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Promised to end Katsina's escalating banditry crisis, experimenting with negotiation and amnesty rather than purely military approaches.

Armed groups repeatedly reneged on negotiated agreements, regrouped and returned to the forests with renewed violence, and banditry remained a severe security crisis in the state through the end of the tenure.

Committed to securing the safe release of the more than 300 schoolboys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in December 2020.

Over 344 schoolboys were released and handed over to the Katsina State government by December 2020, following negotiations.

Promised renovation of hospitals and schools and improved educational quality.

Multiple hospitals were renovated and upgraded, and schools were built and repositioned for quality education, drawing praise from President Buhari for the administration's emphasis on education.

Campaigned on accountable, budget-compliant use of state funds.

A petition to the EFCC alleged over ₦300 billion in financial misappropriation between 2015 and 2018, citing a ₦2.8 billion fertiliser-procurement contract awarded in June 2015 without budgetary provision or executive council approval, ₦589 million in unlawful Ramadan-feeding withdrawals, ₦150 million diverted from local government accounts, and over ₦3 billion unlawfully withdrawn from SURE-P accounts.

Promised transparent use of security-vote funds amid the state's banditry crisis.

A separate petition asked the EFCC to investigate alleged misappropriation and misapplication of over ₦52 billion spent as security vote between June 2015 and April 2020.

Masari's 'Building Your Future' agenda prioritised infrastructure: roads, flyovers, urban renewal in Katsina.

Masari's administration constructed 300+ km of roads, built Katsina Flyover (first in state), dualised Katsina township roads, constructed rural roads across 34 LGAs. Katsina Flyover (first in state) commissioned. Rural roads across 34 LGAs. Building Your Future agenda.

Promised to build the first flyover in Katsina State.

Katsina Flyover (first in state) commissioned. Rural roads across 34 LGAs. Township roads in Katsina metropolis. Katsina Flyover (first in Katsina). Building Your Future agenda.

Promised dualisation of Katsina township roads.

Katsina township roads dualised. Urban renewal. Township roads in Katsina metropolis. Dualised major arteries. Building Your Future agenda.

Promised rural roads across all 34 LGAs for farm-to-market connectivity.

Rural roads across all 34 LGAs. Farm-to-market connectivity. Part of agricultural development. Rural connectivity. Building Your Future agenda.

Promised agricultural development: fertilizer subsidy, irrigation schemes, DAIR (Dry Season Agriculture).

Fertilizer subsidy. Irrigation schemes (Zobe, Jibiya, Sabke dams). DAIR programme. 70% farmers. Agriculture priority. Dry season farming.