Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu has said state governments are receiving improved funding under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, which has enabled them to implement development projects and programmes that directly benefit citizens.
Aliyu made the statement on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, in Bodinga Local Government Area during the flag-off of the sale of food items at subsidised rates to rural residents and junior civil servants.
The governor said the increased allocation had allowed his administration to execute projects and sustain palliative measures, including subsidised food sales and the payment of workers’ salaries on the 18th of every month.
Aliyu further noted that his administration has continued to provide logistics and other support to security agencies engaged in the fight against banditry in the state.
All the developmental projects we are executing in the state are as a result of the adequate funding we are receiving from the Federal Government.
“Similarly, all the palliatives we have been providing to our people, including this sale of food items at subsidized rates, as well as the payment of salaries on the 18th of every month, are also as a result of the adequate funding we receive from the Federal Government.”
He commended President Tinubu’s economic policies aimed at putting the country on the right track, describing them as “one of the best things to have happened to Nigeria.”
Governor Aliyu further assured President Tinubu of his administration’s total support for his re-election in 2027.
On the issue of insecurity in the state, the Governor said his administration had been providing support to security agencies to curb the menace of armed banditry.
He said his administration had done its best in supporting the security agencies, citing the recent provision of 62 armoured vehicles, in addition to more than 200 patrol vehicles and 2,000 motorcycles earlier donated to security agencies to enhance their operations and combat banditry in the state.
“We need to understand that addressing insecurity requires our collective support, and therefore, we must assist the security agencies with relevant information.
“We must equally expose informants living among us because they provide the bandits with information on happenings in our rural communities.”
The Governor also appealed to the people of the state to continue to pray fervently for an end to insecurity in the state and the nation at large.
