1 Number of Special Adviser appointed by
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal since he
came on board on May 29, 2015. This is part
of cost-saving measure adopted by
government considering the nation’s
precarious economic situation.

3 Micro-Finance banks to be established by
the State in the three senatorial districts of
the state. All paper works have been
completed.

4 Communities where the state contributory
health scheme has taken off. The
communities are Gagi, Shinaka, Rimawa and
Sire.

6 Hospitals approved for upgrading to
premier health facilities in various parts of
the state. Some of these projects include
repairs and renovations of the Maternity
Unit of State Specialist Hospital, Sokoto and
General Hospitals of Tangaza, Illela and
Wurno, completion of the second phase of
the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital,
comprising of 47 staff houses, two wards and
landscaping. Conversion of Amanawa
Leprosarium into Infectious Diseases
Hospital, and the conversion MMSH into a
Renal and Cardiac Centre.

22 Number of major projects inherited from
previous administration and funds provided
for their completion. They include projects
in housing, energy and power (State IPP),
roads, health, rural and community
development, agriculture, water resources,
mining and building of office
accommodation for civil servants and other
public workers eg legislators.

22 Doctors and Engineers sponsored for
medical and engineering studies in foreign
universities under the Higher Education
Scheme Programme

25 Number of International Development Partners attracted
to Sokoto to work in the health sector.

213 Number of Doctors and Health Professionals engaged to
develop Sokoto State Strategic Health Plan for 2016-2020 in
collaboration with RTI/LEAD/USAID

300 Civil Servants who benefitted from Home renovation
loan guaranteed by the government, and expended through
the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN).

500 Units of houses at Kalambaina and Gidan Man Ada
inherited from the previous administration and funds
provided for their completion.

500 New teachers recruited by government to boost
manpower in secondary schools

500 New junior and mid-cadre staff employed into the state
civil service. They include drivers, messengers, mechanics
and other clerical/administrative officers.

583 Number of NOMA patients to receive free plastic
surgeries at the state Noma Children Hospital. Policy
successfully implemented in collaboration with French
health charity organisation, Medecine Sans Frontier

1000 New millionaires created in Sokoto after the payment
of retirement benefits to 1907 pensioners.

8,000 Sokoto students who benefitted from Government’s
free JAMB forms ahead of the 2016 joint admissions and
matriculations board unified tertiary institutions
adminission examinations.

6,500 Epilepsy and psychiatric patients who received free
medication from government. They were drawn from 65
wards in the 23 local government areas of Sokoto state.

9,000 Tonnes of fertilizer bought and sold to farmers at
subsidized rate for the 2015 farming season at the cost of
N1.2 billion Naira.

19,000 Estimated number of job opportunities created by
the government in the last one year. They include jobs in the
civil service, agricultural sector, mining sector and the
introduction of the new Primary Healthcare Under-One-Roof
policy. All health workers in ministries and agencies
working in the local government areas have been absorbed
into the state Primary healthcare Development Agency.

N40,000 Money paid to each of the 575 extremely poor
beneficiaries under the conditional cash transfer scheme in
Illela LGA.

100,000 Tonnes of fertiliser to be produced by the new
Ferrtiliser Company to be established in Sokoto by Prime
Gold Fertiliser Company. An MoU has already been signed
to that effect. 5,000 job opportunities will be created by the
company.

N500,000 Money given to each family of the 138 hajj
stampede victims. A breakdown of the number showed that
114 pilgrims were confirmed dead, 22 missing and two
injured but were later treated and discharged.

$250m Total money to be expended for the establishment of
a Tomato Processing Factory by Erisco Foods Limited in
Sokoto. An MoU has already been signed while land for the
project has been handed over to the company by the
Government.

N874.9m Total funds released as counterpart funding for
intervention in health along with Dangote Foundation and
Bill/Melinda Gates Foundation.

1,000,000 Children immunised from measles and other child
killer diseases in Sokoto in February 2016.

1,193,760 Enrolled pupils/students in the Basic Education
Schools for the 2015/2016 academic session in Sokoto State.

N10,000,000 Expended monthly to provide free drugs to
patients in hospitals and other health facilities in Sokoto.

N33,500,000 Expended every month by the Zakat and
Endowment Committee for the payment of N6,500 monthly
stipends to under-privileged members of the society as part
of government’s initiative to tackle extreme poverty.

N851,422,034 Expended in the expansion and complete
renovation of GGC Rabah (N301,442,835), GGMSS Illela
(N174,571,772), GSS Tureta (N241,305,893) and GGADSS
S/Birni (N134,101,534) under the school renovation and
expansion project.

N1,000,000,000 Expended in the payment of tuition/living
expenses to our students studying in various disciplines
across the globe. Presently, Sokoto has over 342 foreign
students under FULL sponsorship by the Sokoto State
Government and we have also have over 17,000 students
studying various courses in Institutions of higher learning,
within the country.

N1,194,741,000 Appropriated for the establishment of a
Boarding Secondary School in Gudu LGA. The school will
improve enrolment, retention and transition of pupils from
Primary to Secondary Schools in the Local Government and
its neighbours, such as Tangaza and Illela.

N1,207,080,000 Funds expended in the purchase of fertiliser
for the 2016 cropping season.

N1,500,000,000 Redundant funds recovered by Government
from 100 previously unknown accounts in various
commercial banks after the introduction of the Treasury
Single Account (TSA) payment system.

N1,660,000,000 Funds expended in the provision of water
pumps, seedlings, drilling tube wells and other agricultural
machineries for farmers.

N1,690,000,000 For the procurement of 1000 units of Tiller
Machines for farmers in the state.

N2,000,000,000 Money set aside by Sokoto State
Government and the Bank of Industry (BoI) as intervention
funds for the development of micro, small and medium scale
enterprises in the state.

N2,000,000,000 Another N2 billion
set aside for intervention in social
sectors for the implementation of
UNICEF’s 2016 Work Plan in
Sokoto. The sectors are education,
health, environment, sanitation and
nutrition.

N3,200,000,000 Released as
counterpart fund to fight Neglected
Tropical Diseases with Sight Savers
International.

N3,300,000,000 Investment attracted
to the state through the Niger Delta
Power Holding Company for
expansion of critical infrastructure in
the power sector.

N34,500,000,000 Allocation to education sector in the 2016
budget. It represents 29% of the total budget outlay and is
the highest of any sector.