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Crowds walk along a newly built embankment beside a reservoir

Photo: Three Years in Office magazine, Katsina State Government

Achievements
Environment & ClimateProjectOngoing

ACReSAL: 8.9 km of storm drains and the Jibia flood defences

World Bank-assisted drainage, river embankments and emergency flood works protect homes and farmland.

8.9km

Storm drains, Katsina

4.129km

Jibia river embankment

4.2km

Jibia retaining wall

₦21.42bn

Paid on ongoing contracts

Under the World Bank-assisted ACReSAL programme, 8.9 km of storm water drainage and erosion control was built along Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Way in Katsina metropolis.

Jibia Phase II flood control added a 4.129 km emergency river embankment and a 4.2 km retaining wall. ACReSAL completed 17 flood and erosion control sites across LGAs and 13 emergency projects in flood-prone communities.

Signed and funded works continue: Katsina Phase II drainage, Jibia Phase II river bank protection, de-silting, storm water harvesting ponds, a waste disposal truck and pay-loader, and fertiliser for farmers. ₦21.42 billion had been paid on these contracts by February 2026. Completed ACReSAL projects cost about USD 3.9 million and ₦6.27 billion.

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Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, in a red safety helmet, visits a project site
Photo: Three Years in Office magazine, Katsina State Government

Sources

Figures are as reported in these sources. Most are the state government's own statements.

  1. 1Three Years in Office: Special Anniversary Magazine, Issue 1 (February 2026)Office of the SSA to the Governor on Media & Strategy

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