Radda · Jobe
About
The leadership behind the Building Your Future agenda.
- Senatorial zones
- 3
- Local governments
- 34
- Wards
- 361
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The Governor
Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, PhD, CON
Executive Governor of Katsina State
Dikko Umaru Radda was born on 10 September 1969 and grew up in Katsina State. He attended Radda Primary School, Zaria Teachers College and Kafanchan College of Education, then earned a B.Tech in Agricultural Economics and Extension from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. He holds an M.Sc. in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology and a PhD from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
He served as Chairman of Charanchi Local Government Area from 2003 to 2008. He was a founding member of the All Progressives Congress and its National Welfare Secretary, then Chief of Staff to Governor Aminu Bello Masari after the 2015 election. As Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), he championed small businesses nationwide.
Elected Governor in March 2023, he took office on 29 May 2023 on the 'Building Your Future' agenda. He is a Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), and in 2016 he founded the Gwagware Foundation to support rural communities.
Timeline
1969
Born on 10 September
1996
B.Tech, Agricultural Economics and Extension, ATBU Bauchi
2003
Elected Chairman, Charanchi LGA (to 2008)
2014
APC National Welfare Secretary
2015
Chief of Staff to the Governor of Katsina State
2016
Founded the Gwagware Foundation
2019
Director-General, SMEDAN
2023
Sworn in as Governor of Katsina State, 29 May
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The Deputy Governor
Hon. Faruk Lawal Jobe
Deputy Governor of Katsina State
Faruk Lawal Jobe was elected Deputy Governor of Katsina State alongside Governor Dikko Umaru Radda in the 2023 election and was sworn in on 29 May 2023. He succeeded Mannir Yakubu.
He served as Acting Governor when Governor Radda took a month's leave in July 2024. He led the state's pilgrims as Amirul-Hajj in 2025 and represents the Governor at key events, including the August 2025 flag-off of ward-level town halls in his home ward in Kankara.
Timeline
2023
Sworn in as Deputy Governor, 29 May
2024
Acting Governor during the Governor's leave
2025
Amirul-Hajj, Katsina State pilgrims
Three years in office
A message from the Governor
“We are not yet where we want to be — but we are no longer where we were.”
In his anniversary message, Governor Radda describes Building Your Future as "a covenant: that government must work, institutions must function, and public resources must translate into visible impact in the lives of our people."
Katsina State
The Home of Hospitality at a glance
One of the ancient Hausa city-states, created as a state on 23 September 1987 from the old Kaduna State, on Nigeria's border with Niger Republic.
24,192km²
Land area
9–10m
Estimated population (2023)
5.8m
2006 census population
1987
Year the state was created
34
Local government areas
361
Wards
Major towns
Katsina (the capital), Daura, Funtua, Malumfashi and Dutsin-Ma: commercial, educational and administrative hubs.
Economy
Farming is the main employer: millet, sorghum, maize, rice, beans, groundnut and cotton, with cattle, goats, sheep and poultry. Irrigation, agro-processing and small businesses are growing.
Learning
Umaru Musa Yar'adua University, Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Federal University Dutsin-Ma, the Federal University of Transportation, Daura, the University of Health Sciences, Funtua, and colleges of education and nursing.
Heritage
Seat of the Katsina Emirate, home of the centuries-old Gobarau Minaret and a historic centre of Islamic scholarship and trans-Saharan trade, known for Durbar festivals, leatherwork, embroidery, dyeing and metalwork.
Governors of Katsina State since 1987
- 1
Col. Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar
1987–1988 · Military administrator
- 2
Col. Joseph Akaagerger
1988–1989 · Military administrator
- 3
Col. John Madaki
1989–1990 · Military administrator
- 4
Col. Clement Akpamgbo
1990–1992 · Military administrator
- 5
Alhaji Saidu Barda
1992–1993 · Civilian governor
- 6
Col. Yakubu Muazu
1993–1996 · Military administrator
- 7
Col. Emmanuel Ogoina
1996–1998 · Military administrator
- 8
Wing Commander Tukur Ahmed
1998–1999 · Military administrator
- 9
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
1999–2007 · Civilian governor
- 10
Ibrahim Shehu Shema
2007–2015 · Civilian governor
- 11
Aminu Bello Masari
2015–2023 · Civilian governor
- 12
Dikko Umaru Radda
2023–present · Civilian governor
One state, three senatorial zones
Katsina Central, Katsina North (Daura) and Katsina South (Funtua): 34 LGAs and 361 wards.
- All zones
- 3
- LGAs
- 34
- Wards
- 361
- Katsina Central
- Katsina North (Daura)
- Katsina South (Funtua)