Katsina South (Funtua)

Funtua LGA

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

Headquarters: Funtua
Wards: 11
Delivered here: 15
Statewide programmes: 92

In Funtua

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

Aerial view of a newly surfaced road through farmland, from the magazine's works section

Roads & Urban RenewalkmMajor roads

Ongoing

Over 220 km of major roads across the state

A road programme of about ₦200 billion over three budgets, including rural trunk roads and the Daura Western Bypass.

8 LGAs

Unveiling of the Katsina 2025–2040 masterplan, February 2026

Roads & Urban Renewal

Approved

Katsina, Daura and Funtua Masterplans 2025–2040

Fifteen-year masterplans to guide growth in the three senatorial zone headquarters, with urban renewal plans across all three zones.

3 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

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

A graduate of a Katsina skills acquisition centre receives her certificate beside laptops and starter packs, January 2026

Youth & WomenGirls equipped

Completed

1,000 adolescent girls trained and equipped

Graduates of skills centres in eight LGAs received starter packs in tailoring, knitting, leather work, cosmetology, catering and ICT.

8 LGAs

Roads & Urban Renewal

Completed

Planning Area Executive Order, 2026

Signed on 18 February 2026, Executive Order 3 creates planning areas for Katsina, Daura and Funtua and requires land agents to register and report every transaction.

3 LGAs

Traffic and traders along a dualised road with a paved median through a busy market

Roads & Urban RenewalkmRoad length

Ongoing

5.9 km Sokoto Road, Funtua

An urban road project in Funtua town.

Funtua

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

Officials exchange greetings at the signing of the Funtua Inland Dry Port shareholders' agreement, April 2026

Economy & Enterprise

Completed

Company formed to run the Funtua Inland Dry Port

A shareholders' agreement in April 2026 set up FIDP Limited to develop and operate the dry port as a trade and logistics hub for the North-West.

Funtua

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

Officials cut the ribbon at the flag-off of fertiliser distribution to farmers, June 2026

AgricultureZonal produce stores

Completed

Seven zonal produce stores upgraded to cut post-harvest losses

₦790.56 million upgraded produce stores, alongside FASCOKT warehouses and KTARDA support for farmers and women.

6 LGAs₦1.45bn

WaterUrban water investment

Ongoing

₦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 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 Funtua

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