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Promised to modernise Jigawa's agriculture sector and campaigned on positioning the state as a leading non-oil economy.

Introduced a farming-cluster system under the slogan 'Farming is a Business', credited with boosting the state's sesame export sector and drawing recognition from agribusiness firms such as WACOT.

Promised to expand irrigated farmland to boost food security and job creation.

The 5,700-hectare Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme at Auyo was completed and formally inaugurated by President Buhari in February 2023, near the end of Badaru's tenure.

Promised to reposition Jigawa's weak internally generated revenue base.

IGR collection rose from under ₦1 billion a year under the previous administration to over ₦10 billion in 2017, according to the state government.

Promised to diversify Jigawa's non-oil economy, drawing on Badaru's prior role chairing federal committees on fertiliser distribution and non-oil revenue.

Sesame and agro-processing investment expanded, but the state's economy remained heavily dependent on federal allocations through the tenure.

Promised improved access to healthcare including specialist services.

The administration recruited 32 medical doctors and sponsored 60 students to study medicine in China from 2016, and built the Birnin Kudu Specialist Hospital, though the state's doctor-to-population ratio remained low relative to national averages.

Promised improved road connectivity across the state.

Projects including the dualised Unity-Pentagon-Fanisau Road were completed, part of a wider infrastructure push inaugurated jointly with President Buhari in 2023.

Promised to expand access to basic education.

The state government approved ₦3.4 billion for a mix of drainage and classroom-block projects in the education sector, part of a broader capital works push rather than a single flagship reform.

Campaigned on prudent, transparent management of state resources.

A Jigawa State House of Assembly Public Accounts Committee probe opened into Badaru's 2019-2024 tenure found questionable procurement procedures, unverifiable expenditures, missing financial records and budget overruns, and the EFCC separately arrested a former commissioner from his cabinet.