Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima is expected on a one-day working visit to Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital on Friday, January 3rd, 2025.
Governor Abdullahi Sule made this known during the signing of the 2025 appropriation bill at the Government House on Monday.
According to the Governor, Vice President Shettima is billed to participate in four major official engagements that include the graduation of over 1000 trained technicians at the Wing Commander Ibrahim Abdullahi Vocational and Technical Institute, with the trainees drawn from across the country.
He added that the Vice President is expected to perform the groundbreaking ceremony of the construction of the head office of the Nasarawa Investment Development Agency (NASIDA), as well as the Multi Outdoor Court, funded by the World Bank through a $4m facility.
The Governor further said that Vice President Shettima will also be at hand to hand over tractors to local government chairmen, distribute rice seedlings, as well as relief materials to internally displaced persons who were affected by floods.
“The VP is very interested in showing that the rice we cultivated in Jangwa is continuous and not just for one season. We are going to distribute rice seedlings to every local government area so that the local chairmen will come and collect their tractors and also collect seedlings and every local government will go, just like the state is doing in Jangwa and Agwatashi. 500 hectares. 1000 hectares, whatever they will be able to do, we are giving the tractors and seedlings.
“Also, we have received about N3bn from the FG to support flood victims and the IDPs. Most of the items to be given to them have been bought by NASEMA and Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The VP will participate in the distribution of these items,” he stated.
Governor Sule said it is expected that Shettima will pay homage to the palace of the Emir of Lafia, HRH Justice Sidi Muhammad Bage (rtd).
He therefore, appealed for support from the people of the state in order to make the Vice President’s visit successful.
