Radda signs Katsina’s N828.58bn budget after Assembly approval

Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has signed the state’s 2027 Appropriation Law, approving spending of N828.58bn after its passage by the State House of Assembly. The law provides N190.73bn for recurrent expenditure and N637.85bn for capital expenditure. The allocations represent about 23% and 77% of the total budget respectively.

The approved figure is slightly below the N828.64bn proposal earlier submitted by the governor. Presenting the law, Assembly Speaker Nasir Daura said the legislature had completed the required processes before approving total spending of N828,578,844,091.48. He commended cooperation between the Assembly and the administration and called on residents to support government programmes.

Radda thanked lawmakers for their cooperation and said the budget had passed through three stages. The first involved consultations with residents across Katsina’s 361 wards and 34 local government areas, while ministries, departments and agencies subsequently defended their proposals before the Assembly scrutinised and passed them. The governor described the result as a people’s budget, saying allocations had been based on needs identified during the consultations.

The proposal had earmarked major spending for education, works and housing, agriculture, health and rural development, with those sectors accounting for more than half of planned capital expenditure. Radda said the law’s passage made the provisions legally binding and expressed hope that implementing agencies would execute projects and programmes promptly. He also said the signing represented an improvement on the previous year, when the 2026 appropriation was signed later.

The governor urged ministries, departments and agencies to focus on translating the budget into tangible development for residents. He wished candidates in the 2027 elections success and called on political stakeholders to support peaceful elections in Katsina State.