The Managing Director of the Katsina State Water Board, Engineer Tukur Tingilin, has died following an auto crash, plunging the state’s leadership and water sector into mourning.

Tingilin was reported to have been involved in a fatal accident while on an official engagement. He later succumbed to his injuries, cutting short a career widely regarded as dedicated to public service and the expansion of potable water supply across Katsina State.

Katsina State Governor, Mallam Dikko Radda, described the death as a devastating blow to the state. In a condolence message issued through his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Kaula, the governor said Tingilin’s passing came at a critical time, when the administration was intensifying efforts to improve access to clean water in urban and rural communities.

Radda praised the late managing director as a committed technocrat whose leadership at the Water Board was marked by discipline, innovation and a strong sense of duty. According to the statement, Tingilin played a central role in driving projects aimed at expanding water infrastructure, stabilising supply in major towns and tackling long-standing shortages in underserved areas.

The governor noted that under Tingilin’s guidance, the Water Board stepped up rehabilitation of aging facilities and pursued new schemes designed to bring safe water closer to households, markets and public institutions. He said the late engineer worked “even until his last breath” to ensure that residents enjoyed more reliable services.

Radda also drew spiritual comfort from the fact that Tingilin died as a practising Muslim during the holy month of Ramadan, describing this as a source of solace for the bereaved family and colleagues.

On behalf of the government and people of Katsina State, the governor extended condolences to Tingilin’s immediate family, the staff of the Water Board and the people of Malumfashi Local Government Area, where the late MD hailed from. He prayed for divine mercy on the deceased and for strength for those left behind to bear what he called a monumental loss.

Tributes have continued to pour in from civil servants, engineers and community leaders who worked with Tingilin, many of whom remember him as a quiet but firm administrator, deeply invested in improving basic services for ordinary citizens.