Katsina state
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Katsina State Governor, Dr Dikko Radda, has said his administration plans to construct a state-owned pharmaceutical manufacturing company—a first of its kind in northern Nigeria. Radda also said more than N5 billion has been invested to improve healthcare infrastructure and services since his administration came on board over a year ago. The governor spoke Wednesday…
18 Dec
About 25 people, consisting mostly of women and children, have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be terrorists in Batsari Local Council of Katsina State.
17 Dec
The Katsina State House of Assembly has passed into law the appropriation bill of N692.244 billion for the 2025 fiscal year in the state. The bill was passed during the assembly’s plenary in Katsina on Tuesday, presided over by the Speaker, Alhaji Nasir Yahaya-Daura. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. Dikko Radda,…
12 Dec
Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have arrested one Aminu Hassan, 25, of Dundubus, Daja Local Council of Katsina State for alleged terrorism financing.
11 Dec
The Katsina State Government has inaugurated an ad hoc farmers/herders’ Conflict Prevention and Resolution Committee. Inaugurating the committee, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Abdullahi Garba-Faskari said:”this is a very sensitive issue. We saw the need for the committee to monitor these activities so as to avert any negative consequences or situation in…
9 Dec
Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State inaugurated on Monday the construction of three road projects worth more than N20 billion in the Funtua Local Government Area of the state. Flagging off the road construction, Radda said one of the projects was the dualisation of a 5.9-kilometre Sokoto road at the cost of N12.8 billion. He…
8 Dec
The Katsina State Government said it has spent over N3.2 billion in the payment of scholarship allowances to 260,899 students of tertiary institutions for 2017-2023 academic sessions. The Deputy Governor, Malam Faruq Jobe, who disclosed this in Katsina on Saturday at 16th convocation of the Al-Qalam University, said the allowances covered the students both at…
8 Dec
A retiree, Malam Aminu Umar-Kankia, has appealed to Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State to immediately effect an upward review of their monthly pension. Umar-Kankia, who made the appeal in Katsina on Saturday, said his monthly pension was a paltry N7,000, while some pensioners were receiving between N4,000 and N10,000. The pensioner lamented their situation…
30 Nov
Katsina State Government said it will commence payment of N70,000 minimum wage to civil servants in December. This was announced by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abdullahi Faskari, at a press briefing in the early hours of Saturday. The announcement followed intense negotiations Friday between state government representatives as well as officials of…
27 Nov
The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Katsina State has expressed concern over proposed 2025 budget for the health sector, saying it is inadequate. The Chairman of the coalition, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdullahi, expressed the coalition’s worry in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Katsina. READ ALSO:Anambra police nab…
26 Nov
Katsina State Government said it plans to expend N20.4 billion for debt servicing in the 2025 fiscal year. The Katsina State Budget and Economic Planning Commissioner, Bello Kagara, stated this on Tuesday while giving a recurrent expenditure breakdown of next year's budget estimate. Kagara said the state government expended about N19 billion to service debts…
25 Nov
Katsina State Governor, Dr Dikko Radda has presented a budget estimate of N682.2 billion to the State House of Assembly for the 2025 fiscal year. Tagged 'Budget of Consolidation', the fiscal estimate has an increase of N200.5 billion or 40 percent more than the N454.3 billion expenditure total for 2024. Radda said Capital Expenditure of…
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