NASIDA: Driving Nasarawa’s Quiet Industrial Revolution

In the last few years, Nasarawa State has quietly transformed from a sleepy neighbour of the Federal Capital Territory into one of the most talked about investment destinations in North Central Nigeria.
At the centre of this transformation is the Nasarawa State Investment and Development Agency (NASIDA), an agency that has become the engine room of Governor Abdullahi Sule’s economic vision.
NASIDA was established by law in 2020 as the state’s one-stop shop for investors, with a clear mandate to initiate, promote, facilitate and coordinate investment in the state through greenfield projects, public-private partnerships, privatisation, concessions and the commercialisation of state-owne...