The Katsina State Directorate of the National Orientation Agency has launched a sensitisation campaign to educate residents on three federal government priorities: the new tax reform law, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, and the need to protect public infrastructure.

State Director Haruna Abdulahi Mallumfashi addressed a press conference at the Conference Room of the Federal Secretariat Complex in Katsina, describing the initiative as a civic education drive targeted at policies directly affecting national development.

On the tax reform law, Mallumfashi explained that the legislation was designed to simplify Nigeria's tax system, reduce duplication, and improve revenue collection without burdening low income earners or small businesses.

"Paying tax is not a punishment. It is a civic duty and the foundation of nation building," he stated.

He added that the reform harmonises multiple taxes and levies through digitalisation and real time monitoring, with improved revenues expected to fund roads, healthcare, education, and agriculture in Katsina State.

On NELFUND, the director described the scheme as a financial access programme providing interest free tuition loans paid directly to institutions, monthly upkeep allowances, and a repayment structure that begins only after graduation and employment. He disclosed that as of April 2026, 1.7 million applications had been received nationwide, with 1.3 million students already benefiting.

He urged eligible Katsina students to apply through the official NELFUND portal and warned against engaging fraudsters or middlemen.

The agency also raised concerns over poor maintenance of public infrastructure, with the director citing deteriorating roads, broken boreholes, missing school furniture, and non functional hospital equipment as evidence of a damaging national culture of neglect.

Mallumfashi called on citizens to treat government projects as collective property and urged ministries, departments, agencies, and local governments to allocate maintenance budgets alongside new project funding.

He stressed that the three issues were interconnected, noting that taxation generates revenue, education builds human capital, and maintenance sustains the impact of public investment.

NOA called on media organisations, traditional rulers, religious leaders, market associations, and youth groups to extend the sensitisation campaign to communities across the state.