As Nigeria marks 26 years of uninterrupted democratic experiment, Counselor to Uba Sani on Infrastructures Samaila Suleiman has rated the Governor high on security, healthcare, education, infrastructure, among other indices of human development.
Suleiman in a statement, commemorating two years in office of Governor Sani said the state had witnessed unprecedented transformative progress in virtually all areas of governance.
On security, he stated that over 150 operational vehicles and 500 motorcycles had been provided to security agencies to enhance their prompt response capabilities to kidnapping and other distress calls.
He hailed the administration’s adoption of non-kinetic approach, such as dialogue and community policing and subsequent recruitment and training of over 7,000 personnel for Kaduna Vigilance Service, saying the methods had gone a long way in achieving the desired results of the fight against insecurity.
“The reopening of Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road after several years of closure has helped in ensuring seamless transition of people and goods through that corridor of immense economic important to our state.
“Road infrastructure across rural and urban areas have been enhanced, leading to the completion of 68 road projects, spamming over 700 km linking critical areas in both urban and rural parts of the state.
62 new secondary schools with 600 new classrooms had been built and 200 others renovated, according to Suleiman which he said had improved learning environments for 200, 000 pupils.
He added that the government had to intervene to ensure seamless transition of secondary school leavers from less privileged background by paying their SSCE final exam fees.
Pension and entitlements of retired workers which had not been paid by the previous administration had been settled by Governor Sani, according to Suleiman.
Institutional strengthening and fiscal transparency was another area he mentioned the Governor to have performed excellently, saying the state under Uba Sani was first to domesticate Open Government Partnership Action Plan of 2024 and 2025, institutionalizing by such action, citizen input in budgeting via community Development Charters.
“Human Capital Investment which incorporated education and Health with the sole aim of making these fundamental needs accessible and affordable to all by reducing tuition fees at state-owned tertiary institutions by 40 percent, easing in the process financial burdens and curbing student dropouts.
He said the present administration in the last two years paid special attention to primary healthcare by upgrading 290 primary health centers and remodelling 13 general hospitals, earning the Governor an award of excellence as the best in whole of Northwest region.
“Citizens engagement at grassroots to sustain participatory governance has gone a long way in rural transformation and paved way for improved security across the state in the last two years,” he said.
“There is now harmonious coexistence amongst citizens of diverse culture and different religions courtesy of Governor Sani’s unifying persona, leading to a breath of fresh air across our dear state as people go about their legit businesses without the hitherto fear of intimation from agents of the state.
“Deposed traditional leaders have been reinstated to their thrones in fulfilment of campaign pledge of the Governor who said he would govern with fairness and justice.
“Petty traders whose shops were demolished by the previous administration have gotten back their shops so they will earn livelihood to cater for their families.
“This is a leader with compassion and regard for the interest of his subjects at heart,”he stressed.