Follow citizens of Jigawa State. I am pleased to address you this morning to mark our one year in office since assuming the mantle of leadership of our dear State on Monday the 29th Day of May 2023. We profoundly thank Allah, Subhanahu Wata’ala, the Most Beneficent and Most Merciful for all His infinite favours upon us. It is with His special grace that we are alive and healthy to mark this one-year milestone in our journey to Greater Jigawa.
2. I believe most of you would recall, I have on that historic day of May 29th, 2023, averred that we hold as sacred trust, the mandate given to us by the people of Jigawa State to govern their affairs. Since that day, we have remained steadfast in discharging that mandate to the best of our ability and in the most responsive, transparent and accountable manner. This we have also done ever conscious of that day when we shall all be call to account for all our actions and inactions before our Creator. We pray that Allah, Ar-Rashid – The Guide to the Right Path – continue to guide us as we discharge our mandate to the citizens of our beloved State.
3. May 29th, 2023 was the beginning of a new chapter in the governance history of our State which, as we pledged, will be yet another journey of fulfillments in the attainment of the State’s Vision in which the overall wellbeing of the citizen of Jigawa State is paramount. I have on that day, unveiled our commitments to the people of Jigawa State in form of declarations across almost all sectors and in line with the 12-Point Agenda that informed our electioneering campaigns. Generally, these comprise of several short, medium- and long-term development outcomes which we intend to deliver through several sector-level initiatives ranging from inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and human development services, to youths and women empowerment, environmental sustainability, and the pursuit of institutional and governance reforms.
4. Looking back to the 12 months period, I am pleased that our journey to Greater Jigawa is satisfactorily progressing. Even as some of the outcomes of the economic policies put in place by the Federal Government to stabilize the national economy and put it on a more sustainable and inclusive growth path had continued to have a telling effect on the generality of Nigerians, we have in Jigawa State continued to initiate interventions and welfare programs that have, to a considerable extent, eased the situation for our people.
5. As observed during our inauguration, despite the documented accomplishments of the previous administration, much remains to be done to ensure that the socioeconomic development of Jigawa State is transformational in its impact so that the socioeconomic wellbeing of the people is sustainably guaranteed. It was in line with this that we began to develop and implement policies, programs and projects across all sectors to address the immediate, short- medium- and long-term development challenges so as to pave way for the attainment of the State’s strategic development objectives, and our vision for greater Jigawa. Already, as a commitment to accountability and transparency, all Honourable Commissioners and Chief Executives of some Government Agencies have participated in Radio and Television Programs and a well-publicised Press Conference giving accounts of the one-year success stories of the stewardship of their respective Ministries, Department and Agencies. My address will therefore only highlight on what we have been doing over the last one year in line with our overarching policy objectives. We will also develop and publish a compendium of the one-year achievements covering the period 29th May 2023 to 28th May 2024. This will comprehensively document the narratives, facts, figures and testimonials on the one-year achievements.
Easing the Burden of Economic Policies
6. As I mentioned earlier, one of the first challenge we had to grappled with early in our administration was the bitter outcomes of some of federal economic policies which were however, necessary to avert a fiscal crisis, stabilize the national economy and put it on a sustainable development path. While this is in line with our primary constitutional duty of protecting the welfare of the citizens, it is also incumbent upon us to initiative welfare programs aimed at mitigating the situation. So far, hundreds of thousands of people in the State have benefited from the various social protection and welfare programs we initiated and implemented over the last twelve months to ease the economic situation. These were mostly in form of both cash and in-kind palliatives including the iftar feeding program implemented during the Ramadan Period which was for the first time in the history of Jigawa State. During this period under review, the State Government has distributed tonnes of assorted food items largely comprising of rice, maize and spaghetti across all the nooks and crannies of the 287 wards in the State for which it was estimated over 1.5 million individuals have benefitted from. This comprises of about 72,000 bags of rice, 13,500 bags of Maize and about 37,000 Cartons of Spaghetti. This was in addition to the distribution of N10,000 direct Cash Palliatives to 108,000 beneficiaries across our 27 Local Government Areas. Over N2.3 billion was also expended in the Ramadan Iftar Program which was implemented in 609 Centres across the State with over 180,000 people partaking daily in the Iftar Program.
Economic Empowerment and Youth Employment
7. I have mentioned in my inaugural speech that one of the most existential development challenges staring us in the face is largely demographic. With a very high proportion of the State’s population in the youth category, high dependency ratio, and
high rate of youth unemployment, something urgent is required to address the development challenges posed by this scenario so that ultimately, our population will be an asset rather than a liability. Accordingly, few days after being sworn-in, we established the Jigawa State Agency for Economic Empowerment and Youth Employment for which a Law has already been enacted. Subsequent to this, we began to develop and pursue very innovative and well-targeted empowerment programs aimed at job and employment creation and provision of sustainable means of livelihoods for our youths. In it’s only one year of existence, they Agency has recorded tremendous progress in addressing the issues. As documented by the Agency, over 30 different empowerment and employment programs were implemented with over 73,000 beneficiaries in under 12 months. Many of the beneficiaries have acquired skills and received grants leading them to self-employment while many others have become reasonably employable. Prominent among these programs included the recently launched Millionaires Program which empowered 27 Beneficiaries with N10 million seed capital for Water Supply Equipment and Hand Pumps Operation Enterprises. In addition, the Agency has distributed over N1.0 billion in form of direct business empowerment grants and loans to already existing and new micro, small and medium scale enterprises. The Agency has also coordinated the sourcing and disbursement NANO Business Grant of over N1.4 billon from the Federal Government with almost 30,000 beneficiaries in the State. Talking about youth employment, I am pleased to mention that through the guidance and counselling activities of our Ministry of Special Duties, almost 630 youths from Jigawa State were supported to gain employment into various military and para-military establishments over the last one year.
8. We have also recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bank of Industry leading to the establishment of its Jigawa State Branch. The MoU has established a revolving matching-fund scheme worth N6 billion of which over 60% was provided by the State Government solely dedicated to boosting Small, Medium and Large-Scale Enterprises in Jigawa State. The Scheme is open to all eligible business enterprises operating within Jigawa State with cost of capital below what is obtainable in conventional money deposit banks.
Re-examining Targeting Methodologies in Government Programs
9. Over the years, successive administrations in the State have enacted policies and implemented programs aimed at poverty reduction and improvements in people’s socioeconomic living conditions. Despite the acclaimed success stories of most of the Program, National Statistics have continued to portray the State as having one of the highest poverty and vulnerability in the Country. While this is disputable, we have also realised that often times, inappropriate targeting of beneficiaries of poverty alleviation and empowerment programs and other malpractices have limited the scope and impacts of such programs. Accordingly, over the last one year, we have tried to correct this anomaly ensuring that the benefits of government programs reach the actual intended
beneficiaries who are largely the poor and vulnerable segments of the population. Otherwise, the scope and impact of billions of Naira of public monies expended on such programs will continue to be limited.
10. Government Programs such as the J-CARES, J-TEACH, J-HEALTH, the Cluster- Farming Program and almost all the Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation Programs have suffered from the malaise of poor targeting of beneficiaries and outright misappropriation in some of the programs. From the measures we have started instituting, I should say I am now pleased with the results we are starting to see. For instance, we have reviewed the targeting methodology of a number of ongoing social protection programs such as the JCARES Program which allows thousands of eligible beneficiaries to benefit from, unlike in the fast when partaking in such programs depends on whom someone knows or is connected with. The changed approach in the implementation of the multi-million Naira JCARES Program has now made it possible for thousands of individuals in poor and vulnerable houses and farmer cooperative groups in hard-to-reach remote communities to benefit from the Program. We are also fine- tuning all our agricultural programs to ensure that only real farmers and people active in the agricultural value chain are targeted.
11. We have noticed in the last Wheat Program jointly supported by the Federal and State Governments, certain vested interests have still tried to prevent the subsidies provided by Government from reaching the real farmers. Government will no longer condone this. We will do whatever is necessary to appropriately deal with such vested interests whom we will henceforth consider as enemies of progress and enemies of the masses. We will deploy various mechanisms including information and communication technologies linking the identity of program beneficiaries and the locations of their assets, be it farm plots, or a business enterprise to ensure that benefits of Government programs go to the intended beneficiaries who are resident in the State. In the same vein, I have given stern instructions to ensure that subsequent recruitments in programs such as J-AGRO, J-HEALTH and J-Teach are done in a very transparent and upright manner so that only the best qualified candidates are recruited within the approve limits. We will also continue to count on collaboration with genuinely patriotic community- based and civil-society organizations as well as ward development committees (the formation of which we will formalise) to achieve this objective.
Pursuit of Agricultural Transformations
12. Sustained Agricultural Transformations is topmost in our commitments to transform the socioeconomic landscape of our dear State. The focus is to sustain and improve upon the existing policies and programmes to accelerate the contributions of the sector to the growth of the State’s Economy and provision of sustainable means of livelihoods for the people. Jigawa State is already a major contributor to national food security and the diversification of the Nigerian Economy being among the topmost producers and or
exporters of many food and cash crops including among others, rice, wheat, sesame, and hibiscus.
13. To align our agricultural interventions with our vision of Greater Jigawa, we have recently produced a New State Agricultural Policy. The new policy will seek to develop and implement an inclusive, robust, and investment-focused agricultural programs that aligns with our vision for sustainable agri-business-based economic growth in the State. Our 12-point Agenda which was integrated into the State Development Plan, places high premium on Food & Nutrition Security, Economic Diversification, Job Creation, and Private Sector Development. Accordingly, our agricultural investment programs as would be derived from the New Policy, would be linked to these objectives. We believe that the new Policy will revolutionise and transform the agricultural sector as the primary platform for sustainable socioeconomic development of our State. Even as we await the validation of the new policy, we have over the last one year implemented initiatives and forge alliances that would facilitate its effective implementation. Some of these include:
i. Injection of additional capital amounting to N5 billion into the State Agricultural Supply Company with a view to enabling the company to effectively perform its primary responsibility of ensuring timely access to the right agricultural inputs to the teeming farmers in Jigawa State
ii. Support to ongoing Wheat and Rice production Programs under which we expended billions in direct agriculture subsidies to farmers. This involved the procurement and sale of 9,200 tonnes of fertilizer with improved varieties of wheat and rice seed and assorted pesticides and herbicides.
iii. Procurement of sixty (60) Tractors and ten (10) Combine Harvesters to promote agricultural mechanization and largescale agriculture. Related to this was the purchase of fifty each of rice processing mill, destoners and trasher machines.
iv. Active participation in the National Wheat Program initiated by the Federal Government. Jigawa State provided up to 40,000 out of the 120,000 hectares required in the implementation of the National Wheat Program with additional 15,000 hectares supported by the State Government. In addition, we provided all the needed extension service to the over 50,000 farmers that participated in the programs with additional absorption of 75% subsidies on inputs supplied to the farmers.
14. I am also pleased to inform citizens of Jigawa State that we have in the last six month, signed various partnership agreements and Memorandums of Understandings on the implementation of priority agricultural programmes including with the Federal
Government, African Development Bank and the World Bank. These included the National Wheat Development Program, a Livestock Productivity and Resilience Project, and the Development of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones in the State. In the same vein, we have renewed the State’s Expression of Interest to the Federal Government to implement an Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement & Livelihoods Improvement Support Project and an Integrated Agricultural Enterprise Development Project. These are to be respectively supported by World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank. We believe implementation of all these projects will lead to the much-needed agricultural transformation in line with the long-term vision of the State.
Roads Infrastructure
15. Over the last twelve months, we have not only continued to implement and complete all ongoing projects but have also initiated new ones across all sectors. In the realm of road infrastructure, as of the time we took over the reigns of leadership, there were 26 ongoing road projects covering a total distance of about 340 kilometres across the length and breadth of Jigawa State. The total initial cost of all the projects was over N82.03 Billion for which actual payment as at May 29, 2023, was about N32.0 billion – meaning that over 60% of the total cost of all the ongoing road projects was still outstanding either as liabilities or contractual commitments. While some of the inherited projects were nearing completion, almost majority were below 30%. Even though the initial contract sum was recently reviewed upward due to the inflationary trend in the economy, I am pleased to inform citizens of Jigawa State that as of today, we have made additional payments of over N25 billion in the execution of the projects. It is also pleasing to report that several of the inherited ongoing projects are now either fully completed or are at an advanced state of completion.
16. With these accomplishments, we have now commenced preparation to embark on new projects including rehabilitation and or asphalt overlay of some existing roads and completely new roads construction projects comprising of both regional and township roads. In this regard, I am pleased to mention that, an Expression of Interest for Technical Prequalification of Contractors has already been placed in the National Dailies.
Environmental Protection
17. In the realm of environmental protection, we have also sustained ongoing efforts to build resilience as to be able to contain all threats to the environment. Since May 29, 2023, we have implemented several aspects of the technical report on the prevention of perennial floods through mechanical and manual desilting covering over 70 kilometres along the downstream channels of Hadejia River and constructions of dykes and embankments in several locations in Auyo, Miga, Jahun, Ringim, Kafin Hausa and Guri Local Governments. Government has equally undertaken the construction of drainages covering a total length of almost 10 kilometres to control erosion in about 20 towns across the State. In the same vein, following the launch of the 2023 Tree Planting
Campaign in Ringim, we have produced and distributed about 2.5 million assorted/indigenous tree seedlings in a bid to contain desert encroachment and reverse the degradation of our forest reserves.
Security
18. Fellow Citizens of Jigawa State, we consider peace and security are the single most important responsibility in our governance agenda. While remaining profoundly grateful and prayerful for the relative peace and security we enjoy in our State, we have remained proactive in dealing with the pockets of security challenges periodically being faced in some parts of the State. As these are almost exclusively either land disputes or farmer-herdsmen related, we have established two high level communities which have been very active in identifying and dealing with any potential threats to security in the State. In particular, the Security and Peace Committee working on the perennial farmers-herdsman disputes around Guri Kiri-Kassama axis which has been working for months assiduously since its establishment last year with no reported incidence of the usual clashes which normally resulted in loss of lives and properties. This makes it possible for first time over twenty years for farmers to plant and harvest their crops without any reported incidence of killing a farmer or a herder. I really commend all members of this Committee and other stakeholders including the Security Agencies, Representatives of Traditional Institutions and Members of the Farmers and Herdsmen Associations. As we remain ever prayerful, we will also continue to count on the support and cooperation of all Stakeholders in sustaining and improving on peace and security in the State.
Human Development Services
19. Another very critical component of our commitment to the people of Jigawa State is the pursuit of policies, projects, and programmes focused on access to effective and efficient human development services particularly Education, Health and Social Protection. As we continued to implement already ongoing projects and programs in these areas, we have also undertaken a comprehensive situation analysis to establish the nature and scope of interventions required to ensure sustainable access to qualitative and functional education, qualitative and affordable healthcare services, and effective social protection programs all with a view to having more favourable human development indices.
20. For the education sector, it was revealed that the most critical challenge is dearth for teachers in the right mix of quality and quantity particularly at the basic and post basic levels as well as the unacceptably high level of out-of-school children. We have on records, schools with only one or two teachers. Our first priority was therefore to ensure that all our basic and post-basic schools are staffed with adequate, qualified and trained teachers. Over the last one year, we have deployed over 3,570 teachers to our
senior secondary schools including the recruited JTEACH Graduates, Permanent & Pensionable Appointments for the newly established Mega Secondary Schools, and the employment of about 150 First Class Degree Graduates. These have resulted in an increase of over 58% in the number of qualified teachers in our Senior Secondary Schools within 12-Months leading to significant improvements in the general pupil- teacher ratio which is now within acceptable standards.
21. At the basic levels, we have converted 3,233 out of the 4,000 J-TEACH Teachers to Permanent and Pensionable position. Arrangements are also underway for the recruitment of another set of 3,000 J-TEACH for which the recruitment portal is presently live with over 17,000 applicants and still counting. These, we believe will go a long way in addressing the massive gaps in the number and quality of teachers in the basic schools. To address the huge number of out-of-school children, we have commenced the construction of three Mega Tsangaya Integrated Schools which will largely enrol our children not opportune to be in the conventional primary schools. The curriculum of the Tsangaya Schools is designed to provide foundational learning, skill acquisition and qur’anic/Islamic education for the children. They will also have adequate boarding facilities for all the pupils, teachers, and other support staff.
22. One of the priority areas in our 12-Point Agenda is levering on the power of Information and Communication Technology to reposition the State’s Economy. It was in this regard that we go into partnership with National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to promote this Agenda. As a logical starting point, we have planned to vigorously deepen access to ICT and Digital Economy Education in our educational system for which we launched the J-COMPETE Program in January this year. The Programs is about Creating Opportunity for Mastery, Proficiency, Excellence and Technological Empowerment” for teachers and students. This we consider as a significant milestone in our commitment to providing a practical application of digital and advanced technology in our 21st century’s educational journey which will facilitate the attainment of our objective of creating a Digital Economy in the State.
23. To reposition our healthcare delivery system, we have also undertaken a gap analysis in the performance of all our health facilities. As of May 2023, there were 38 ongoing projects worth over N17.2 billion at various stages of completion. These largely included the provision of infrastructure, supply of medical equipments and consultancies in respect of the specialist hospitals in Hadejia and Kazaure, Gumel Orthopaedic Hospitals, establishment of new general hospitals and upgrading of other primary and secondary healthcare facilities. Total payments on these were reported to be almost N12.1 billion. Since taking over, we have assiduously worked to complete all the projects with additional payments of about N1.3 billion. Further to this, we have also undertaken additional projects worth about N1.4 billion involving solar and conventional power
supply in General Hospitals, Construction of Midwives Quarters in Primary Health Centres and several other projects.
24. Notwithstanding, our comprehensive documentation of the existing gaps for the attainment of our vision in the health sector indicated that much still needed to be done both in terms of structures, facilities and human resources. Much still needs to be done to accomplish the State vision of at least one truly functional Basic Health Clinic per Political Ward, one General Hospital for each State Constituency and a Specialist Hospital for each Senatorial Zone. I have already given matching orders to the Ministry of Health to ensure that all the Specialist Hospitals and other upgraded Secondary facilities are commissioned and made fully functional before the end of the year.
25. To expand access to qualitative healthcare for the citizens, I am pleased to announce that a Health Equity Fund was established which has already been credited with a seed funding of N1.0 billion. Part of the Equity Funds will be used to provide social health insurance cover to over 140,000 persons in the first instance. Accordingly, all is now set to commence enrolment of 500 eligible persons from each of the 287 wards in the State. This will cover among others, children under 5, pregnant women, aged persons in poor households, and people living with sickle cell anaemia or HIV aides.
26. Our commitments in the area of social protection is to expand the scope and coverage among vulnerable segments of our population across all stages in the life cycle. It is in line with this that we recently conducted a comprehensive census of all orphans and orphanages in Jigawa State as well as that of people living with disabilities and aged persons living in vulnerable households. We hope to complete the design of appropriate Social Protection Programs for the Orphans and Aged Persons with a view to commencing their implementation before the end of the year. As most of us are aware, the ongoing social security program for the disabled which was started over 16 years ago, has suffered significant attrition in the number of beneficiaries due to non- replacements for exited beneficiaries due to deaths. In fact, the Social Security Program for People with Disabilities faces the risk of extinction despite being established by a Law.
27. In line with our commitment to expand coverage of social protection programs in the State, let me use this occasion to announce our resolve to resuscitate this Program by increasing the benefit package of the Social Security amount from N7,000 to N10,000 monthly with effect from June 2024. In addition, while we will immediately commence new enrolment to register more eligible beneficiaries based on the recently conducted census. I have also approved a review of the benefit package to include periodic targeted specials scholarships and skill acquisition programs for the children of the disables.
Water and Sanitation
28. We have over the last one year also sustain access to safe drinking water and sanitation in which Jigawa State is already playing a leading role nationwide. While ensuring continued operations and maintenance of existing schemes and water points across rural, small towns and urban areas, we have also continued to expand and upgrade the system achieving significant results in the process. Some of the specific outputs delivered include:
i. Procurement of AGO Diesel, Lubricants and Water Treatment Chemicals for sustained Water Supply in the State including improvement of water supply in Dutse and its Environs – N4.44 billion.
ii. Rehabilitation, upgrading and improvement of water facilities including procurement of generating sets and construction of new solar scheme under Small Towns and Urban Water Schemes across over 400 motorized and solar schemes – N2.8 billion.
iii. Construction of over 660 Hand Pumps across the rural and hard-to-reach areas of the State – N1.1 billion.
iv. Working on Greater Dutse Project in collaboration with the Federal Government for which an allocation of N5.0 billion was made.
v. Planned construction of new water schemes in Hadejia, Birnin Kudu and Gumel.
29. Recently, the State Executive Council has also approved the Open Defecation Free sustainability Plan in which Jigawa State leads the 36 States in the Federation. The Ministry of Water Resources, with the support of some of our partners, particularly UNICEF, and in collaboration with other MDAs, has been mandated to ensure effective implementation of the multi-sectoral sustainability plan, so that Jigawa State continue to maintain its lead of the National ODF initiative being championed by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.
Housing and Land Administration
30. As part of our urban renewal programs, we have commenced a Mass Housing Program under which we are constructing 1,500 houses spread across the State Capital and some of other major urban centres including Hadejia, Gumel, Kazaure, Ringim, Babura, Birnin Kudu, and Kafin Hausa. The first phase of this program is currently ongoing at an advanced completion stage. As part of our policy on land administration, we have during the year reviewed the rate of Land and Property Compensation in the State for the first time in decades. It is worthy of note that in the last one year, we have paid land compensation for government acquired lands amounting to over N600 million based on the new approved rates. This is in respect of lands acquired and allocated for development projects by State and Federal Agencies and the Private Sector.
New Legislations
31. In line with our policy direction, we have in the last one year, caused the enactment of new Laws and amendment of some existing ones to support effective governance in the State. Specifically, this was in line with the need to provide the necessary legal framework and conducive environment for the implementation of our policies and priority programs. Noteworthy in this regard, are the Laws establishing four new agencies to be charged with responsibility of implementing Government Programs and Policies as it affects their functions. These include the establishment of an Information Technology and Digital Economy Agency, an Agency for Residents Identity Management, Tsangaya Education Board, Senior Secondary Schools Management Board, and a Social Investment Agency. We have equally amended other existing legislations or provided new legislations for existing Agencies to streamline and strengthen their functions.
32. My fellow citizens of Jigawa State, that was just a highlight of some of the policies, programs and projects we have pursued over the last twelve months. While my presentation was modest, I must emphasise that virtually there is no sector where something significant was not implemented. Even as we concentrated on the continuation and successful completion of most of the inherited projects and programs, we have at the same time, executed new initiatives either as newly conceived or in form of rehabilitation and expansion of existing ones. We have enacted new policies and forge new alliances and partnerships, all in the interest of the progress and development of our dear State. I am pleased to inform our citizens that, as we implement the 2024 Budget tagged,“The Budget for a Greater Jigawa” which was the biggest annual appropriation ever, we also hope, in the coming days, to submit a Supplementary Budget to the State Legislature to appropriate additional funds for the 2024 Fiscal Year. This would facilitate the commencement of a number of new capital-intensive projects particularly those requiring longer duration to be accomplished.
Conclusion:
33 Finally, let me once again reiterate our commitment to the progress and development of our dear State. We will continue to hold the mandate given to us by the people of Jigawa State as sacrosanct in which the overall socioeconomic wellbeing of the citizens would remain our primary concern. While we will continue to uphold the principles of good accountability and transparency in governance, we will also leave no stone unturned in demanding same from the people we work with. As Chief Executives of Government Agencies, whether you signed a Performance Bond or not, you have a duty and responsibility to deliver results. We recognise the existence of challenges and obstacles as we began to write the narratives of the new chapter in the governance history of Jigawa State. This shall not however, in any way be an
excuse for non performance. We will therefore continue to demand the best from all public servants and political office holders.
34. Let me also use this opportunity to appreciate the support we have continued to enjoy from all key stakeholders in the progress and development of Jigawa State, and in upholding the existing peace, unity, and social cohesion in the society. I most sincerely appreciate our traditional and religious leaders and institutions, civil society and community-based organizations and the Jigawa Elders’ Forum. In the same vein, I appreciate the enduring support of our development partners with whom we have continued to forge partnerships across various sectors in form of technical assistance, development support and governance reforms. In this regard, the Government and People of Jigawa State most sincerely appreciate the continued support enjoyed from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UNICEF, the European Union and many other development partners working with the Jigawa State Government. We also recognise and appreciate our teeming supporters all over the State for their unwavering support.
35. Finally, I will also call on all the People of Jigawa State to continue to be patriotic citizens and patient and to seek for their support and understanding as we continue to implement our Agenda for Greater Jigawa.
36. Thank you all for all listening. Long Live Jigawa State, Long Live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
37. Wassalam Alaikum, Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu