KADUNA BRIEF HISTORY Kaduna State was part of the former North Central State, which was created in 1967 when Nigeria changed from four (4) Regional system to 19 state structure. In 1987, it was divided into two along the line of the old provincial boundary, thus Katsina province became Katsina State, while Zaria province formed the present Kaduna State. The state capital is Kaduna a status it has enjoyed since the old Northern Region days. There are twenty three (23) Local Government Areas in the state, and it covers an area of 44,408.3 square kilometers. The population according to 2006 census is 6,066,562, which then put the density at about 137 persons per square kilometer. Kaduna State is a major industrial axis in the North, while Kaduna town has a lot of commercial activities and industries like the Peugeot car assembly and the petroleum refinery. Few textile industries still exist. The state has an airport, which is accessible all year round because of fair weather. It is also a major railway junction for the entire railway system between the North and the South. ELECTORAL STATISTICS S/N LGA NO of RAs NO of PUs 1 Birnin Gwari 11 201 2 Chikun 12 263 3 Giwa 11 136 4 Igabi 12 367 5 Ikara 10 197 6 Jaba 10 110 7 Jema'a 12 216 70
8 Kachia 12 214 9 Kaduna North 12 408 10 Kaduna South 13 449 11 Kagarko 10 113 12 Kajuru 10 153 13 Kaura 10 157 14 Kauru 11 177 15 Kubau 11 211 16 Kudan 10 160 17 Lere 11 249 18 Makarfi 10 160 19 Sabon Gari 11 267 20 Sanga 11 131 21 Soba 11 214 22 Zangon Kataf 11 215 23 Zaria 13 334 TOTAL 5102 SENATORIAL DISTRICTS S/N DISTRICT LGA COMPOSITION RAS PUS COLLATION CENTRE 52 Kaduna North SD/052/KD Ikara/Kubau/Kudan/Lere/Makarfi Sabon Gari/Soba/zaria 87 1792 INEC Office Zaria LGA 53 Kaduna Central SD/053/KD 54 Kaduna South SD/054/KD Birnin Gwari/Chikun/Giwa/Igabi /Kaduna North/Kaduna South/ Kajuru Jaba/Jema a/kachia/kagarko/kaura /Kauru/Sanga/Zangon Kataf 81 1977 Kaduna North LGA Council Chambers 87 1333 INEC Office Jema'a LGA FEDERAL CONSTITUENCIES S/N CONSTITUENCY LGA RAs PUs COLLATION CENTER 150 Kaduna North Kaduna North 12 408 Council Chambers Kaduna North 151 Zaria 13 334 INEC Office Zaria Zaria 152 Soba 11 214 INEC Office Soba Soba 153 Igabi 12 367 GSS Rigachikun Igabi 154 Ikara/Kubau Ikara/Kubau 22 408 INEC Office Ikara 155 Makarfi/Kudan Makarfi/Kudan 20 320 Makarfi LGA Secretariat 156 Lere Lere 71 11 249 INEC Office Lere
157 Kachia/Kagarko Kachia/Kagarko 22 327 INEC Office, Kachia 158 Chikun/Kajuru Chikun/Kajuru 22 416 INEC Office Chikun 159 Jema'a/Sanga Jema a/sanga 23 347 INEC Office, Jema'a 160 Birnin Gwari/Giwa Birnin Gwari/Giwa 22 336 INEC Office B/Gwari 161 Sabon Gari Sabon Gari 11 267 Sabon Gari LGA Secretariat 162 Kaduna South Kaduna South 13 449 INEC Office Kaduna South 163 Kaura Kaura 10 157 INEC Office, Kaura 164 Kauru Kauru 11 177 INEC Office Kauru 165 Zangon Kataf/Jaba Zangon Kataf/Jaba 21 325 INEC Office, Zonkwa Z/Kataf STATE CONSTITUENCIES S/N CONSTITUENCY CODE LGAs RAs PUs COLLATION CENTER 1 Magajin Gari SC/451/KD 1/2. 3 50 Mai Gwari Pri. Sch. B/Gwari 2 Kakangi SC/452/KD 1/2. 8 151 Sarkin Yaki Pri. Sch. B/Gwari 3 Kajuru SC/453/KD 1 10 153 Kajuru LGA Secretariat 4 Chikun SC/454/KD 1 12 263 INEC Office Kujama, Chikun 5 Giwa East SC/455/KD 1/2. 5 61 Women Center, Giwa 6 Giwa West SC/456/KD 1/2. 6 75 Women Center, Giwa 7 Igabi East SC/457/KD 1/2. 6 187 INEC Office, Igabi 8 Igabi West SC/458/KD 1/2. 6 180 GSS Rigachikun, Igabi 9 Ikara SC/459/KD 1 10 197 INEC Office, Ikara 10 Kubau SC/460/KD 1 11 211 INEC Office Kubau 11 Jema'a SC/461/KD 1 12 216 INEC Office Jema'a 12 Sanga SC/462/KD 1 11 131 Sanga LGA Secretariat 13 Kachia SC/463/KD 1 12 214 INEC Office Kachia 14 Kagarko SC/464/KD 1 10 113 Kagarko LGA Secretariat 15 Kawo SC/465/KD 1/2. 5 179 LEA Pry. Sch. Kawo KD. North 16 Doka/Gabasawa SC/466/KD 1/2. 7 229 KD North LGA Council Chamber Town Hall, Court 1, T/Wada KD. 17 Tudun Wada SC/467/KD 1/3. 4 157 South 18 Makera SC/468/KD 1/3. 5 153 LEA Babban Dodo, KD. South 19 Unguwan Sanusi SC/469/KD 1/3. 4 139 GGSS Maimuna Gwarzo, KD South 20 Chawai/Kauru SC/470/KD 1 11 177 INEC Office, Kauru 21 Lere West SC/471/KD 1/2. 5 112 Govt. Day Sec. Sch. Lere 22 Lere East SC/472/KD 1/2. 6 137 INEC Office Lere 23 Kudan SC/473/KD 1 10 160 Kudan LGA Secretariat 72
24 Makarfi SC/474/KD 1 10 160 Makarfi LGA Secretariat 25 Sabon Gari SC/475/KD 1/2. 7 173 Sabon Gari LGA Secretariat 26 Basawa SC/476/KD 1/2. 4 94 Sabon Gari LGA Secretariat 27 Maigana SC/477/KD 1/2. 5 102 INEC Office Maigana 28 Soba SC/478/KD 1/2. 5 112 GGSS Soba, Soba 29 Zangon Kataf SC/479/KD 1/2. 6 113 GSS Zangon Kataf 30 Zonkwa SC/480/KD 1/2. 5 102 INEC Office Zonkwa, Z/Kataf 31 Kewaye SC/481/KD 1/2. 7 167 INEC Office Zaria 32 Zaria City SC/482/KD 1/2. 6 167 Zaria LGA Secretariat 33 Jaba SC/483/KD 1 10 110 INEC Office Jaba 34 Kaura SC/484/KD 1 10 157 INEC Office Kaura STATE MANAGEMENT TEAM S/N NAME PHONE DESIGNATION 1 Hussaini Ahmed Mahuta 08033128242 Resident Electoral Commissioner 2 Nafi'u Yusuf Hadejia 08036512172 Administrative Secretary 3 Surajo A. Ma'aruf 08036780725 HOD GAP 4 Ibrahim B. Aliyu 08036289896 HOD EOPs 5 Abdullahi Adamu Gujungu 08030965747 HOD VEPGCO 6 Abedoh A. Musa 08033557965 HOD EPM 7 Aisha Abdulrahman 08028194992 Ag. HOD Fin. & Accts. 8 Umar Buhari 08034000981 Ag. HOD VR/ICT 9 Fatima Umar Jarengol 07038400012 HOU Legal ELECTORAL OFFICERS S/N LGA NAME PHONE 1 Birnin Gwari Ahmed Sadisu Araga 07063565499 2 Chikun Balkisu Idris Liman 08033025658 3 Giwa Mohammed Saminu Abbas 08035875085 4 Igabi Aliyu Gambo Paiko 08136528821 5 Ikara Umar M. Sanyinna 08037721866 6 Jaba Martins Mnahautu 08036081607 7 Jema'a Isaac D. Bakura 08035346898 8 Kachia Lawan Alh. Haruna 08036793408 9 Kaduna North Dalhatu Mohammed 08035008083 10 Kaduna South Dahiru Buhari Kaura 08028132895 11 Kagarko Yunusa Ahmad Tahir 08035952586 12 Kajuru Sa'ad Abdulrahman 08035958786 13 Kaura Mrs. Kulu K. Essien 08069530886 14 Kauru Abubakar Shehu Liman 08028843474 15 Kubau Mohammed U. Babaji 08032013296 16 Kudan Mansur Ahmed 08030655352 17 Lere Mohammed G. Yallo 08033495650 18 Makarfi Uthman Tanko Bako 08035715671 73
19 Sabon Gari Muhammad Sani Namadina 08035942778 20 Sanga Apollos Parmar 08088394026 21 Soba Yakubu Muhammad 08023578681 22 Zangon Kataf Bwalasom Mijah 07067418438 23 Zaria Alhassan M. Lamido 08033567233 MEMBERS OF ICCES S/N NAME DESIGNATION AGENCY PHONE 1 O. F Udoma Commander FRSC 08077690011 2 Itolo Dennis ACP Prisons 08036515995 3 Tijani Usman CSC NSCDC 08035968944 4 Mohammed I. Yakubu S. I Immigration Service 07038163768 5 Gotar Anthony Tala ACN NDLEA 08036016011 6 Haruna Usman A. CSIO DSS 08033147963 7 A. Abdurrahman ACP Police Force 08039671402 8 Brig. Ger. J.S Malu Brig. Ger. Nigerian Army 08067007466 9 Air Cdre Lf Golit Air Cdre Nigerian Air Force 0803348892 Hussaini Ahmed Mahuta REC INEC 08033128242 DISTANCE OF LGA FROM STATE CAPITAL S/N LGAS DISTANCE TIME 1 Birnin Gwari 130 Kilometer 2 hrs. 2 Chikun 45 Kilometer 30 minutes 3 Giwa 125 Kilometer 1.30hrs. 4 Igabi 45 Kilometer 45 minutes 5 Ikara 161 Kilometer 2 hrs. 6 Jaba 250 Kilometer 2.30hrs. 7 Jema a 290 Kilometer 3 hrs. 8 Kachia 150 Kilometer 2 hrs. 9 Kaduna North 10 Kilometer 20 minutes 10 Kaduna South 20 Kilometer 40 minutes 11 Kagarko 150 Kilometer 2 hrs. 12 Kajuru 75 Kilometer 1 hr. 13 Kaura 280 Kilometer 3 hrs. 14 Kauru 145 Kilometer 2 hrs. 15 Kubau 221 Kilometer 2.30hrs. 16 Kudan 113 Kilometer 1.30hrs. 17 Lere 220 Kilometer 2.30hrs. 18 Makarfi 126 Kilometer 1.30 hrs. 19 Sabon Gari 90 Kilometer 1 hr. 20 Sanga 390 Kilometer 4 hrs. 21 Soba 120 Kilometer 1.30hrs. 22 Zangon Kataf 230 Kilometer 2.30hrs. 23 Zaria 80 Kilometer 1 hr. 74