Kubau

Kubau Local Government
LGA
Motto(s): Home of Grains and Rearing
Country  Nigeria
State Kaduna State
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)

Kubau Local Government Area is a Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Anchau.

Created General Sani Abacha administration, on exactly 2 November 1995, from the present Ikara LG with eleven political wards, which includes the local government headquarters Anchau, Pampegua, Zuntu, Dutsen-wai, Damau, Kargi, Karreh, Mah, Kubau, Haskiya, and Zabi. It also has 10 District with Anchau and Kubau being the oldest as well as the influential among them.

The major tribes are predominantly Hausa and Fulani. Although there are immigrant tribes like Sayawa, but they very much few.

The people of Kubau LG are predominantly Muslim by religion, as well as some Christians in some part of the local government.

Kubau local government has an ancient villages such as Kuzuntu with a headquarter in Jenau 10 km from the main Anchau. Kubau local government is a home to many academicians and politicians. Some of the notable academicians include Prof. Audu, Prof Binta Abdulkarim, Prof MK Aliyu, Dr. Abdullahi Aliyu, Dr. Suleiman Sani, Dr. Jenau and many others Kubau local government has many prominent politicians such as Alh Hashim Garba Anchau, late Alh. Bashir Zuntu, Muhammadu Sarana Jenau, Alh. Ahmad Tsoho Kargi and many others. ECONOMY Kubau local government have the famous Anchau weekly (Tuesday) Market for selling of cattle and many other agricultural produce such as maize, corn, soya beans among others. Another main market is located in Pambegua a junction town for selling of many agricultural commodities on Fridays. Other Markets are the Dutsenwai Tomatoes Market a seasonal market for selling of Irrigated agricultural commodities like Tomatoes, Kogi Tomatoes market is another seasonal market located between on Anchau Dutsenwai road at the village of Kogi in Kuzuntu Emirate. Education Kubau local government has many primary and secondary schools in all the 11 wards but no any higher institution of learning.

It has a lot of natural resources which including iron ore, tin. It is a major agricultural production area in Kaduna State, its major prouct is sugarcane

It has an area of 2,505 km² and a population of 282,045 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 811.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.


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