Governor Uba Sani has signed into law three landmark pieces of legislation to transform Kaduna State’s energy, agriculture, and environmental sectors. The comprehensive legal framework has been enacted to expand independent power access, distribute soft rural loans, and build subnational resistance against climate shocks.
The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Malam Ahmed Maiyaki, announced the policy development in an official statement. The newly operational legal package consists of the Kaduna State Electricity Law 2026, the Kaduna State Agricultural Development Fund (KADFund) Law 2025, and the Kaduna State Climate Change Advisory Board Law 2026.
According to the Deputy Chief of Staff on Legal and Legislative Matters, Dr Mustapha Musa, the combined enactments represent the most transformative institutional reforms in the modern history of the state.
A major element of the reform package is the Kaduna State Electricity Law 2026, which establishes an independent state-level Electricity Regulatory Commission. Following the federal decentralisation of the national power grid, this new commission will fully regulate electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and supply networks within state borders.
Creating a clear, legal regulatory framework, Kaduna state planners intend to attract heavy private-sector investments, encourage the installation of off-grid renewable energy projects, and provide stable electricity to local manufacturing firms and residential neighbourhoods.
To boost food security, the KADFund Law 2025 establishes a dedicated, state-backed financing mechanism to protect smallholders, agricultural cooperatives, and processing firms from high commercial bank interest rates. The state fund will distribute direct grants, low-interest soft loans, and technical training while funding large-scale infrastructure investments like grain storage points and rural access roads.
Simultaneously, the Climate Change Advisory Board Law 2026 creates an official advisory body to integrate environmental risks into state development budgets, making it significantly easier for Kaduna to attract international green capital and carbon-market funds to protect farming communities from erratic weather.
Source: Channels TV
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