Katsina declared Open Defecation Free

Katsina received the winner's trophy in January 2026 for attaining statewide Open Defecation Free (ODF) status.

Governor Radda received the winner's trophy in January 2026 in recognition of Katsina State attaining Open Defecation Free (ODF) status.

The Commissioner for Water Resources said the result came from coordinated work by state and local governments, traditional institutions and development partners, including construction and rehabilitation of sanitation facilities, enforcement of standards and behaviour-change campaigns in every LGA, with support from the SURWASH programme.

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1Governor Radda Receives Winner’s Trophy as Katsina State Attains Open Defecation Free (ODF) StatusKatsina State Government· 21 Jan 2026

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