Over eighty percent (80%) of the inhabitants of Sokoto State practice one form of agriculture or the other. They produce crops such as millets, guinea-corn, maize, rice, potatoes, cassava, groundnut and beans for subsistence and produce wheat, cotton, tobaco and vegetable for cash. Local craft such as blacksmithing, weaving, dying, carving and leather works also…

Sokoto is made up of principally of two major groups namely; Hausa and Fulani. There are of course the Zabarmawa and Tuareg minority in the border Local Government Areas. All these groups speak Hausa as a common language. Fulfulde is spoken by the Fulani. Hausa people in the State are made up of Gobirawa, Zamfarawa,…

Sokoto is a state in Nigeria, with administrative capital in the city of Sokoto. Sokoto State is in the north-west geopolitical zone of Nigeria alongside Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara States. Sokoto State is located at 667.5 km north-west of Abuja, and is bounded to the north by the Republic of Niger, to the south-east by Zamfara…

Sokoto state has a total of 23 local government areas grouped into 3 units that are otherwise known as senatorial districts or zones. The 3 senatorial districts of Sokoto state are: Sokoto East senatorial district has 8 local government areas. The 8 local government areas of Sokoto East senatorial district are: Sokoto North senatorial district has…

Sokoto State was created in 1976 by the regime of General Murtala Mohammed. The state came into existence following the split of the defunct North-West State. At Nigeria’s independence in 1960, the area now known as Sokoto State was part of the Northern Region, which existed as one of the three regions of Nigeria until…

House of Assembly members of Jigawa State as at 2023 Jahun Rt. Hon. Idris Garba Kareka Hon. Speaker Guri Hon. Sulaiman Musa Kadira Deputy Speaker Maigatari Hon. Habu Muhammad Majority Leader Garki Hon. Muhammad Lawan Garba Chief Whip Malam Madori Kaiz Abdallah, Malam Nadori Deputy Majority Leader Kazaure Hon. Barrister Bala Hamza Deputy Chief Whip…

Commissioners of Jigawa State, Nigeria as at 2023 Lawan Yunusa Dan Zomo Commissioner of Education Science & Technology Babangida Umar Gantsa commissioner of Finance & Economics Planning Barrister Musa Adamu Aliyu Commissioner of Justice Salisu Zakar Hadejia Commissioner of Commerce and Industries Ibrahim Baba Chaichai Commissioner of Environment Muhammad Alhassan Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural…

In Jigawa state manufacturing sector is made up of eleven economic activities: Food, Beverages and Tobacco; Textile, Apparel, and Footwear; Wood and Wood products; Pulp Paper and Paper products; Chemical and Pharmaceutical products; Non-metallic Products, Plastic and Rubber products; Electrical and Electronic, Basic Metal and Iron and Steel; Motor Vehicles and Assembly; and Other Manufacturing.…

The Construction sector in Jigawa state recorded a nominal value added of N32,312.66 million in 2013 and grew by –12.24% (year on year) in 2014. It improved with a growth rate of 11.75% in 2015 when N31,687.20 million was recorded. However, growth declined by 11.64% in 2016 during the recession which led to a lower…

Dutse is the capital city of Jigawa State, northern Nigeria. It is home to Federal University, Dutse established in November 2011. In addition to the Federal University Dutse, there is also a Research Institute for Date Palm (Sub-Station) and state polytechnic in Dutse. The Jigawa State Polytechnic has its College of Business and Management Studies at Dutse.① HISTORY OF DUTSE…