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Deputy Governor Swears In 23 New Kaduna Government Appointees
Kaduna State Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, on Thursday administered the oaths of office and allegiance to 23 new appointees into the state government, on behalf of Governor Uba Sani.
The ceremony, held at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, comprised three commissioners, 18 special advisers, a deputy chief of staff and a counsellor. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdulkadir Mu’azu Meyere, attended the event.
The new commissioners are Benjamin Dalhatu Kure, Sports Development, Amina Akilu Dalhat, Special Duties I, and Abdullahi Garba Abbas, Special Duties II. They were screened and confirmed by the Kaduna State House of Assembly.
Dr Balarabe urged the appointees to uphold integrity, accountability and teamwork, stressing that their appointments came with a responsibility to serve the people.
She said the appointments would inject fresh ideas and energy into the administration, which remains committed to delivering its promises despite the approaching electioneering season.
The Deputy Governor highlighted ongoing investments in education, healthcare, infrastructure and peacebuilding, urging the new officials to help sustain the government’s development agenda.
Uba Sani Aides Assembly Highlights Governor Uba Sani’s Landmark Achievements, Declares Full Support for 2027 Re-Election
“Text of a Press Conference Address by the Uba Sani Aides Assembly (USAA), Presented by Hon. Mohammed Ibrahim, Chairman, USAA, and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Energy, Held inside Government House Meeting Room, on Thursday 29th October 2026
Protocol:
The executives and members of the USAA, distinguished gentlemen and ladies of the press, ladies and gentlemen.
Good morning and thank you for honouring our invitation.
It is my pleasure to welcome you to this press conference convened by the Uba SaniAides Assembly, known as USAA. We are a platform of Technical Assistants, Special Assistants and Senior Special Assistants to His Excellency, Senator Uba Sani, Executive Governor of Kaduna State.
We are not strangers to this administration. We work inside it. We assist the Governor in delivering the promises he made to the people of Kaduna State. Because we know the records first-hand, we believe we carry a moral obligation to tell the people the truth about what their government has done with their trust and their resources. Our vision is a Kaduna State where every citizen, in every one of the 23 local government areas, is accurately informed about what their government has delivered, what it has invested, and what is still being done, so that development is understood, owned and protected by the people it is meant to serve.
Our mission is threefold: to communicate the development strides and achievements of the Uba Sani administration, in projects, programmes and interventions, and their real impact on the lives of the people, using accurate, reliable and verifiable information; to support the governance agenda of the Governor in every way our offices and our energies allow, and to canvass, with facts, for the re-election of Governor Uba Sani in the 2027 general elections.
Since its formation, the Assembly, under my chairmanship, has focused on highlighting and creating awareness of landmark projects across the sectors of the economy.
On 3rd October 2026, we issued a statement after touring three flagship legacy projects: the Kaduna Modern Inter-State Bus Terminal at Millennium City in Chikun Local Government Area, the Kabala Costain to Aliyu Makama Road and Bridge, and the ongoing reconstruction of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium. Similarly, on October…
Commendation: The APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Flag-Off
On Saturday, 24th October 2026, Kaduna State hosted the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign for the 2027 elections at the Rancher Bees Stadium. We commend our leader, Governor Uba Sani for an impressive and successful event.The mammoth crowd that filled Kaduna city, with supporters from across the North-West states sent a clear message that Kaduna and the North-West love President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This strengthens the Governor's prediction that President Tinubu will win more than 70 per cent of the votes in Kaduna State, leaving the opposition with little of significance. We heartily congratulate the Governor, the Local Organising Committee, the party leadership and the people of Kaduna State for this show of love and solidarity to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC.
Our Resolve: Let us be clear about where we stand. The members of this Assembly have resolved to commit our resources, our time and our voices to the re-election of Governor Uba Sani. We will do this the right way: by communicating his record of achievement, project by project, programme by programme, with figures that can be checked.
We invite the media and the public to hold us to that standard. Where we cite a figure, we will point to the source. Where a project is ongoing, we will say so. Where something is not yet delivered, we will not claim it.
The Record: Ladies and gentlemen, the records of what the Governor Has Delivered are unprecedented in the history of our dear state. Let me reel out a few:
• 160 new road projects, in addition to inherited ones, covering about 1,355 kilometres across the 23 local government areas, in both urban and rural communities.
• According to the Kaduna State Roads Agency, more than 90 per cent of inherited road projects have been completed, including the Hanwa Ruga to Hanwa Yangoro Road and the Dogon Bauchi to Kakiyayi Dakace Road with its bridge.
• Township roads commissioned in places such as Kwoi in Jaba and communities in Kauru that had waited for decades, plus a 122-kilometre Kaduna to Birnin Gwari road flagged off by President Tinubu.
• Transport modernisation: the Inter-State Bus Terminal, BRT and light rail plans, and the rebuilding of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium.
• Energy: 600 transformers and 10,000 solar-powered streetlights distributed across the 23 local governments, and solar mini-grids such as the 100-kilowatt project that ended a decade of darkness in Damau, Kubau.
Massive investment in social safety programmes
• N11.4 billion for the second batch of palliatives, for 200,000 households and about one million people. It included 128 trucks of rice and maize worth N3.4 billion and N4.2 billion for cash, grants, fertiliser, farm inputs and implements for vulnerable households, farmers and small businesses.
• A credible state social register covering over one million poor and vulnerable households.
• Conditional cash transfers reaching 65,848 women out of 70,051 beneficiaries.
• Over N18 billion disbursed directly into one million accounts of Kaduna citizens under the financial inclusion strategy.
• The Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme, which gives 2,400 rural women and youth N300,000 each as start-up capital.
Investment in health care
• Over 15. per cent annual budget allocated to health, in line with the Governor's commitment to a 15 per cent benchmark.
• Medical equipment and consumables worth over N3 billion distributed to 290 Primary Health Care centres.
• 255 Primary Health Care centres being upgraded to Level 2 for emergency obstetric and newborn care, with over 170 already .
• 16 secondary health facilities upgraded and three pharmaceutical-grade warehouses built, according to the Commissioner for Health.
• Health insurance enrolment up from 527,303 in 2023 to 639,432 in 2024, a 21.3 per cent increase.
• Approval for the annual recruitment of 1,800 health workers over four years(1800 recruited in 2025, and currently the 2026 exercise is ongoing), and the 2024 PHC Leadership Challenge award for the North-West.
Education interventions and their impact
• 25 per cent of the 2024 budget for education, rising to 26.14 per cent in 2025, and 25 per cent of the N985.9 billion 2026 budget.
• 3,267 classrooms constructed or rehabilitated and 2,232 toilet facilities built in basic education, as stated by the Governor when he commissioned basic education infrastructure across the 23 local governments.
• About 60 new secondary schools built, with construction of 102 more schools in communities without any school now flagged off.
• Out-of-school children reduced from about 550,000 to 187,720 within two years.
• Tuition in state-owned tertiary institutions cut by 50 per cent, and over N1 billion invested in scholarships, student loans and educational support in three years.
• More than 33,000 teachers and education officers trained.
Economic empowerment, jobs, skills and business support
• Three Institutes of Vocational Training and Skills Development at Rigachikun, Soba, and Samaru Kataf, built to produce artisans in large numbers each year. The Kaduna Institute of Vocational Training and Skills Development (KIVTSD) graduated 4,050 trainees, who received a total of ₦810 million in support through the Kaduna State Enterprise Development Agency (KADEDA).
• Business and start-up support through the financial inclusion programmes, the women's economic empowerment funds and the Graduation Programme described above.
Agriculture
• The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone, flagged off by the Vice President, to move Kaduna from primary production to processing and value addition in a sector that employs about 60 per cent of the state workforce.
Distribution of free fertilizer and farm input to thousands of household farmers across the state ().
Gentlemen and ladies of the press, our role is not to replace your work. It is to give you accurate, documented information so that your readers and listeners can judge for themselves. Our doors are open. Visit the projects with us. Ask for the documents. If we get a number wrong, tell us and we will correct it publicly.
To the people of Kaduna State: look at the roads, the schools, the clinics, the markets and the power lines in your community. Ask who built them and when. Then ask yourselves who should be trusted to finish the work”
PUBLIC NOTICE: IMPORTANT UPDATE ON KDSPHCB RECRUITMENT CBT
The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board (KDSPHCB) has issued an official notice regarding the upcoming Computer-Based Test (CBT) scheduled for Saturday, 31st October, 2026.
Applicants and members of the public are strongly advised to take note of the following directives:
Check Your Status: Applicants are required to log into the official application portal(s) to check the "Current Status" of their applications.
Print Examination Slips: Candidates invited for the CBT must print their examination slips, which will be used to admit them into their designated examination halls at the specified time.
Status of Disqualified Applicants: Candidates with unmet requirements were considered ineligible for this CBT. Disqualified applicants are encouraged to stay away from the test venues and patiently wait for the 2027 batch of Primary Health Care recruitment.
Clarification on False Rumours: The Board has debunked misleading rumours circulating on social media claiming that disqualified applicants are expected to go to the venues to write the test. This information is entirely false, and uninvited applicants must kindly stay away.
Signed,
Maxwell Utema Sanda
Director of Administration and Human Resource
For: Executive Secretary
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KADIRS HIGHLIGHTS KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN UK-SUPPORTED TAX REFORM PROGRAMMES
The Acting Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), Dr. Muhammad Lawal, ACTI, CNA, alongside the management team, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, received the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency Mr. Pete Vowles, and his delegation during a side discussion at the Regional Education Celebration and Close-Out Ceremony held at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna.
The British High Commission delegation comprised Cynthia Rowe, Head of Development Cooperation, Chris Okeke, Governance Team Lead; David Ukagwu, Subnational Lead, Adamu Maikano, Regional Coordinator, Archie Stay, Livelihood Adviser, and Pirmah Rimdans, Conflict Adviser.
Dr. Lawal reaffirmed KADIRS' commitment to sustaining the gains recorded under the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) Programme. He commended the UK Government, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), UNICEF, Save the Children International, and other development partners for supporting tax compliance, stakeholder engagement, tax clinics, taxpayer surveys, grievance redress mechanisms, and tax law reforms.
He acknowledged the sustained support of His Excellency, Senator Uba Sani, CON, Governor of Kaduna State, in transforming revenue administration through institutional reforms, digitalisation, improved taxpayer services, and enhanced revenue mobilisation. He noted that the government's commitment complements development partners' interventions in strengthening accountability, voluntary compliance, and a transparent, efficient revenue system.
The partnership recorded progress across five key areas: legal reform, corporate planning, stakeholder engagement, taxpayer surveys and advocacy, and capacity building. It also supported three major programmes: FCDO-SPARC, which reviewed revenue administration systems and the taxpayer base; FCDO-PERL, which supported the Kaduna State Tax Codification Law, Medium-Term Revenue Strategy, and KADIRS Corporate Plan; and FCDO-PACE, which supported tax law reforms and improvements to the Taxpayer Grievance Redress Mechanism.
KADIRS expressed its readiness to sustain collaboration with the FCDO through the British High Commission, alongside continued support from Governor Uba Sani, to consolidate these achievements and advance revenue administration reforms. The KADIRS delegation comprised Dr. Muhammad Lawal, ACTI, CNA, Acting Executive Chairman, Alh. Ali Garba Gora, Executive Director, Standard and Compliance, Hajiya Asma'u Inuwa Mora, Director, Revenue Operations, Comrade Idris Muhammad, Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr. Paul Micheal, Director, Planning and Statistics; Mr. Yunana Musa, Head of ICT, Zakari Jamilu Muhammad, Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations, and Bernice Abeku, Special Assistant to the Acting Executive Chairman.
Signed:
Corporate communication Department.
Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service.
October 28, 2026.
KABALA COSTAIN–ALIYU MAKAMA ROAD, BARNAWA: COMPLETED AND SOON TO BE OPENED FOR USE
Governor Uba Sani continues to deliver on his commitment to infrastructure development across Kaduna State. The Kabala Costain to Aliyu Makama Road in Barnawa, inherited at 30% completion, has now been fully completed by his administration. All civil works have been concluded, and the road is ready for use.
Promises backed by action. Projects inherited, completed, and delivered for the benefit of the people.
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Governor Uba Sani Fulfils Commitment to ASUU-KASU, Deepens Pro-Education Legacy
Governor Uba Sani has once again demonstrated his unwavering dedication to the education sector by honouring his commitment to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Kaduna State University (ASUU-KASU) chapter.
The October salary reflects the full implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement, marking a massive milestone for industrial harmony, worker welfare, and stability within the university community.
This landmark development builds directly on Governor Sani’s aggressive push to transform education in Kaduna State. From slashing tuition fees at state-owned tertiary institutions by 50% to ease financial pressure on families, to introducing student-first interventions such as allowing students to write exams regardless of outstanding fee balances, the administration continues to walk the talk.
By addressing staff welfare and student accessibility, Governor Uba Sani is showing what purposeful leadership and genuine investment in human capital look like.
“We have 3 ministers, the President gave us 4 universities, and approved the Birnin Gwari road to fulfill his promises. I went to him and asked for light rail for Kaduna as the capital of Northern Nigeria and he approved it. Not just that, when I told him about the need for CNG buses, Mr President gave us intervention to add 50 more buses to make it 100. We have had 5.2million passenger trips and saved our citizens N5billion. It’s Asiwaju’s effort”
- Governor Uba Sani on Trust TV
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What sort of a dumb interviewer is this? He keeps asking “what about ordinary citizens of kaduna”? So all these infrastructure, educational institutions etc are for who, extra-ordinary citizens of kaduna?
Why do we have so many dumb people as OAPs in this country for God sake?
I Was Instrumental in Gen. Christopher Musa’s Appointment as Defence Minister - Gov Sani
Watch full interview: youtu.be/avpqFvbkK4g
#trusttvnews #Kaduna #APCRally #2027Politics #Tinubu #2027Elections
UNGUWAN MU’AZU TOWNSHIP ROADS: A LEGACY OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE
On 23rd December 2024, Governor Uba Sani commissioned the Unguwan Mu’azu Township Roads, constructed by his administration as part of its commitment to improving infrastructure across Kaduna State.
Since their commissioning, these roads have continued to serve their intended purpose, improving accessibility, easing movement, and enhancing the daily lives of residents in the area.
This is a testament to the Kaduna State Government’s commitment to delivering sustainable infrastructure that meets the needs of communities and improves the quality of life of the people.
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