*Lament neglect by govt *Blame NSHA of complicity By our Correspondent Pensioners in Nasarawa State are recounting tales of woe, lamenting their plight after leaving service, 35 years after their first working day or upon attainment of the mandatory retirement age. In an interview with a cross-section of pensioners residing in and around the state … Continue reading Pensioners tell tales of woe

BY RAYYANU BALA Let me first begin by referring readers of this column to the issue which I discussed in my last piece on this page which centered on the chances of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura’s purported Senatorial ambition. I titled the article “Nasarawa South: Al-makura as front-runner” Anybody who read the article with an … Continue reading AL-MAKURA AND THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

By Rayyanu Bala Baring last minute change of mind, Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura is going for the senate seat of Nasarawa South come 2019. This is as certain as anything one can think of, at least for now. Indeed, going by body language, we can conclusively aver that Governor Al-makura is going for this seat. … Continue reading NASARAWA SOUTH: AL-MAKURA AS FRONTRUNNER

Th one-day state visit by the President and Commander in Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Muhammadu Buhari to Nasarawa state which commences today could not have come at a better time than now. We in Nasarawa Eye view the visit by the President as home coming considering the fact that the people of the … Continue reading EDITORIAL: AS BUHARI VISITS NASARAWA: WE ARE WITH MR PRESIDENT COME RAIN,COME SHINE.

By Rayyanu Bala President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB for short, is of-course, a man who many love to hate and many love to associates with. For us in Nasarawa state, we love and cherishes his integrity long before he stepped his foot into Aso Villa. When in 2011, 35 states, in the estimation of INEC, chastened … Continue reading WHY NASARAWA CITIZENS ADORE BUHARI

By Rayyanu Bala President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB for short, is of-course, a man who many love to hate and many love to associates with. For us in Nasarawa state, we love and cherishes his integrity long before he stepped his foot into Aso Villa. When in 2011, 35 states, in the estimation of INEC, chastened … Continue reading WHY NASARAWA CITIZENS ADORE BUHARI

By Rayyanu Bala Probity of Accountability especially in business of governance in Nasarawa state has been a rarity in the past. In the past  the situations was akin to  ”everybody to himself and God to all” in other words business of governance in the state at that epoch was characterized by wanton embezzlement of pubic … Continue reading ​FREEZING OF MDAs ACCOUNTS AND AL-MAKURA’S PASSION FOR PROBITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

By Rayyanu Bala The presentation of 2018 budget proposal to the state House of Assembly by Governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura has provided further evidence in the study of good but mutual working relationship between the executive and the legislators in the state.  2018 budget otherwise known as Appropriation Bill which was presented at the floor of the state House of … Continue reading NASARAWA 2018 BUDGET: A STUDY OF MUTUAL RAPPORT BETWEEN TWO ARMS OF GOVERNMENT.