Katsina Spends N5.9bn On MDGs Projects

The Katsina State Government says it has spent a total of N5.9 billion on the execution of projects under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) across the state.
The state governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, stated this while members of the House of Representatives’ Committee on MDGs called on him at Government House in Katsina on Friday.
He explained that N3.1 billion of the amount was the counterpart fund from the state for the MDGs projects.
Shema disclosed that the state government had released N528 million as the state government’s contribution for the MDGs projects for the year 2013.
“The state government has also spent N600 million to boost water supply, education and other MDGs-related projects in some selected local government areas of the state,’’ he said.
The governor also disclosed that a total of 68 health clinics were constructed and mobile ambulances introduced in rural areas, while 3,000 boreholes were drilled under the programme.
Shema said other MDGs projects executed included 257 VIP toilets, distribution of 33,000 treated mosquito nets and rehabilitation and resettlement of 200 VVF treated patients, among others.
Earlier, the Chairman of House of Representatives’ Committee on MDGs, Alhaji Alhassan Doguwa, had said the committee was satisfied with the way MDGs projects were executed in the state.
He expressed the committee’s appreciation of the state government’s efforts in the development of the education, health and poverty alleviation sectors.
Doguwa, who called on other states to emulate Katsina, assured that the committee would present the success of Katsina state on MDGs to an international forum on MDGs.