Summary of Resolution of the State Executive Council held on Monday 22ndSeptember, 2025

🏛️ State Executive Council Meeting Summary

Date: Monday, 22nd September 2025
Chairman: His Excellency, Malam Umar A. Namadi, FCA
Position: Executive Governor of Jigawa State

Approved Amount: ₦869,638,271.18
Scope:
- Renovation of 7 Model Tsangaya Schools
- Construction of 30 Recitation Halls
- Construction of 30 Reading Shades (one per state constituency)
Objective:
- Improve access to quality Islamic education
- Provide conducive learning environments for Almajiri pupils
- Integrate Tsangaya education into Jigawa’s human capital development agenda

Approved Amount: ₦1,547,614,974.00
Beneficiaries: 22,388 Jigawa indigenes studying in 83 tertiary institutions (within and outside Jigawa)
- 13,622 male students
- 8,766 female students
Purpose:
- Reduce financial burdens on parents
- Support inclusive access to higher education
- Empower youth to achieve academic and professional excellence
Coverage: 2024/2025 Academic Session

Approved Amount: ₦396,000,000.00
Purpose: Payment for 20 trucks (12,000 bags) of NPK fertilizer allocated by the Federal Government at ₦33,000 per bag
Objective:
- Cushion rising cost of fertilizer
- Support smallholder farmers
- Boost food production under the 2025/2026 Dry Season Agricultural Programme

Approved Amount: ₦835,008,875.00
Scope: Consultancy & management services for TVET implementation across:
- 4 Centers of Excellence: Dutse Model, Santami, SSS Kafin Hausa, Bamaina Academy
- 6 Science & Technical Colleges
- 7 Skills Acquisition Centres: Hadejia, Kazaure, Ringim, Gumel, Babura, Birnin Kudu, Dutse
- 4 Tertiary Institutions: Bilyaminu Usman Polytechnic (Hadejia), Polytechnic ICT (Kazaure), State Polytechnic (Dutse), JICORAS (Babura)
Objective:
- Reposition technical education
- Provide 21st-century skills to youth
- Drive human capital development, job creation, and economic empowerment

Approval: Initiate process for 5 new Microfinance Banks
Proposed Locations: Birniwa, Gujungu-Taura, Guri, Gwaram, Kaugama
Objective:
- Expand financial access in rural and underserved communities
- Support grassroots economic empowerment
- Provide savings, credit, and small business support services

Approved Amount: ₦733,122,187.23
Purpose: Technical audit, assessment, and planning for rooftop solar installations across social institutions under the SI-SS Programme
Target Facilities: Schools, healthcare centres, and public institutions
Objective:
- Expand solar electrification
- Improve service delivery in education and healthcare
- Strengthen climate resilience and energy independence

Approved Amount: ₦779,269,895.00
Scope:
- Supply of 68,850 textbooks
- Provision of 700 whiteboards
- 3,000 cartons of erasable markers
- 295 motorcycles (Hunter model) for School Support Officers (SSOs) across 27 LGAs
Objective:
- Improve teaching and learning outcomes in primary and junior secondary schools
- Strengthen school supervision and accountability
- Enhance mobility of SSOs for effective monitoring and mentoring

Signed:
Sagir Musa Ahmed
Honorable Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport and Culture