The United Nations Children’s Fund has launched the second phase of its Climate Resilient Infrastructure for Basic Services project in Katsina State, committing to retrofit 24 schools and primary healthcare facilities across four local government areas so that they can continue functioning through floods, heatwaves, drought, and windstorms that would otherwise force closures and deny children access to education and communities access to healthcare.
Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and implemented in Charanchi, Mai’adua, Mani, and Dutsi Local Government Areas, the project focuses on upgrading water and sanitation facilities within selected institutions to make essential services climate-resilient. WASH Specialist Uba Lawal said the program built on a first phase that had retrofitted 55 facilities in Kano and 29 in Jigawa, with Katsina now joining as the program expanded its geographic reach.
He said contractors and supervisors would work closely with government officials throughout implementation and that detailed renovation plans would be publicly displayed at every site to enable community monitoring and accountability. He described adaptation investment as an essential national response to a climate reality that was already manifesting in more frequent and severe extreme weather events across the region.
