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Three governors have been scheduled to commission multi-billion-naira projects executed by the Governor Dikko Radda-led administration in Katsina State.
The governors include those of Kwara, who doubles as Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Abdulrahman Abdulrazak; his Yobe counterpart, Mai Mala Buni; and Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto.
The Katsina State Commissioner for Information, Bala Salisu Zango, disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking to journalists at the Government House Press Centre, Katsina.
Zango said Governor Buni is expected to kick off the event first, on May 1, 2026, by commissioning the recently reconstructed Ingawa-Dutsi-Shargalle road network in the morning at about 9:00 am.
He said Governor Aliyu is also expected to commission the Yandaki-Shinkafi-Kofar Sauro junction road in the state’s metropolitan area at about 5:00 pm on the same day.
The commissioner said Governor Abdulrazak is scheduled to commission a model secondary school at Radda community, in the Charanchi council area, on May 5, 2026, at 11:00 am.
In a related development, the state government says it has also scheduled an event for the turbaning ceremony of three newly appointed district heads, including a son of the state governor.
According to the Katsina State Commissioner for Information, Bala Zango, the event is to hold on May 2, 2026, at the palace of the emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman.
Zango said three people would be turbaned on the said date, including Mohammed Dikko Radda, who is son to the incumbent state governor.
He said the younger Radda is to be turbaned as the District Head of Radda in the Charanchi council area and that the title was abdicated by his father, Dikko Radda, after he became state governor.
The son of the current Katsina emir, Ahmed Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, would also be turbaned on the same day as the District Head of Dankama, Kaita council area.
Furthermore, the commissioner said Abubakar Darisu would be turbaned on the same day as the District Head of Muduru in the Mani council area.
He said the turbaning event would witness a series of activities that include a special polo tournament, Durbar displays, and a dinner which would be held on the Government House premises, among other activities.
Zango said the state government had made arrangements to ensure a successful commissioning as well as turbaning events and that a committee had been set up to ensure the said activities were hitch-free.