The United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) World Congress has applauded Governor Uba Sani’s commitment to transparency, citizen participation and democratic governance.
The commendation was made at Tangiers, Morocco, after the Governor had addressed a high-level session titled, ‘’Human Capital and Democratic Transformation: What Future For The Global South?’’
Represented by the Commissioner of Planning and Budget Commission, Alhaji Mukhtar Ahmed Mohammed, the Governor show-cased Kaduna State’s reforms in open government, human capital development and evidence-based planning.
Mukhtar Ahmed said the administration’s SUSTAIN Agenda has prioritised security, infrastructure, agriculture, institutional strengthening, human capital and citizen engagement, resulting in major investments in education, healthcare, vocational training and agriculture.
The Commissioner said that Governor Uba Sani’s Government constructed 736 classrooms and recruited of 10,000 teachers.
He also said that the administration has revitalised of 255 Primary Healthcare Centres, established 23 Centres of Excellence, restored of over 500,000 hectares of farmland and has allocated more than 11 per cent of the state’s 2026 budget to agriculture.
The Commissioner also disclosed that all 23 Local Government Areas have been onboarded into the Open Government Partnership initiative, adding that participatory budgeting, citizens’ audits, open contracting and fiscal transparency have strengthened accountability.
According to him, the Community Development Charter guarantees community participation in budgeting, with at least five per cent of capital expenditure reserved for citizen-nominated projects.
The Commissioner further pointed out that ₦100 million has been allocated to all the 255 political wards in this year’s budget, for community-centred development initiatives.
Mukhtar Ahmed further told
