Northern Nigeria No Longer Economic Parasite – Bauchi Governor

Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has rejected the long-standing communicative that Northern Nigeria depended solely connected the wealthiness generated by different parts of the country, declaring that the North has go a important contributor to the nation’s economy.

Speaking connected Thursday during the closing league of the 2025 Bauchi Investment Summit astatine the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Conference Centre successful Bauchi, the politician said the North has “over the years generated and contributed monolithic resources to the nationalist cake.”

“Northern Nigeria is not a parasite connected anybody,” helium stated firmly, drafting applause from participants and stakeholders.

Governor Mohammed noted the surge of concern commitments signed during the two-day acme arsenic wide impervious that the portion was emerging arsenic a large economical hub.

To him, capitalist assurance successful Bauchi State and neighbouring States reflected the North’s increasing economical relevance.

He argued that the epoch of depending connected crude lipid revenues from the South indispensable travel to an end, particularly since lipid deposits are present being discovered successful Bauchi and different bluish States.

“The lipid bromate has to end,” helium said, stressing that the find of crude lipid successful the North was reshaping Nigeria’s economical map.

Beyond oil, Governor Mohammed emphasised that the North is richly endowed with coagulated minerals and cultivation potential.

“The mineral resources successful Bauchi is aforesaid successful Plateau, Taraba, Kano and Borno,” helium noted, pointing retired that the region’s wealthiness has been undervalued for excessively long.

The politician called for a caller nationalist outlook, 1 that recognises Northern Nigeria arsenic a captious motor of maturation alternatively than a burden.

He said that with the rising investment, untapped resources, and renewed confidence, the North was acceptable to instrumentality its rightful spot arsenic a afloat economical spouse successful Nigeria’s development.