A member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council on New Media, Mr Reuben Angula, says President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms are driving development across Nigeria, including Jigawa.
Angula stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Makurdi, saying the impact of the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda was evident in infrastructure development, improved governance and increased economic opportunities across the country.
He said the removal of fuel subsidy and unification of the foreign exchange market had strengthened the financial capacity of states through increased allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).
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According to him, the reforms have enabled states, including Jigawa, to embark on major development projects and expand the delivery of essential services.
Angula described the policies as difficult but necessary decisions that had addressed longstanding economic distortions and improved the country’s fiscal position.
He cited the Greater Dutse Water Supply Project, valued at about N59.5 billion, as one of the major federal interventions demonstrating the impact of the reforms in Jigawa.
He said the project, flagged off in December 2024, was designed to address decades of water scarcity in Dutse and neighbouring communities.
According to him, the project comprises 35 industrial boreholes, solar-powered pumps, a water treatment plant, transmission pipelines and storage facilities, with the capacity to provide potable water to more than 1.5 million residents upon completion.
The APC chieftain also highlighted the Kaduna-Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Maradi standard-gauge railway project, saying it would improve transportation, facilitate trade and strengthen economic relations between Nigeria and the Republic of Niger.
He listed federal road projects, interventions in agricultural institutions, support for wheat farming and access to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund as other initiatives demonstrating the Federal Government’s commitment to Jigawa.
On the state government’s performance, Angula said Gov. Umar Namadi had effectively deployed increased revenue to expand infrastructure and social services.
He said the administration had completed several inherited road projects and awarded new contracts covering more than 900 kilometres of rural and urban roads.
According to him, recent approvals include multi-billion-naira township road projects in Kafin Hausa, Gwaram, Ringim, Garki and Dutse.
In the health sector, he said specialist hospitals were being developed in Kazaure and Hadejia, alongside an orthopaedic facility in Gumel.
He added that the state government had also invested in teacher recruitment, classroom renovations, bursaries, technical and vocational training programmes and solar-powered ICT centres.
Angula said the developments demonstrated how increased revenue, sound policies and effective management of resources could accelerate development at the state and grassroots levels.
The APC chieftain said continuity would enable the country to consolidate the gains of the reforms and sustain development.
He added that the people of Jigawa were prepared to support Tinubu and other APC candidates in the 2027 general elections.
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