Stakeholders at the Kano State Rural and Sustainable Community Development Summit (RUSCODS-2026) have called for stronger regional collaboration and community-driven initiatives to address development challenges at the grassroots, describing partnership as critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
The call formed the major outcome of the two-day summit, themed “Sustainable Development Without Borders: Partnership for Attaining Global Goals 2030 – Kano State Perspective,” which opened on Monday in Kano.
The summit brought together policymakers, development partners, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society groups, academics and community leaders to deliberate on strategies for accelerating rural transformation and sustainable development.
Participants, through a series of technical presentations and panel discussions, stressed that no single tier of government could effectively tackle rural poverty, climate change, inadequate infrastructure and social inequalities without strong collaboration among communities, neighbouring states, development agencies and the private sector.
The presentations focused on sustainable rural development, climate
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