🏛️ State Executive Council Meeting Summary
Date: Monday, 7th July 2025
Chairman: His Excellency, Malam Umar A. Namadi, FCA
Position: Executive Governor of Jigawa State
💧 1. Expansion of Irrigation Schemes
✅ Hadejia Barrage (Ayama/Koya Irrigation Project) – SPIN Model 1
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Purpose: Counterpart funding for World Bank’s Sustainable Power and Irrigation for Nigeria (SPIN) project
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Amount Approved: ₦200,000,000.00
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Objective:
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Improve food security and water management
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Enhance climate resilience
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Maximize benefit from global irrigation initiatives
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✅ Warwade Dam Irrigation Project – SPIN Model 2
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Amount Approved: ₦500,000,000.00
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Objective:
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Expand irrigation capacity
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Improve dam safety
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Revitalize rural economies
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Alignment: With the 12-Point Agenda of the present administration for a greater Jigawa
⚡ 2. Power and Energy Investment
✅ Investment in KEDCO (Electricity Distribution)
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Purpose: Consolidation of previous ₦1 billion investment
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New Release Approved: ₦1,000,000,000.00
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Context:
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Adds 2.5% shareholding to the state’s existing 7.5% in Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO)
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Shares acquired from Future Energy Africa Ltd (core investor in KEDCO)
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Objective:
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Strengthen electricity supply across the state
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Promote energy security and attract more infrastructural development
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Previous Action: MoU signed to purchase 500,000 KEDCO shares
🎓 3. Support for Girl-Child Education
✅ School Uniforms and Furniture Procurement
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Amount Approved: ₦569,080,964.43
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Scope:
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Supply & distribution of 24,500 sets of female students’ uniforms
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Supply of 3,900 units of 3-seater students’ furniture across all secondary schools in Jigawa
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Objective:
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Promote the administration’s free education policy for girls from primary to university
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Enhance access and ensure a conducive learning environment
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Drive societal and economic growth through girl-child education
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✍️ Official Statement
Signed:
Sagir Musa Ahmed
Honorable Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport and Culture