The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has dropped the ‘His Excellency’ title for ‘Farmer Governor’.
Bago made this known on Tuesday during the 2024 budget estimate of N613.3 billion presentation to the state Assembly, including government functionaries and the eight emirs of the Emirate councils.
Bago, who described the budget as a budget of the future, said the budget would drive the government’s programme for a new Niger state, urging residents to support the government in its programmes to transform the state.
He also announced to the audience that he should henceforth be called the ‘Farmers Governor’, which aligns with his determination to transform the state into a leading farming state.
He said: “I want to inform the people of Niger state that from today, my nomenclature has changed, and I wish to be addressed as Farmer Governor Bago from henceforth.”
In his remarks, the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Sarkin Daji, assured the governor and audience that the budget would be thoroughly screened and passed within one week.
