Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has presented a budget proposal of N790 billion for the year 2025 to the state House of Assembly for approval, with critical sectors like education, infrastructure, human capital development, security, and agriculture taking the largest allocation.
Presenting the draft budget at the chambers of Kaduna State House of Assembly on Monday, the governor said that his administration adopted a conservative but strategic approach to resource allocation, given the prevailing financial headwinds.
The governor disclosed that the 2025 budget earmarked N553 billion for Capital Expenditure while N237 billion is for Recurrent Expenditure.
According to him, “the capital allocation reflects our continued focus on infrastructure, with particular emphasis on rural roads, healthcare facilities, education infrastructure, and housing projects.
We have deliberately focused on projects that will have a lasting impact on the economic wellbeing of our citizens,’’ the Governor further emphasized.
Governor Sani pointed out that N206.6billion has been allocated to education, representing 26.14% of the 2025 budget proposal.
“This will fund the construction of new schools, the rehabilitation of existing ones, the recruitment and capacity development of teachers, and the provision of learning materials,’’ he added.
The health sector has been allocated N127 billion, which is 16.07% of the budget, Governor Sani said, explaining that the amount will be used “to upgrade our healthcare facilities, procure medical equipment, and expand our mobile healthcare services, ensuring that no community is left behind in access to quality healthcare.’’
We have deliberately focused on projects that will have a lasting impact on the economic wellbeing of our citizens,’’ the Governor further emphasized.
Governor Sani pointed out that N206.6billion has been allocated to education, representing 26.14% of the 2025 budget proposal.
“This will fund the construction of new schools, the rehabilitation of existing ones, the recruitment and capacity development of teachers, and the provision of learning materials,’’ he added.
The health sector has been allocated N127 billion, which is 16.07% of the budget, Governor Sani said, explaining that the amount will be used “to upgrade our healthcare facilities, procure medical equipment, and expand our mobile healthcare services, ensuring that no community is left behind in access to quality healthcare.’’
The Governor said that N106 billion, which is 13.14% of the 2025 budget, has been earmarked for infrastructure, adding that the administration will ‘’focus on completion of ongoing road construction, rural electrification, water supply and other critical public works across the State.’’
He said that N74 billion or 9. 36% of the budget will be devoted to agriculture, promising that “we will invest in agricultural innovation, providing support for smallholder farmers, promoting agro-processing, and expanding irrigation projects.’’
According to him, N11.2 billion has been allocated for Security to enhance “the capacity of our state security agencies, purchasing equipment, and supporting community policing efforts.’’
Governor Sani also said that Social Welfare has been allocated N9.8 billion or 1.24% of next year’s budget, to cover ‘’the expansion of social safety nets, including support for the elderly, women and children under the Ministry of Human Services and Social Development, as well as other social interventions programmes targeted at the poor and vulnerable, to be conducted by the newly created Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.’’
He said Kaduna State is partnering with local and international investors to frontally address our housing deficit, adding that ‘’we have successfully reduced housing deficit in the state through the development of 300 housing units at Millennium City, Kaduna.’’
“The first phase of the construction of mass housing for the less privileged at Kaduna Economic City is about 95% completed. This project is a partnership between Qatar Charity and the Kaduna State Government,’’ he said.
Governor Uba Sani disclosed that his government has attracted over $503 million worth of actualized investments to the State. Amongst them are 4 Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), namely: Sunagrow International Oil Ltd for the construction of $50 Million Soya Bean Oil Refining Plant, StarAgric West Africa Ltd for the establishment of the Kaduna Agri-Market System Initiative, Qatar Sanabil Kaduna Economic City Project, and Ming Xing Lithium Processing Plant. ‘’
“We are finalizing arrangements for the commencement of the Special Agricultural Processing Zone (SAPZ), a partnership between the Kaduna State Government and the African development Bank (AfDB),’’ he added.
The Kaduna State Government, through the Kaduna State Enterprise Development Agency (KADEDA), has supported 8,649 nano and micro businesses with grants to expand their business operations, he disclosed.
The governor said that ‘’the support ranged from N300,000, N200,000, N150,000, N100,000, to N50,000. The A Kori Talauchi program, led by the Kaduna State Government, empowered 4,912 underserved women across the state.’’