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Youth & Women

Skills training, apprenticeships and livelihoods for young people and women.

In this sector
11
Completed
7
LGAs reached
34

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Government vehicles and a truck rehabilitated by trainees of the Katsina Youth Craft Village
Youth & Women6Accredited 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
Governor Radda meets trainees in blue lab coats at an enterprise and skills programme
Youth & Women1,500Mechatronics apprentices
Completed

4,500 young people trained in auto mechanics and mechatronics

A partnership with the Nigerian Automobile Technicians Association trained 1,500 mechatronics apprentices and 3,000 auto mechanics across every LGA.

Statewide
Goats rest together on dry ground
Youth & Women40,000Goats earmarked
Flagged off

₦5.4bn livestock empowerment for women

40,000 goats earmarked for rural women, with ten women per ward receiving four goats each. 14,450 women applied.

Statewide₦5.4bn
A woman entrepreneur checks her phone at her juice stand
Youth & Women9Start-ups launched
Completed

Dikko Social Innovation Academy

A tech academy training young people in software, data, design and product, producing nine start-ups from its first cohort.

Katsina
A graduate of a Katsina skills acquisition centre receives her certificate beside laptops and starter packs, January 2026
Youth & Women1,000Girls 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
Officials beside bags of starter items at the flag-off of support for 14,450 women entrepreneurs, January 2026
Youth & Women14,450Women entrepreneurs
Flagged off

Support for 14,450 women entrepreneurs

Direct financial support, with technical help, for women-led small businesses in all 34 LGAs, from trading and tailoring to food processing.

Statewide
Women on stage at the presidential launch of the Nigeria for Women Programme scale-up in Abuja, February 2026
Youth & Women41,000Women Affinity Groups
Ongoing

Nigeria for Women Programme extended to all 34 LGAs

The state paid ₦4bn, and budgeted another ₦4bn, to extend the World Bank model from three LGAs statewide, forming 41,000 Women Affinity Groups.

Statewide
A graduating artisan receives a prize and toolbox at the Katsina–Family Homes Funds skills graduation, May 2026
Youth & Women500Artisans certified
Completed

500 construction artisans certified

With Family Homes Funds, Katsina expanded a 150-place programme to 500, certifying artisans in masonry, carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, tiling and painting.

Statewide
Governor Dikko Umaru Radda chairs the State Executive Council meeting that approved the women's economic empowerment policy, February 2026
Youth & Women3,000Free tube wells approved
Approved

Domesticating the National Policy on Women's Economic Empowerment

Approved in February 2026 to bring women into the economy as employees, entrepreneurs and leaders, alongside 3,000 free tube wells for farmers.

Statewide
Government vehicles and a truck rehabilitated by trainees of the Katsina Youth Craft Village
Youth & Women6Accredited 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
Students at rows of computers in a training lab
Youth & Women8,750+People trained
Completed

8,750 people trained in digital skills, with female participation up 179%

Training, fellowships and internships bring young people, women and IDPs into the digital economy.

Statewide
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