August 08, (THEWILL) — The Kano State Executive Council has approved the 2025 Proposed Supplementary and Amendment Budget of ₦889,277,880,957.81 for various state services.
Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Amb. Ibrahim Abdullahi Wayya, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the council’s 30th meeting.
The new figure represents an upward adjustment of ₦169,522,463,294.81 from the originally approved ₦719,755,417,663.00.
Wayya said the supplementary appropriation is designed to strengthen the government’s capacity to deliver on core mandates and meet emerging obligations.
He added that the council had directed the immediate transmission of the proposal to the Kano State House of Assembly for legislative action.
The council also approved ₦14,828,867,679.04 for various development projects across the state, including the conversion of Gaya Orphanage Home to a Female Drugs Reformatory Institute and the construction of a standard transit centre in Gaya LGA at a cost of ₦1.38bn, the revocation and re-award of the Jaba–Gayawa Road project for ₦3.75bn, the revocation and re-award of the dualisation of Dakata–Yadakunya (Bela) Road for ₦6.15bn, and the construction of Badgery Road to Yusuf Road in Nassarawa LGA for ₦522m.
For the Ministry of Land and Physical Planning, the council approved ₦129m for the printing of security documents by the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting PLC, and ₦754m for the expanded scope of work at the ministry.
The Ministry of Health secured approvals for the renovation of Sabo Bakin Zuwo Maternity Hospital at ₦364.5m, general renovation at the School of Health Technology, Bebeji, at ₦294.47m, installation of solar energy systems in five maternity facilities at ₦114m, supply of drugs and consumables to three major hospitals at ₦112.35m, renovation of a newly procured house at Zango Quarters, Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, at ₦272.18m, supply of materials to two wards at Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital at ₦128m, and renovation and expansion at Zakirai Primary Health Care Centre (Phase I) at ₦379.28m.
For the Ministry of Water Resources, ₦310m was approved for the supply of 120,000 litres of diesel and 17,000 litres of PMS in February 2025. The Ministry for Rural and Community Development was allocated ₦169.63m for rehabilitating five mini earth dams in Madobi, Gwarzo, Garun Malam, Kibiya, and Ajingi LGAs.
Wayya reaffirmed Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s commitment to rebuilding a better Kano State through strategic governance and urged citizens to support and monitor project implementation.
Abdullahi Yusuf is a seasoned journalist, communicator and was previously the Deputy Editor-In-Chief and Zonal Manager, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Jos, where he retired on December 15, 2021
