Toro, Nigeria

Toro is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Toro local government headquarters is in the town of Toro. The local government has Three (3) district i.e. Toro, Jama'a and Lame district. The local government is the largest local government in Nigeria and west Africa in particular. It has an area of 6,932² and a population of 350,404 at the 2006 census.

Toro, Nigeria
LGA and town
Country Nigeria
StateBauchi State
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
Teachers college Toro, 1970–1973. Students are waiting for the inspection of their huts (the pink "house") by the director.
Teachers college Toro, 1970–1973. An African history class.
Teacher of Teachers college Toro with her children, 1970–1973.

The postal code of the area is 740.[1]

Fulfude is the dominant language spoken by the people. However, the local government is rich in culture and has diverse tribes and ethnic group, Ribina, Jarawa, Duguza, Kaiwari amongst others.

Some Notable people from Toro
  • Senator Dr. Yakubu Ibrahim Lame is a bonified indegene of the local government, former Senator, former minister of police affairs and former Chairman Space Management Agency
  • Dr. Habiba Muda Lawal Former Lecturer, Commissioner in Bauchi State and presently Permanent Secretary Ecological Fund office. She serve as the Acting Secretary to Government of the Federation for six months before the appointment of Boss Alhmustapha.
  • Sani Ahmed Toro is a retired commissioner of sport in Bauchi state. He was a Chairman and member of NFF for some decades, and also a former Member, House of Representatives.
  • Dr. Aliyu Tilde is an Academician, critic, writer and a politician. He was a former commissioner of Education in Bauchi state and one of the pioneers of Bauchi State University Gadau.
  • Ibrahim Abdulhamid Tilde a retired ex- Nigerian Air Force Fighter Jet & Transport pilot, Who flew the likes of Late General Sani Abacha and Former Nigerian President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo among others.
  • Justice Danladi Umar a Nigerian jurist[1] from Bauchi State and the incumbent Chairman of the Code Of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) of Nigeria is from the Toro local government.
  • Barr Ibrahim Zailani a Lawyer and Critic, He was a member Federal House of Representatives, former Chairman NIMASA, and former Senatorial and Gubernatorial aspirant.
  • Senator Lawan Yahaya Gumau former member, Bauchi State House of Assembly and Federal House of Representatives and Senator representing Bauchi South at 9th Assembly.

• Honorable Umar Muda Lawal member representing Toro Federal Constituency Bauchi State at the 9th Assembly and one of the youthful representation in the 9th Assembly at 33years old..

Some prominent schools

Teachers College Toro is popularly known as TC Toro was a school established in the year 1926. One of the oldest schools in Bauchi state. Ibrahim Zailani (Former Member House of Reps, Fmr. Executive NIMASA, Lawyer) and Mahmood Yakubu (The current Independent electoral commission) chairman was an alumnus of the school.

Kingdom

The kingdom is traditional and hereditary-based. Late. Alh. Adamu Waziri (Katukan Bauchi) is the head, Muhammad Inuwa II (Hardo) and Late. Alh. Ibrahim Baba Ahmad (Madakin Toro).

References
  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.


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