown Professor of law, Konyisola Ajayi-SAN. Gov Sule said “It is for this reason that we found it necessary to constitute an Investment and Economic Development Advisory Council, for the state to provide an effective mechanism for engaging the private sector on matters relating to investment and economic development of our beloved state”
Guided by 14 terms of reference, members of the economic advisory council, consisting of 15 tested individuals, are expected to leverage on their experience and network to unlock any possible constraints that might have hindered the progress of the economic potentials of the state and facilitate the in-flow of domestic and foreign investments to Nasarawa State.
He explained further that Engineer Sule has already exhibited the political will to make sure that Nasarawa State becomes the most preferred destination for doing business in the North Central and in Nigeria as a whole. That apart, Gov Sule, in February this year, flagged off the construction of a N1.9 billion Mega Bus Terminal in Karu near Abuja with a capacity of 900 parking spaces, to boost the economy of the state.
Similarly, the governor in May this year, awarded contract for the construction of N1.26 billion modern bus terminal in Lafia, the state capital.