Katsina State
| Katsina State | ||
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| State | ||
| État de Katsina | ||
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| Nickname(s): Home of Hospitality | ||
 Location of Katsina State in Nigeria | ||
| Coordinates: 12°15′N 7°30′E / 12.250°N 7.500°ECoordinates: 12°15′N 7°30′E / 12.250°N 7.500°E | ||
| Country |
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| Date created | 23 September 1987 | |
| Capital | Katsina | |
| Government | ||
| • Governor (List) | Aminu Bello Masari (APC) | |
| • Deputy Governor | Mannir Yakubu | |
| • Senators |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 24,192 km2 (9,341 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 17th of 36 | |
| Population (2006 census) | ||
| • Total | 5,801,584[1] | |
| • Rank | 5th of 36 | |
| GDP (PPP) | ||
| • Year | 2007 | |
| • Total | $6.02 billion[2] | |
| • Per capita | $1,017[2] | |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (WAT) | |
| ISO 3166 code | NG-KT | |
| Website | Official website | |
Katsina, usually referred to as Katsina State to distinguish it from the city of Katsina, is a state in North West zone of Nigeria. Its capital is Katsina, and its Governor is Aminu Bello Masari, a member of the All Progressives Congress. Katsina State was carved out of old Kaduna State in 1987.
Demography
The Hausa people (sometimes grouped with the Fulani as Hausa-Fulani) are the largest ethnic group.[3]
Religion
The state is predominantly Muslim, and Gobarau Minaret is an important building. Sharia is valid in the entire state. The Church of Nigeria has a Diocese of Katsina.[4] The Redeemed Christian Church of God and the Roman Catholic Church are fairly present in the state.[5][6]
Local Government Areas
Katsina State consists of thirty-four (34) Local Government Areas. They are:
Education
Katsina State is a centre of both formal and informal education. Currently it has Federal College of Education, Katsina; Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina; Federal University of Agriculture, Dutsin-Ma; Katsina State University, which was renamed after the late President Umaru Musa Yar'adua University; AlQalam University Katsina; Yusufu Bala Usman College of Legal, and General Studies, Daura and the School of Basic and Remedial Studies, Funtua(SBRS/ABU Funtua) Also Isa Kaita College of Education Dutsin-Ma. located at Dutsin-ma town
Notable people from Katsina State
- Mohammed Bello, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Muhammadu Buhari, Military Head of State 1983-1985, Chairman PTF and President of Nigeria since May 29, 2015
- Ibrahim Coomassie, Inspector General of Police 1993-1999
- Ummarun Dallaje was the 39th Islamic Leader of Katsina, the first Fulani emir, as well as the patriarch of the Dallazawa dynasty.
- Muhammadu Dikko, Emir of Katsina 1906-1944.
- Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, politician, major general and Military Vice President 1976-1979
- Faruk Umar Faruk CON, Current and 60th Emir of Daura
- Sani Ahmed Daura, Lagos State commissioner of police 1990, and first Governor of Yobe State 1991–1992
- Sheikh Ja'afar Mahmud Adam, Salafist Islamic scholar aligned with the Izala Society
- Lawal Musa Daura, Director General of the Nigerian State Security Service
- Habu Daura, Commissioner of Police and he was the acting Administrator of Bayelsa State, from February to June 1997
- Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Governor of the State 1999-2007, and President of Nigeria 2007-2010
- Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, Pan-Africanist, Oxford Rhodes Scholar and Former Deputy Director of United Nations Millennium Campaign for Africa 1961-2009
- Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad, former head of the Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization
- Abdulmuminu Kabir Usman, Emir of Katsina
- Isa Kaita, first northern Nigeria minister of education and speaker of the house of parliament
- Hassan Usman Katsina, Military governor of the northern region 1966-1967.
- Sani Zangon Daura, Federal Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development 1999 – 2000, Federal Minister of Environment 2000 – 2001
- Mohammed Tukur Liman former majority leader of the Nigerian Senate.
- Mamman Shata a well-known Hausa griot/musician.
- Aminu Bello Masari former speaker house of representatives 2003 to 2007 and current Governor of the State
- Mahmud Kanti Bello, Former Chief Whip of the Senate
- Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu Inspector General of Police from 1975 to 1979
- Abba Musa Rimi, Governor of Kaduna State 1980 - 1983
- Ibrahim Shema, Governor of Katsina State 2007 - 2015
- Lawal Kaita, Governor of Kaduna State 1983
- Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States for attempting to bomb Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day, 2009.
References
- ↑ "2006 PHC Priority Tables – NATIONAL POPULATION COMMISSION". population.gov.ng. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- 1 2 "C-GIDD (Canback Global Income Distribution Database)". Canback Dangel. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ↑ Nkromah, Gamal. "Nigeria fastened with nails". Al-Ahram Weekly Online. Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- ↑ Archived January 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ↑ "Two churches destroyed in Bauchi State, Nigeria". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
State capital: Katsina | ||
| Local Government Areas | | |