The Sokoto State Executive Council approved the funding during its ninth regular meeting for 2026, chaired by Governor Ahmed Aliyu at the Government House in Sokoto on Thursday. The N10.96 billion allocation covers the construction of 11 clusters of roads, reinforced concrete drains and outfall drains in the Arkilla Federal and State Low-Cost areas of Sokoto metropolis. The council also approved N8.54 billion for a dual carriageway linking Tsehen Masu through New City Kwasai to the old airport runway, and N1.78 billion for road projects off Kaduna Road, off Tsafe Road, a cluster of roads in the Guiwa area and the rehabilitation of Bunza Road. In the water sector, the government approved N7.84 billion for the construction of 200 fully equipped, semi-urban solar-powered boreholes.
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