Musa Usman (Governor– Military): May 1967 – July 1975 Muhammadu Buhari (Governor– Military): July 1975 – March 1976 Mustapha Amin (Governor – Military): March 1976 – July 1978 Tunde Idiagbon (Governor– Military): July 1978 – October 1979 Mohammed Goni (Governor – Civilian (Great Nigerian People’s Party)): October 1979 – October 1983 Asheik Jarma (Governor –…

The University Was established under the Nasarawa State Law No. 2 of 2001 (see 2.2) as passed by the State House of Assembly. The University came into existence under the visionary and dynamic administration of Governor. (Dr) Abdullahi Adamu (Sarkin Yakin Keffi, Aare Obateru of the source, Ile-Ife), the first democratically elected Governor of Nasarawa…

NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI, Was established under the Nasarawa State Law No. 2 of 2001 (see 2.2) as passed by the State House of Assembly. The University came into existence under the visionary and dynamic administration of Governor. (Dr) Abdullahi Adamu (Sarkin Yakin Keffi, Aare Obateru of the source, Ile-Ife), the first democratically elected Governor…

Nasarawa was created out of Plateau State on October 1, 1996 by the then regime of General Sani Abacha. It’s capital is Lafia. Located in north central Nigeria, Nasarawa State covers 27,117 square kilometres. Nasarawa state is bounded on the north by Kaduna State, on the South by Benue State, on the East by Plateau…

Nasarawa State of Nigeria comprises 3 senatorial districts across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state. Senatorial districts and LGAs within Nasarawa West Senatorial District KaruKeffiKokonaNasarawaToto Nasarawa North Senatorial District AkwangaNasarawa EgonWamba Nasarawa South Senatorial District AweDomaKeanaLafiaObi

Nasarawa state was created during the Abacha Government on the 1st of October, 1996 from Plateau State. The State is surrounded by Kaduna State by the North, Abuja to the West, Taraba and Plateau to the East and Kogi and Benue to the North. Nasarawa has its origin from the Afo territory by Unmaru, who was…

Nasarawa State Hospitals Management Board is a parastatal under the State Ministry of Health saddled with the responsibility of coordinating and managing all General Hospitals in Nasarawa State. This includes the responsibility of staffing, infrastructural development and the provision of state of the art equipment that will ensure uninterrupted quality health care delivery in Nasarawa…

The Nasarawa State Judiciary is the third arm of Nasarawa State Government, the other two being the Executive and the Legislature.  It comprises three Units, namely; the High Court of Justice, the Sharia and Customary Courts of Appeal.  It also has a regulatory/supervisory body known as the Judicial Service Commission, which deals with the appointment,…

House of Assembly members of Nasarawa State Legislature, as at 2022. Details available include member’s LGA, constituency, party and designation L.G.A CONSTITUENCY MEMBERS PARTY ROLE TOTO UGYA/UMAISHA IBRAHIM B. ABDULLAHI APC SPEAKER AKWANGA NORTH TSENTSE N. DANDAURA APC DEPUTY SPEAKER AWE NORTH TANKO TUNGA APC MAJORITY LEADER KOKONA EAST DANIEL OGA OGAZI APC DEPUTY MAJORITY LEADER KOKONA WEST DANLADI JATAU PDP MINORITY LEADER…

Agricultural resources in Nasarawa State, Nigeria Nasarawa State also has vast arable land for commercial farming, fishery development, wildlife and forestry conservation. Agriculture, therefore, is the mainstay of the economy of the State with over 70% of the population involved in subsistence farming. TimberApart from the crops, there are trees such as Mahogany, Shea tree,…