Uba Sani wins Sun Governor of the Year award over peace, infrastructure

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has won The Sun Governor of the Year Award 2026, with his administration’s peacebuilding efforts, infrastructure projects and investments in healthcare and education cited as reasons for the recognition.

The state Commissioner for Information and Culture, Ahmed Maiyaki, disclosed this after receiving the award on behalf of the governor at the Expo Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, over the weekend.

Maiyaki said Sani was recognised for his people-centred leadership, commitment to public accountability and efforts to restore public confidence in governance.

He said the administration’s Kaduna Peace Model had helped restore stability in previously troubled communities, leading to the recovery of over 500,000 hectares of farmland and the reopening of schools, healthcare facilities and markets affected by insecurity.

The commissioner also disclosed that the government had embarked on about 150 road projects covering 1,400 kilometres across the state.

According to him, the projects include interventions in 12 local government areas that had not benefited from a single kilometre of road in nearly 15 years.

Maiyaki said the administration had also completed the 300-bed Bola Ahmed Tinubu Specialist Hospital, revitalised 17 general hospitals and upgraded 255 primary healthcare centres to Level 2.

He added that the government had sustained the allocation of 25 per cent of its annual budget to education and distributed 1,400 trucks of fertiliser to 450,000 smallholder farmers to boost agricultural production.

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On transportation, the commissioner said the deployment of 100 compressed natural gas buses had facilitated more than five million passenger trips and generated estimated savings of N5.2bn for commuters within 15 months.

He described the award as an encouragement for the administration to deepen its development agenda and strengthen accountability.

Maiyaki said the governor dedicated the recognition to the people of Kaduna State, whose support and cooperation had continued to inspire his administration.

He added that the government remained committed to consolidating its achievements in peace and security, infrastructure, education, healthcare and other critical sectors.