Governor Muhammad Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State revealed on Tuesday that each of the 36 states of the federation had received N10 billion budget support from the Federal Government.
Governor Badaru disclosed this in his remark at the foundation laying ceremony of the Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project in Katsina.
According to him, the Federal Government supported each state with N1 billion for 10 months running to enable them to shoulder some of their responsibilities.
Governor Badaru added that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration supported each state through the Paris Club refund, where a small state like Jigawa got N40 billion.
Apart from this, the states were supported by President Buhari through other interventions such as bailout funds.
He similarly recalled that before the advent of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led administration, about 27 states could not pay workers’ salaries despite the large earnings from oil revenue.
“If not for the president’s support, most of the states could not have achieved what they achieved. We, therefore, thank the president,” he said.
He described the railway project as an important economic venture that would facilitate international trade between the country and its neighbours.
Earlier, in their separate remarks, Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State and his Kano State counterpart, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, applauded the initiative of the president on the railway project, describing it as a means to improve import and export within the West African sub-region.
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