Nigeria, June 20 -- President Bola Tinubu has lauded Kaduna State's "rapid development" under Governor Uba Sani as he commissioned various projects during a visit to the state on Thursday. The president also noted the allocation of N100 billion to the proposed Kaduna Light Rail in the 2025 federal budget.

During the one-day working visit, the president inaugurated a 300-bed specialist hospital, 100 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses for public transportation, a new vocational skills and training institute, and the remodelled Panteka Market - now dubbed Africa's largest informal skills hub with over 38,000 artisans.

At a civic reception at the Murtala Square, Mr Tinubu declared Kaduna "a rising star in Nigeria's development journey," pra...