Katsina Central

Dutsin-Ma LGA

Projects and programmes recorded in Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area, Katsina Central.

Headquarters: Dutsin-Ma
Wards: 11
Delivered here: 10
Statewide programmes: 92

In Dutsin-Ma

Water pipes at the Kafin Soli booster station of the Zobe water supply project, June 2026

₦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

Students work at desktop computers in a school computer lab

Education

Completed

ICT and computer-based test centres

CBT centres in Dutsin-Ma, Daura and Malumfashi upgraded and equipped, with more ICT centres in rural and urban communities.

3 LGAs

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

Government vehicles and a truck rehabilitated by trainees of the Katsina Youth Craft Village

Youth & WomenAccredited centres

Completed

Katsina Youth Craft Village: six accredited skills centres

Six vocational centres recognised by NBTE, starter packs for 1,662 graduates, and ₦60 million won in the IDEAS-TVET award.

6 LGAs

A farmer tends his crops in a green field

AgricultureSecond-batch trainees

Ongoing

Dikko Radda Agripreneurship Training and Empowerment Scheme

361 more young people, one per ward, joined the second batch at the Makera Songhai Training Centre in Dutsin-Ma.

Dutsin-Ma

Youth & WomenAccredited centres

Completed

Six Youth Craft Village centres nationally accredited

KYCV centres in six towns are now NBTE-recognised training providers under the National Skills Qualifications Framework.

6 LGAs

Aerial view of a dual carriageway through a city

Roads & Urban Renewal%Complete, Feb 2026

Ongoing

Dutsinma–Mani–Daura–Yandaki dual carriageway

The flagship dual carriageway linking Dutsin-Ma, Mani and Daura was 86% complete in February 2026.

3 LGAs

Roads & Urban RenewalNew Toyota Hiace buses

Completed

61 new buses and a modern terminal for subsidised transport

The Katsina State Transport Authority gained a terminal at Dandagoro, 61 Toyota Hiace buses and five upgraded substations.

5 LGAs₦1.15bn

Graduates in caps and gowns at a convocation ceremony

EducationDegree programmes accredited

Completed

State universities and colleges restored and accredited

A new Ministry of Higher Education, power for UMYU, eight accredited degree programmes and new staff for KSITM.

3 LGAs

Unveiling of the commissioning plaque at Dandume General Hospital, July 2026

HealthGeneral hospitals secured

Approved

₦703m to secure 14 general hospitals in frontline LGAs

Higher perimeter fences, rebuilt walls and barbed wire for 14 general hospitals, approved in July 2025 with an upgrade of Mai'adua to a General Hospital.

13 LGAs₦703m

Statewide programmes that reach Dutsin-Ma

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