Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda announces an expansion of the state’s automatic employment scheme for first-class graduates. Speaking at the grand finale and award presentation of the maiden Katsina State Students’ Week at Bayero University Kano, Radda says the policy, which initially applied to first-class graduates from higher institutions located in Katsina State, now covers all Katsina indigenes wherever they study in Nigeria. He states that from this year onward, indigenes who graduate with first-class degrees from any higher institution across the country will be considered for automatic employment by the state.
Radda frames the expansion as a way to attract highly qualified graduates into the Katsina civil service and improve its efficiency and productivity over time. He says the approach is intended to strengthen the administration’s public service capacity within the next decade or so.
In describing the broader context, the governor points to continued education-focused initiatives, including increased bursary allowances, settlement of scholarship arrears, recruitment of more than 10,000 teachers, and investment in school infrastructure. The announcements are presented as part of efforts to encourage academic excellence among students and strengthen state development.
