Students’ group backs Kabir for 2027 re-election bid

The Kano state chapter of Jagaba/Abba Students’ Mandate 2027 has endorsed Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for re-election, citing what it described as his administration’s achievements in infrastructure, training, healthcare, agriculture, water provide and youth empowerment.

It maintained that since assuming workplace in May 2023, Yusuf had pursued interventions aimed toward addressing infrastructure deficits, strengthening public providers and increasing financial alternatives for younger folks, ladies, farmers and college students.

In a press release issued by its convener, Comrade Nafiu Yunusa on Thursday, he mentioned the governor had demonstrated dedication to bettering the dwelling situations of residents via growth tasks and insurance policies throughout the state’s 44 native authorities areas.

According to the group, accessible information point out that the administration had executed greater than 1,508 growth tasks valued at over ₦928 billion as of July 2026, with 799 accomplished and 709 ongoing.

“The infrastructure investments include road construction and rehabilitation, drainage, urban renewal, rural roads and other public facilities.” The group additionally counseled the federal government for utilising greater than ₦118 billion to execute important five-kilometre highway tasks in 38 native authorities areas, whereas roughly ₦169 billion was invested in city renewal initiatives.

“These interventions are significant to improving connectivity between communities, facilitating commercial activities, reducing transportation difficulties and expanding access to public services,” It mentioned.

The assertion famous that the administration has undertaken rehabilitation works at main water amenities, together with the Challawa and Tamburawa remedy vegetation, in addition to the restoration of the Goron Dutse Reservoir.

It recalled that the governor, in his October 2026 Independence Day deal with, disclosed that the Goron Dutse venture concerned the rehabilitation of three reservoirs with a mixed storage capability of about 40.4 million litres and the development of a 15.6-kilometre transmission line connecting the Challawa system to the reservoir.

The group mentioned the interventions had been important to bettering water distribution and addressing shortages affecting households and companies.

Yunusa mentioned the administration had additionally demonstrated dedication via elevated budgetary allocations, recruitment of lecturers, scholarships and monetary help for college students.

He added that the governor has paid consideration to the training sector with interventions overlaying faculty infrastructure, lecturers recruitment, college students help and entry to tertiary training.

“We recognises his funding in training is an funding in the way forward for Kano. Improved studying environments, ample instructing personnel, scholarship alternatives and decreased monetary limitations are important to increasing entry to high quality training.

“The administration has additionally launched interventions aimed toward bettering entry to healthcare and strengthening the state’s well being system. More than 300 major healthcare centres had been renovated, whereas a number of amenities had been upgraded to secondary-level healthcare centres.

“The authorities additionally recruited over 2,000 well being staff, together with docs, pharmacists, nurses, midwives and neighborhood well being extension staff in its effort to enhance healthcare service supply to the folks.

“Other interventions include free caesarean section services for pregnant women, improved medical infrastructure and the establishment of Kano State Centre for Disease Control and Prevention,” he mentioned.

The Mandate famous that Yusuf administration has distributed fertiliser price billions of naira to smallholder farmers, alongside investments in irrigation and agricultural growth.

“The authorities via the Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project had supported greater than 477,000 farmers, whereas a ₦16 billion irrigation venture at Jakara Dam was initiated to strengthen agricultural manufacturing.

“These interventions are related to bettering farmers’ productiveness, increasing entry to agricultural inputs and strengthening meals safety.

The administration has additionally designed programmes that help younger folks, graduates and small enterprise homeowners,” It famous.

Among the initiatives are the empowerment of 1,130 graduates with start-up kits and assets to help self-employment in addition to start-up capital of ₦50,000 to hundreds of small enterprise homeowners.

These interventions recognise the significance of supporting younger folks past formal employment by offering alternatives for entrepreneurship, abilities growth and financial participation.