Jaba, Nigeria

Jaba is a Local Government Area in the Kaduna State, Nigeria.It covers an area of 640 km2 [1]. The local government capital is in the town of Kwoi.

Jaba, Nigeria
LGA
Country Nigeria
StateKaduna State
Government
 • ChairpersonHadiza Usman Mu'azu
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

The postal code of the area is 801.[2]

It is named after 'Jaba' a local Hausa word used to describe the Ham People who occupy most of the local government. The Ham people claim the word 'Jaba' is deregatory[3][4].

Jaba local government is in the southern part of Kaduna state and near to Jos Plateau region and Abuja, which lies in the central part of Nigeria in West Africa

History

The Local Government was created on the 27th of August 1991[1]. It was carved out from Jema'a Local Government[1].

Demographics

At the 2000 and 2006 census, there were 155,973 people in the local government area and a 2016 projection of 210,500[1][5]. It is inhabited predominantly by Ham people, part of the people likely to have created the Nok Culture.[1]

The inhabitants are predominantly Christians

Administration

The Local Government has 10 electoral words[1]

  • Fada
  • Samban
  • Sab-Zuro
  • Sab-Chem
  • Dura Bitaro
  • Daddu
  • Nok
  • Chori
  • Fai
  • Nduyah

Infrastructure

Roads

From the Plateau State capital, Jos, it is a journey by road to Kafanchan to Sambang, Kwoi (Kwain), Nok, and to all other villages. From Kaduna, it is a journey through Kachia, Ngboodub, Ghikyaar and to Har Kwain..

Education

There are a few administrative offices/agencies with educational institutions with the only higher institution being ECWA Pastors' Training College in Kwain (Kwoi).

References
  1. Kaduna State Government (2018). Jaba Local Government Development Plan 2018-2020 (PDF). Kaduna: Kaduna State Government.
  2. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  3. Koelle, S. W., Hair, P. E. H., & Dalby, D (1854). Polyglotta Africana: or a comparative vocabulary of nearly three hundred words and phrases in more than one hundred distinct African languages.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. John, P. H (2017). Narratives of identity and sociocultural worldview in song texts of the Ham of Nigeria: A discourse analysis investigation (Doctoral dissertation, Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University).
  5. Population Council. "Report of Nigeria's National Population Commission on the 2006 Census". Population and Development Review. 33: 206–210.
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