Batagarawa LGA

Central Mechanisation Hub at Tashar Bala and 34 LGA centres

A hub in Batagarawa assembles machinery locally and trains mechanics, with a mechanisation centre planned for every LGA. Over 1,000 youths trained.

Batagarawa

Rows of solar panels at a state solar installation

WaterDams solarised

WaterDams and water schemes

1 MW solar plants at Danja, Ajiwa, Zobe and Funtua dams

Solar power for the state's major waterworks cuts diesel costs and keeps water flowing during grid outages.

4 LGAs

Water

Approved

New pump house at Ajiwa Water Works

Contract awarded in May 2026 to restore pumping capacity and boost water supply to Katsina metropolis.

Katsina, Batagarawa

A dam wall and intake tower on a still reservoir

WaterUrban water investment

Danja Dam completed, Yashe Dam and Musawa water scheme restored

₦5.89 billion through the Ministry of Water Resources for dams, treatment plants and town water schemes.

4 LGAs₦5.89bn

Roads & Urban RenewalkmRural roads improved

₦14.47 billion to bring piped water to estates, hospitals and growing towns

With SURWASH, the Water Board connected new estates and hospitals and is extending supply in Katsina, Malumfashi and Funtua.

7 LGAs₦14.5bn

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, in a hard hat, at the controls of a grader to flag off RAAMP rural road works, May 2024

Flagged off

129.5 km of rural roads improved under RAAMP

Spot improvement of 129.5 km of rural roads and 201 linear metres of cross-drainage, flagged off in Ajiwa in May 2024.

Batagarawa

Statewide programmes that reach Batagarawa

Newly trained Katsina Community Watch Corps members march in formation at their passing-out parade, October 2025

SecurityFirst batch graduated

Katsina Community Watch Corps

A community security outfit launched in October 2023 to support the police and military with local intelligence and rapid response.

EducationNew junior secondary schools

Governor Radda with EU Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen, Jigawa Governor Umar Namadi and education partners in 2023

170 new junior secondary schools

Junior secondary schools built in communities that previously had none, part of over ₦120 billion invested in education in three years.

Healthof 361 wardsPHCs upgraded

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

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.

Bags of grain and farm inputs stacked for distribution to communities

AgricultureTractors

EnergyMWRenewable capacity

400 tractors and 10 combine harvesters for farmers

Through KASPA, farmers got over 400 tractors with full accessories, 10 combine harvesters and 1,000 hand planters, with ploughing subsidised by 50%.

Statewide₦21.8bn

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda, in a safety helmet, inspects a new solar array

Economy & EnterpriseJobs created

₦19.89bn renewable energy programme: over 30 MW

Solar power with battery storage for hospitals, waterworks and universities, with total renewable capacity passing 30 MW in October 2026.

Statewide₦19.9bn

Governor Radda meets trainees in blue lab coats at an enterprise and skills programme

KASEDA: 5,373 jobs and a ₦3.4bn MSME fund

The Katsina State Enterprises Development Agency, created in 2023, runs a ₦3.4 billion managed fund with the Bank of Industry and Sterling Bank.