Faskari becomes a General Hospital; Kafur, Rimi and Kankia upgraded

Secondary hospitals were renovated, and the Psychiatric Hospital and Nursing College moved to permanent sites.

Faskari Comprehensive Health Centre was converted into a full General Hospital. Kafur and Rimi General Hospitals were renovated, and General Hospital Kankia received perimeter fencing and facility upgrades.

The Psychiatric Hospital moved to a permanent site at the former COVID-19 Isolation Centre, and the State College of Nursing and Midwifery moved to its permanent campus, cutting rent, logistics and maintenance costs.

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A dialysis machine beside a treatment chair

Health

Completed

24/7 kidney dialysis centre

A public dialysis centre now runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so kidney patients no longer travel out of the state for treatment.

Katsina₦681m

Health workers in scrubs at the nurses' station as Governor Dikko Umaru Radda tours a newly opened malnutrition stabilisation centre, April 2026

Healthof 361 wardsPHCs upgraded

Ongoing

268 primary health centres upgraded

PHCs upgraded towards one functional centre per ward, with some raised to general hospital standard, backed by ₦26.7 billion for health infrastructure.

Statewide

Water

Flagged off

₦31.8bn Zobe Water Supply Phase 1B

A long-awaited pipeline network to bring water from Zobe Dam to Karofi-Radda, Kankia, Batagarawa and over a dozen communities.

4 LGAs₦31.8bn

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24/7 kidney dialysis centre

268 primary health centres upgraded

₦31.8bn Zobe Water Supply Phase 1B