Building Your Future
The Manifesto
Eight points, each with clear commitments, and the delivery that answers them.
- Pillars
- 8
- Commitments
- 28
- Linked deliveries
- 163
© Katsina State Government
Pillar 1
Security
Protect lives and property by pairing security operations with community intelligence, dialogue and support for victims.
Commitments
Community-based security
Recruit and equip local volunteers who know the terrain to support security agencies.
7 deliveries
5 of 7 completed
- Katsina Community Watch CorpsOngoing
- State DDR, Peace and Security CommitteeCompleted
- Katsina State Community Watch Corps Law, 2023Completed
- Executive order against thuggery and a multi-agency task forceCompleted
- North-West Peace, Security and Development Framework 2026–2030Completed
- Katsina's first Ministry of Internal Security and Home AffairsCompleted
- 7,545 Imams and 6,652 ward heads engaged for peaceOngoing
Equip security agencies
Provide vehicles, armoured carriers and logistics for joint operations.
3 deliveries
2 of 3 completed
Citizen participation and dialogue
Bring communities, religious and traditional leaders into peacebuilding and decisions.
2 deliveries
1 of 2 completed
Pillar 2
Public Sector Reform
Institutions that work, a motivated civil service, and digital government that serves citizens faster.
Commitments
Institutions built for delivery
Restructure ministries and create agencies and oversight bodies that deliver and are held to account.
3 deliveries
2 of 3 completed
Workers' and retirees' welfare
Pay wages on time, clear gratuity backlogs and reform pensions.
3 deliveries
2 of 3 completed
Digital government
Digitise ministries, records and services.
7 deliveries
6 of 7 completed
- Revenue up from ₦400m to ₦3bn a monthCompleted
- Nigeria Computer Society fellowship for digital transformationCompleted
- iKatsina digital resident identity frameworkApproved
- SMART Katsina: a digital roadmap, 12 policies and 20+ e-government systemsCompleted
- A 25 km fibre ring and a paperless Smart Government HouseCompleted
- New ministries and agencies built to deliver Building Your FutureCompleted
- New head office for KATGIS, the state land information systemCompleted
Pillar 3
Education and Skills Development
Put every child in a decent classroom with a trained teacher, and give young people and women skills that lead to work.
Commitments
Build and renovate schools
Expand secondary access and restore dilapidated classrooms.
9 deliveries
6 of 9 completed
- 170 new junior secondary schoolsCompleted
- 300 schools rehabilitated, 150 primary schools renovatedCompleted
- ₦6.1bn School Improvement Grants for 110 schoolsOngoing
- 70 new secondary schools approvedApproved
- 160 new classrooms, 258 rebuilt and 14,602 desks for primary schoolsCompleted
- Science equipment for 36 secondary schools and 8 technical schools rebuiltCompleted
- Back to school for Almajiri children, and literacy for 14,000 learnersOngoing
- State universities and colleges restored and accreditedCompleted
- Best state in Nigeria for TESS, with a $12.18 million rewardCompleted
Recruit and train teachers
Close the teacher gap and invest in professional development.
4 deliveries
2 of 4 completed
Scholarships and exam support
Fund bursaries, scholarships, cash support for girls and public exam fees.
3 deliveries
1 of 3 completed
Digital and smart learning
ICT and CBT centres, and model smart schools in every senatorial zone.
2 deliveries
2 of 2 completed
Skills for youth and women
Vocational training, apprenticeships, digital skills and starter packs.
10 deliveries
7 of 10 completed
- Katsina Youth Craft Village: six accredited skills centresCompleted
- 4,500 young people trained in auto mechanics and mechatronicsCompleted
- ₦5.4bn livestock empowerment for womenFlagged off
- Dikko Social Innovation AcademyCompleted
- 500 solar-powered electric tricycles, assembled in KatsinaOngoing
- 1,000 adolescent girls trained and equippedCompleted
- 500 construction artisans certifiedCompleted
- Dikko Radda Agripreneurship Training and Empowerment SchemeOngoing
- Six Youth Craft Village centres nationally accreditedCompleted
- 8,750 people trained in digital skills, with female participation up 179%Completed
Pillar 5
Healthcare
A functional health centre in every ward, better hospitals and specialist care at home, affordable care and clean water.
Commitments
Primary health care in every ward
Upgrade PHCs, staff them and raise facilities to general hospital standard.
7 deliveries
5 of 7 completed
- 268 primary health centres upgradedOngoing
- Over 2 million children vaccinatedCompleted
- 2 malnutrition stabilisation centres and 60 OTP sitesCompleted
- 1,020 frontline health workers recruited on meritCompleted
- 361 tricycles, one for every wardOngoing
- Faskari becomes a General Hospital; Kafur, Rimi and Kankia upgradedCompleted
- ₦3.33 billion of medicines and a pharma-grade warehouseCompleted
Specialist care at home
Dialysis, diagnostics, specialists and modern theatres so patients need not travel.
11 deliveries
7 of 11 completed
- 24/7 kidney dialysis centreCompleted
- Modern operating theatres in major hospitalsCompleted
- Advanced diagnostic imaging centreOngoing
- Dandume's first General HospitalCompleted
- Zango General Hospital, the LGA's firstCompleted
- 15 new ambulances for emergency careCompleted
- 254 health professionals recruited and specialist residency training begunOngoing
- Electronic health records in seven pilot hospitalsCompleted
- Northern Nigeria's first pharmaceutical production unitOngoing
- $10 million of hospital equipment from World Medical ReliefCompleted
- ₦703m to secure 14 general hospitals in frontline LGAsApproved
Affordable health care
Grow contributory health insurance and keep essential care free for the vulnerable.
2 deliveries
1 of 2 completed
Clean water and sanitation
Restore dams and waterworks, extend town and rural water, and end open defecation.
9 deliveries
4 of 9 completed
- ₦31.8bn Zobe Water Supply Phase 1BFlagged off
- 66 small-town water schemes, 32 completedOngoing
- 1 MW solar plants at Danja, Ajiwa, Zobe and Funtua damsCompleted
- Katsina declared Open Defecation FreeCompleted
- Zobe water extended to Rimi and SafanaApproved
- New pump house at Ajiwa Water WorksApproved
- Danja Dam completed, Yashe Dam and Musawa water scheme restoredCompleted
- ₦14.47 billion to bring piped water to estates, hospitals and growing townsOngoing
- Boreholes and WASH facilities for rural communities in 16 LGAsCompleted
Pillar 6
MSMEs and Local Economies
Finance and support for small businesses, and the roads, power and planned towns that local economies depend on.
Commitments
Enterprise and jobs
Finance and support small businesses and startups to create jobs.
12 deliveries
8 of 12 completed
- KASEDA: 5,373 jobs and a ₦3.4bn MSME fundOngoing
- ₦3.1bn grants for 62,000 small businessesFlagged off
- Cassava and gari processing centre in BatsariCompleted
- Support for 14,450 women entrepreneursFlagged off
- Local-first recruitment policy for NGOs and development partnersCompleted
- Domesticating the National Policy on Women's Economic EmpowermentApproved
- Company formed to run the Funtua Inland Dry PortCompleted
- Katsina Startup Law: first state to domesticate the Nigeria Startup ActCompleted
- 40+ startups backed through HackKatsina and Arewa Tech FestCompleted
- KT-CARES and FADAMA: basic services for 455,956 peopleCompleted
- Industrial Development Centre remodelled, and the first Katsina MSME ClinicCompleted
- InvestKatsina 1.0: the state's first economic and investment summitCompleted
Roads that connect markets
Dualise city corridors, build bypasses and open rural roads to farms and markets.
26 deliveries
7 of 26 completed
- 24 km Katsina Eastern BypassCompleted
- Dualised Funtua–Katsina Road and Tsohuwar Kasuwa RoadCompleted
- 8.1 km Yandaki–Shinkafi–Kofar Sauri dual carriagewayCompleted
- Kofar Soro–Kofar Guga road dualisationCompleted
- 30 km Kafur–Mahuta roadCompleted
- Batsari Township RoadCompleted
- Township roads for Malumfashi and BakoriFlagged off
- Over 220 km of major roads across the stateOngoing
- 30 hybrid buses and a new maintenance depotOngoing
- 54.72 km Kadanya–Kunduru–Radda–Yana RoadOngoing
- 27.64 km Rafin Iwa–Tashar Bawa–Sabua RoadOngoing
- 20.8 km Rimaye–Sukuntuni–Karadua RoadOngoing
- 18.4 km Tashar Into–Baryawa–Tsagem–Muduru RoadOngoing
- 16.6 km Kankia–Dangamau–Kusada RoadOngoing
- 14.43 km Daura Western BypassOngoing
- 5.9 km Sokoto Road, FuntuaOngoing
- Katsina city corridors and Eastern Bypass extensionsOngoing
- Bindawa–Doro–Giremawa–Duwan Road awardedApproved
- 3 km dualisation of Mashi township roadApproved
- Rural access roads under RAAMP in Mashi and RimiAnnounced
- Dutsinma–Mani–Daura–Yandaki dual carriagewayOngoing
- Mararrabar Musawa–Gingin–Tabanni–Kano Border roadOngoing
- Shargalle–Dutsi–Ingawa roadOngoing
- 61 new buses and a modern terminal for subsidised transportCompleted
- 129.5 km of rural roads improved under RAAMPFlagged off
- Danja–Bazanga–Nahuce road open, two more RAAMP roads in the Funtua zoneOngoing
Reliable, renewable power
Solar for public institutions, restored grid supply, street lighting and clean transport.
9 deliveries
8 of 9 completed
- 1 MW solar plants at Danja, Ajiwa, Zobe and Funtua damsCompleted
- Over 100 km of solar street lightingCompleted
- ₦19.89bn renewable energy programme: over 30 MWCompleted
- CNG hybrid vehicles and a 100-point EV charging hubCompleted
- KSITM connected to the national grid for ₦270mCompleted
- Solar power for Katsina State RadioCompleted
- 1 MW Danja mini hydropower plantOngoing
- Power restored in Charanchi, Rimi and UMYU, and the grid mapped by GPSCompleted
- Solar lamps, LED bulbs and rechargeable fans for schools and hospitalsCompleted
Planned towns and urban renewal
Masterplans for Katsina, Daura and Funtua, orderly streets and restored public spaces.
3 deliveries
2 of 3 completed
Pillar 7
Agriculture and Industrial Revolution
Move farming from hoe to machine, farm all year with irrigation, process more of what Katsina grows, and restore the land.
Commitments
Mechanise farming
Tractors, harvesters and mechanisation centres within reach of farmers.
2 deliveries
2 of 2 completed
All-year irrigation
Solar pumps, tube wells and desilted dams for dry-season farming.
4 deliveries
3 of 4 completed
Inputs, livestock and extension
Fertiliser, seed, animal health and trained extension workers in every ward.
5 deliveries
3 of 5 completed
- Extension workforce grown from 74 to over 780Completed
- Fertiliser for every ward and 90,000 bags of grainCompleted
- Fertiliser at ₦25,000 a bag, delivered to every polling unitOngoing
- Statewide livestock vaccination in all 361 wardsFlagged off
- Seven zonal produce stores upgraded to cut post-harvest lossesCompleted
Agro-processing and industry
Process crops locally and build industries that add value in Katsina.
3 deliveries
1 of 3 completed
Climate-smart land and environment
Restore land, plant trees, control floods and erosion, and plan for climate resilience.
12 deliveries
6 of 12 completed
- Katsina Green Growth Agenda (KAGGA)Approved
- Katsina-One-Tree: 11 million trees by 2030Flagged off
- Katsina State Climate Change PolicyApproved
- Champion of Green GovernanceCompleted
- 500 solar-powered electric tricycles, assembled in KatsinaOngoing
- Green Public Procurement Executive OrderCompleted
- Flood and erosion control in 37 vulnerable communitiesApproved
- ACReSAL: 8.9 km of storm drains and the Jibia flood defencesOngoing
- 1,115 hectares restored, 180 boreholes and 4,000 clean cookstovesCompleted
- 30 flood and erosion sites completed, 36 more approvedCompleted
- 1.15 million tree seedlings raised to push back the desertCompleted
- Monthly sanitation restored and 27 refuse trucks back on the roadCompleted
Pillar 8
Internally Generated Revenue
Grow the state's own revenue, spend it with discipline, and finish what is started without reckless borrowing.
Commitments
Grow internally generated revenue
Digitise revenue collection and make state assets earn.
2 deliveries
2 of 2 completed
Fiscal discipline and transparency
Budget for capital projects, avoid reckless borrowing, finish what is started and publish the data.
4 deliveries
4 of 4 completed
Pillar 4
Social Care
A safety net for poor and vulnerable households, and relief for families hit by floods, displacement and banditry.
Commitments
Social safety net
Cash transfers, food support and community development in all 361 wards.
6 deliveries
3 of 6 completed
Relief and recovery
Help victims of floods and banditry, and displaced families, rebuild their lives.
3 deliveries
1 of 3 completed