Governor Uba Sani has disclosed his administration would not have recorded major achievements within two and half years without President Bola Tinubu’s support.
He said that Kaduna State will be the first subnational to
benefit from the $200 million Nigeria-China poultry project, the biggest in
sub-saharan Africa, because of the president’s love for the state.
‘’By the grace of God, in the next two months, we will be
doing the ground breaking for the construction of the biggest poultry project
in Sub-Saharan Africa,’’ he said.
According to the Governor, the project will ‘’create at
least 350 direct jobs and 150,000 indirect jobs and it will support about
10,000 small businesses within Kaduna State.’’
Governor Uba Sani disclosed all this when he hosted social
media influencers for Iftar, the breaking of Ramadan fast on Wednesday night.
Speaking at the event, he said that Kaduna State will be the
first to have a Light Rail outside Lagos State, ‘’because of the benevolence of
President Bola Tinubu.’’
The Governor who disclosed that the ground breaking of the
Light Rail project will take place in May, thanked the social media influencers
for their support.
He reiterated that the influencers are professionals in
their own right, who chose to promote the activities of Kaduna State Government
because of their passion for good governance.
Governor Sani further said that his administration has
recorded positive milestones in the two and half years, adding that the
influencers have been promoting these achievements.
He said that his administration in partnership with Kuwait
Development Fund, has built about 104 schools to address the issue of
out-of-school children.
Kaduna State Government has built 65 secondary schools,
renovated over 2,300 classrooms,’’ he said, adding that ‘’we are also working
toward building additional 55 secondary schools.’’
‘’We are also recruiting at least 2,000 teachers in our
primary schools, starting from next month. And we will continue to do this
exercise every year,’’ he promised.
The Governor recalled that ‘’when we came in, we had about
580,000 out-of-school children today, but by the grace of God, we have reduced
that number to only about 182,000.
The Governor said that Kaduna State is leading in skills
development as his administration has established vocational institutions in
Soba, Rigachukun and Zangon Kataf.
He recalled that the Minister of Education said that these
institutions are more equipped than any Federal University of Technology in
Nigeria.
According to him, ‘’every year we are going to be graduating
32,000 artisans that will be certified by the National Board for Technical
Education(NBTE), and they can work anywhere in the world.’’
Governor Uba Sani also recalled that his administration
reduced fees in Kaduna State-owned tertiary institutions when he assumed office
about two and half years ago.
‘’today, we have increased enrolment by over 200% in all our
tertiary institutions in Kaduna State,’’ he pointed out.
The Governor also said that Kaduna State is the only
subnational in Nigeria ‘’ that has moved our primary healthcare centers,
numbering 255, from level 1 to level 2.’’
‘’We have at least additional 16 secondary healthcare
facilities in Kaduna State that are well-equipped, renovated, and rebuilt in
Kaduna State.
‘’We are recruiting 1,800 medical personnel, from nurses to
doctors every year, in the next five years. We have already started,’’ he
assured.
The Governor also reeled out his administration’s
achievement in the Agricultural sector, reiterating that Kaduna is the first
state to perform the ground breaking for the construction of Special
Agro-Industrial Processing Zone.
‘’We are the second state in Nigeria to partner with
Afreximbank toward building Africa Quality Assurance Center(AQAC), so that our
farmers will have their produce certified for export globally,’’ he added.
‘’When we came in, in 2023, the budget of agriculture was
only 0.5%. But today, the budget of agriculture is over 11%, surpassing the
Malabo declaration,’’ he disclosed.
According to Governor Uba Sani, his administration has been
supporting farmers, adding that ‘’we are the only states that have given out
900 trucks of fertilizer to smallholder farmers free of charge.’’
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