President Bola Tinubu is expected to arrive katsina on Monday, June 24, to flag off a two-day security talk shop between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the North West governor’s forum.
The president is also expected to deliver a keynote address at the Northwest Peace & Security summit in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) tagged’’ Regional Cooperation for Securing Lives and Livelihoods in North West, Nigeria’’.
The UNDP northwest governors’ security talk shop is expected to bring together stakeholders as well as security expert including governors from across the region and key partners on security matters to proffer solution to terrorist attacks and address persistent security challenges facing the region
A press statement by the chief press secretary to the Katsina state governor, Mohammed Kaula, on the itinerary of Mr President also stated that he will commission the ultramodern 16-bed dialysis centre, a healthcare project initiated by Governor Dikko Umaru Radda at General Amadi Rimi Specialist Hospital, Batagarawa.
The august visitor is also expected to perform the ground breaking ceremony of the construction of the new Katsina Eastern Bypass that spans from Dutsinma Road to Kano Road, passing through Daura Road, and ultimately ending at Yandaki Village in Kaita Local Government.
The Nation recalled that this is the first time the President will be visiting Katsina state since his electoral victory at the 2023 general elections, where he defeated Atiku Abubakar of PDP and Peter Obi of Labor Party.