Highways in the Sky, Poverty on the Ground: The Nasarawa Infrastructure Paradox

By Ibrahim Nasiru The basic premise of economic governance is that capital allocation must mirror the productive realities of the population. When an administration spends billions on elite, high-altitude monuments while the agrarian grassroots lacks basic farm-to-market roads, functional healthcare clinics, and decent schools, it is building an unsustainable economic mirage. In Nasarawa State,…