It’s Nobody’s Business If I Sell Niger State To Raise Funds – Gov Bago
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has told residents that how he sources funds for state projects is not their concern, stressing that even if he decides to sell the state, it remains his prerogative.
Bago, who made the remark on August 11, 2025, during a stakeholders’ engagement meeting in Tafa, Gurara and Suleja local governments for his second-term endorsement, dismissed fears that his administration is piling up loans.
In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, the governor said, “If I were to sell Niger State to raise funds for the state projects, what is your business? People should wait till after my eight-year tenure in office to question my worth, as I will be leaving the state with zero debt after eight years. I will also show you that this is what I met on the ground and this is what I’m leaving the state with.
“People are worried I’m collecting loans, but I haven’t started acquiring loans yet. This is just the beginning, and for the past administrations that collected loans, what did they do with them? Why are people taking medication for my headache?” he asked.
On criticisms of poor infrastructure, the governor said his government is only fixing what it inherited.
“They said schools, hospitals, and roads have gone bad. Is it my administration’s responsibility for it, or aren’t we just repairing what we met? People are posting and saying that just two years of my tenure, I have damaged schools, hospitals, and roads. We will not castigate one another because we belong to the same party; we are not fools,” he stated.
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