Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has called for improved revenue allocation to the State, saying current sharing formula does not reflect the reality of the State’s fast-growing population.
Governor Sule spoke on Monday at the Government House, Lafia, when he received a team from the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
The RMAFC team, led by Waziri Ahmed Hassan, were in the State to verify and update population and demographic data ahead of a review of the national revenue allocation formula.
The governor told the team that Karu Local Government Area had become the fastest-growing council in Nigeria, with the number of registered voters alone rising from about 100,000 to over 730,000 within a few years, a trend that mirrors the explosive growth in the area’s population and economic activity.
He said this growth was not being matched by a corresponding increase in the state’s share of federal revenue.
