Historical past was made at this time in Sokoto because the state authorities unveiled its transformative 9-Level Sensible Agenda and launched the 2025 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Report – a landmark doc that stands as the primary official publication of the Sokoto State Bureau of Statistics since its institution in 2013.
The occasion, held on the Deputy Governor’s Convention Corridor, Authorities Home, Sokoto, marked a decisive shift from notion‑primarily based governance to proof‑led, information‑pushed growth.
Talking on the unveiling, the deputy governor, Alhaji Idris Mohammed Gobir, who additionally chairs the Steering Committee of the 9‑Level Sensible Agenda, described the dual paperwork because the administration’s covenant with the individuals of Sokoto.
Represented by the Secretary to the State Authorities and Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Muhammad Bello Sifawa, the deputy governor famous that the 9‑Level Agenda – constructed on Safety, Non secular Affairs, {Economic} Improvement, Training, Healthcare, Agriculture, Water Provide, Youth Empowerment, and Native Authorities Autonomy – is already delivering tangible outcomes.
“Seventy p.c (70%) of the 2026 funds allocation is devoted to infrastructure,” he acknowledged.
“That is the type of clear, accountable governance we promised. Immediately, we transfer from notion to proof.”
In a major revelation, the 2025 MPI Report was unveiled because the maiden official publication of the Sokoto State Bureau of Statistics – a bureau established 12 years in the past in 2013 however which had by no means earlier than produced its personal standalone poverty index.
The report, described as a “scientific compass,” offers for the primary time credible, information‑backed insights into the place poverty lives in Sokoto, how deep it’s, and what drives it.
Key findings embody:
- Safety fuels deprivation – in LGAs like Tangaza and Binji, insecurity correlates virtually completely with poverty.
- A hidden city employment disaster – metropolitan LGAs present surprisingly excessive deprivation.
- Practically one‑third of the inhabitants is “asset‑wealthy however money‑poor” – the so‑referred to as “transient poor” trapped by seasonal liquidity crunches.
The success of each paperwork owes a lot to the visionary management of the Commissioner Dr. Abubakar Mohammed Zayyana and the Statistician Common, Abdullahi Abdulrahman Shagari – who not solely spearheaded the production of the MPI Report but in addition performed a central position in shaping the proof base for the 9‑Level Sensible Agenda.
In his opening remarks, Shagari disclosed a surprising achievement: “In 2022, the Nationwide MPI assessed the depth of poverty in Sokoto at 91%. Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto took these numbers critically and enacted huge reforms. By 2025, our state‑owned MPI survey – carried out with Redwire Consulting and powerful UNDP help – reveals that poverty depth has declined to 41%. This can be a direct results of the administration’s social safety insurance policies and focused interventions.”
He additional defined that the report’s revolutionary “Twin‑Lens” evaluation distinguishes between structural poverty (lack of faculties, water, safety) and transient money poverty. “This enables us to prescribe the fitting medication: infrastructure for the chronically poor, and seasonal money transfers for the transient poor.”
The Director of Planning, Ministry of Finances and {Economic} Planning, Alhaji Sani Abdullahi, who delivered the welcome handle, declared that the 2 paperwork would perpetually change how the state makes selections.
“We’ll not guess the place to construct a college, drill a borehole, or website a clinic,” he stated. “The 9‑Level Agenda offers us the framework; the MPI Report offers us the map. Collectively, they exchange guesswork with geometry – clear targets, measurable indicators, and accountable outcomes.”
In goodwill messages, representatives of UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP, DRCN, and the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations praised the Sokoto State Authorities for what they referred to as a “trailblazing achievement.” They famous that Sokoto is the primary state in Northern Nigeria to conduct and launch its personal sub‑nationwide Multidimensional Poverty Index Report.
The event was witnessed by the Deputy Chairman II of the Committee and Chief of Employees, Authorities Home Sokoto, Alhaji Aminu Haliru Dikko, mni; members of the State Government Council; everlasting secretaries; chief govt officers of state companies; and senior civil servants.
With the revealing of the 9‑Level Sensible Agenda and the historic maiden MPI Report, Sokoto State has firmly planted its flag within the vanguard of proof‑primarily based governance. The message is evident: poverty will not be fought with slogans, however with science; not with assumptions, however with motion.