By Ayodele Oni
To ensure safety of life and property, Nasarawa State Government is set to establish a surveillance base in each of its three senatorial zones to enhance security across the State.
The State Commissioner for Finance, Hajiya Munira Abdullahi, revealed this during a citizens’ budget townhall consultation for Nasarawa West zone, on Wednesday in Keffi Local Government Area.
The Commissioner, while reacting to stakeholders’ quest for improved security in the state, reiterated Governor Abdullahi Sule’s commitment to the protection of lives and properties of all citizens through proactive security measures.
According to the Commissioner, the surveillance bases will be located at the flashpoints in the three Senatorial Zones and equipped with modern technology surveillance equipments to enhance intelligence-driven security.
She maintained that the State would work in collaborate with security agencies to ensure the effectiveness of the security surveillance bases.
The Commissioner, while declaring open the citizens’ townhall consultation, said it was a symbol of the State Government’s unwavering commitment to inclusive governance, transparency, and participatory budgeting.
“The theme for this year: ‘Fostering Collaboration on Resource Allocation – Key to Participation in Governance’ , speaks directly to the core of our vision of ensuring that every citizen, regardless of background or status, has a say in how Government resources are allocated.”
Mrs Abdullahi pointed out that since inception of citizen budget engagement in Nasarawa, the State has made progress in ensuring that budgeting is no longer a top-down affair.
“Budgeting in Nasarawa State is now a people-centrered process where your voices, your needs, and your aspirations inform and shape government planning and implementation.”
The commissioner, therefore, urged the participants to speak freely and articulate the needs of the people they represent, saying that all their submissions would be reviewed and considered in the 2026 budget.
“Our goal remains to build a budget that truly reflects the priorities of the people,” she said.
Also speaking, Mr Peter Akolo – Ataka, Director, Budget in the ministry said that participants at the townhall consultation were drawn from the informal sector from the Western Senatorial zone comprised of Keffi, Kokona, Karu, Nasarawa and Toto local government areas of the state.
He stated that the participants included representatives of youth groups, women organisations, faith-based organisations, farmers associations, traders associations, Civil Society Organisations amongst others.
Akolo-Ataka pointed out that as part of efforts to ensure a robust engagement, the ministry provided an abridge version of the 2025 budget – both in English and an Hausa translation for better understanding by the participants.
Some of the participants in their various submissions, appreciated the effort of the state government to carry citizens along in the budgeting process.
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