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Tertiary schools in Katsina State
Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, KatsinaFederal College of Education, KatsinaUsman Danfodio Institute, KatsinaBala Usman College of Legal and General Studies, Daura.Isa Kaita College ofEdu&ition, DutsinmaSchool of Basic and remedial Studies, FuntuaAl-Qalam University, KatsinaUmaru Musa Yar’adua University, KatsinaFederal University, Dutsinma.Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management Federal University, Dutsinma
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Education in Katsina State
Katsina College was the first college to be established in the Northern Nigeria. The state government embarked on massive recruitment of primary and secondary teachers in order to match this phenomenal increase in the enrolment of school pupils. The number of classrooms was also increased by erecting storey buildings in many primary and In addition,…
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Katsina State
Katsina State is one of the Nigerian States located in the Sahel Savannah region of Northern Nigerian. It’s between Kano and Sokoto. Katsina State was created by the Military Administration of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on Wednesday, 27 September, 1987. It was carved out of Kaduna State. Katsina initially had 7 Local Government Areas but later…
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Sokoto State Commissioners
Commissioners in Sokoto State, Nigeria, as at 2023 Sulaiman Usman SAN Attorney General/Commissioner of Justice. Dr. Mohammed Ali Inname Health and Overseer Ministry of Finance Hon. Isa Bajini Galadanci Rural Development Hon Aminu Bala Bodinga (Magajin Garin Bodinga) Land and Housing Hon. Kulu Sifawa Women and Children Affairs Hon. Akibu Dalhatu Information and Orientation; and Overseer…
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Sokoto Local Government Areas
LGAs (Local Government Areas) in Sokoto State, Nigeria BinjiBodingaDange ShuniGadaGoronyoGuduGwadabawaIllelaKebbbeKwarelsaRabahSabon BirniShagariSilameSokoto NorthSokoto SouthTambuwalTangazaTuretaWamakoWurnoYabo Referencehttps://sokotostate.gov.ng/
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Sokoto economy
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…
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Sokoto people
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,…
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Sokoto
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…
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Sokoto State Local Government Areas and Senatorial Districts
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…
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Sokoto history
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…