Shettima Launches Road Projects and Transit Vehicles in Katsina

Vice-President Kashim Shettima arrived in Katsina State for a one-day official visit, where he inaugurated 11.2 kilometers of road projects and launched 230 mass transit vehicles. He was welcomed by Governor Dikko Umaru Radda at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport and inspected a quarter guard from the Nigerian Air Force.

The inaugurated road projects included the dualised 4.80-kilometre Kofar Sauri–Central Mosque Roundabout Road, the dualised 2.40-kilometre Central Police Station Junction–Kofar Kaura Underpass Road, and the newly constructed 4.00-kilometre Filin Polo–Ring Road. Shettima also launched 30 CNG hybrid buses and 200 Phase I electric tricycles at the Old Ministry of Works, aimed at enhancing mass transportation in the state.

Additionally, he was expected to receive new defectors into the All Progressives Congress at a political gathering at the Peoples Square, Government House. At the time of reporting, he was at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, flagging off the Community Investment Fund under the Nigeria for Women Programme Scale-Up, a World Bank-supported initiative focused on women's economic empowerment.