Katsina South (Funtua)

Danja LGA

Projects and programmes recorded in Danja Local Government Area, Katsina South (Funtua).

Headquarters: Danja
Wards: 10
Delivered here: 5
Statewide programmes: 92

In Danja

Rows of solar panels at a state solar installation

WaterDams solarised

Completed

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

Ribbon-cutting at the opening of a malnutrition stabilisation centre, April 2026

HealthStabilisation centres

Completed

2 malnutrition stabilisation centres and 60 OTP sites

Stabilisation centres in Daura and Baure and 60 outpatient therapeutic sites in 12 LGAs give free treatment to children with severe acute malnutrition.

14 LGAs

Water pours through the spillway gates of a dam

EnergyMWCapacity

Ongoing

1 MW Danja mini hydropower plant

Co-financed by the French Treasury; environmental and geotechnical studies were completed in mid-2026.

Danja

A dam wall and intake tower on a still reservoir

WaterDams and water schemes

Completed

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

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda walks through a crowd at the flag-off of RAAMP roads in the Funtua zone, February 2025

Roads & Urban RenewalkmDanja–Bazanga–Nahuce road

Ongoing

Danja–Bazanga–Nahuce road open, two more RAAMP roads in the Funtua zone

The 24.5 km Danja–Bazanga–Nahuce road was commissioned in February 2025, and ₦6.93bn of new rural roads in Faskari, Funtua and Dandume were flagged off.

4 LGAs₦6.93bn

Statewide programmes that reach Danja

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

SecurityFirst batch graduated

Ongoing

Katsina Community Watch Corps

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

Statewide

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

EducationNew junior secondary schools

Completed

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.

Statewide

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