Katsina South (Funtua)

Faskari LGA

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

Headquarters: Faskari
Wards: 10
Delivered here: 3
Statewide programmes: 92

In Faskari

A hospital room with three beds and medical equipment

Health

Completed

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.

5 LGAs

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

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 Faskari

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