Governor Ahmed Aliyu’s food sufficiency programme in Sokoto State is a kind that rarely makes headlines beyond the normal agricultural bulletins, yet quietly, he is determined to ensure that Sokoto State’s population has enough food to feed
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Barr. Mukhtar Shagari and the substance of public service
As public office comes to an end, so too, for many, does public spiritedness. It is a familiar Nigerian story: officials who commanded attention and resources in government quietly recede from view once the trappings of office are gone, their commitment to national development apparently tied to the privileges of a title rather than to the people they once swore to serve.
Community Food Bank: Oluremi Tinubu and Namadi’s shared vision
When the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Bola Ahmed Tinubu,touched down in Hadejia for the North-West launch of the National Community Food Bank Programme, she was not merely inaugurating a federal initiative, but was, in effect, endorsing a model of governance that Governor Umar Namadi has spent the better part of his tenure quietly constructing in Jigawa State.
How Namadi’s agricultural vision is transforming Jigawa
There is a particular kind of leadership that does not merely make promises but delivers programmes, not in the language of political rhetoric, but in the tangible currency of motorcycles, solar pumps, fertiliser, and trained hands ready to work the soil
Jubilee Fellows Programme and the focus on Jigawa youths
Their discussions centred on the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme, and the governor left that meeting both encouraged and more firmly convinced of something he has long believed: the greatest untapped resource.
In this country, is not oil, not land, not even capital. It is the energy, intelligence and ambition of our young people.
Gov Namadi’s quiet lesson in shared responbility and prosperity
There is an old Hausa saying that one hand cannot use a digger. It sounds, at first hearing, like a simple observation about tools. But Governor Umar Namadi, in invoking it recently while commissioning new excavators, loaders and load-bed machines for the Jigawa State Tipper Operators Association, was making a far larger point about how government ought to govern.
It would have been
Gov Umar Namadi: Charting a new course in Jigawa’s flood defence
The distribution of working equipment to 15 community-based organisations in Jigawa State represents far more than a routine logistical exercise; it signals a fundamental shift in how the state intends to tackle the perennial menace of flooding
Gov Abba Kabir Yusuf: Purposeful Leadership rewarded
The recent recognition of Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, as the recipient of the “Best Governor in Nigeria for the 2026 Hajj Exercise Award” by a leading Saudi Arabian service provider is more than a ceremonial honour. It is a testament to the power of purposeful leadership, effective administration and a genuine commitment to the welfare of citizens
Gov Namadi’s lecture on Democracy Day
June 12 occupies a special place in our history because it symbolizes the courage, resilience, and sacrifices of countless Nigerians who stood firmly for the principles of freedom, fairness, and the right of citizens to determine their own destiny through the ballot box.
Gov Namadi’s citizen-centred governance approach
The resolutions emanating from Jigawa State’s Executive Council meeting of 8 June 2026, paint a compelling portrait of administrative leadership that transcends the conventional operational mechanics of government