Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has said his administration has executed 1,019 development projects across Daura zone, while calling for stronger community participation in identifying local needs.
Radda disclosed this on Saturday during a visit to the palace of the Sarkin Ban Daura and District Head of Yanduna, Alhaji Muhammad Shazali Muhammad, as part of his engagements in the zone.
He said 131 of the projects were located in Baure Local Government Area, adding that the interventions covered education, healthcare, empowerment, community development and social welfare.
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The governor also said the Baure Local Government chairman, Saminu Suleiman, had executed nearly 300 projects since assuming office, stressing the importance of councils in delivering development at the grassroots.
Radda said his administration established the Community Development Programme to give residents a role in determining projects that address their immediate needs.
“We established the Community Development Programme to ensure that communities participate in identifying and executing projects that address their immediate needs,” he said.
He explained that the initiative involved traditional rulers, religious leaders, parents and other community stakeholders in setting development priorities.
The governor also highlighted measures taken to strengthen traditional and religious institutions, including the elevation of district heads to second-class status, improved grading for village heads and the introduction of monthly allowances for village heads across the state.
He added that 2,555 Jumu'at mosque imams, alongside their deputies and assistants, had been placed on regular monthly allowances.
Radda said the measures were aimed at recognising the contributions of traditional and religious leaders to peace, stability and community development.
He urged the traditional rulers and residents to continue supporting his administration, saying visits to communities provided opportunities to consult elders and religious leaders.
“Whenever we visit a community, we consider it important to pay our respects to traditional institutions, meet with our elders and religious leaders, seek their blessings and prayers, and solicit their support for the development of our state,” he said.
Earlier, the District Head of Yanduna commended the state government’s interventions in education, healthcare and community development.
Muhammad acknowledged the upgrading of healthcare facilities, provision of medical equipment and supplies, and ongoing renovation of schools across the state.
He also said school enrolment had risen to nearly one million children, describing the development as progress in expanding access to education.
However, the traditional ruler appealed to the government to complete a secondary school project in the area, citing difficulties faced by parents and students.
He also requested solar-powered boreholes to address water shortages, improved security around the school and other vulnerable locations, and the completion of an abandoned intervention project reportedly initiated through the State Emergency Management Agency or a water, sanitation and hygiene programme.
Muhammad further called for drainage infrastructure to control rainwater and reduce flooding during the rainy season.
He assured the governor of the community’s continued cooperation and support.
The visit was also part of political engagements under the Tinubu-Dikko/Jobe 2027 campaign. Radda, who said he was coordinating the campaign for President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, solicited support for APC candidates in the forthcoming elections.
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