Igabi

Igabi is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is one of 774 local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria. Rigasa ward is under Igabi LGA, one of the largest ward in terms of population in Nigeria. The first confirmed H5N1 (bird flu) outbreak in an African country was on February 8, 2006 on a commercial chicken farm in Jaji, a village in Igabi.[1][2]

Igabi
LGA and town
Igabi
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 10°47′0″N 7°46′0″E
Country Nigeria
StateKaduna State
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

History

A reseach by the dRPC Nigeria has shown that Igabi was founded by a man from Kukawa in Borno state, the man was a Qur'anic scholar who settled near Rigachikun to teach Qur'an and Islamic studies in the region due to overflow of Hausa people to the northeastern Nigeria specially Borno state in search of Islamic religious knowledge. The curent local government's capital is Turunku.[3]

in 1907, Igabi was officially recognized as district under Zazzau emirate by the British colonial government of Northern Nigeria and the first district head is Turaki Babba of Zazzau, after the death of Turaki Babba in the early 1950s the leadership was transferred to Dan Madami Zubairu, then to Dan Madami Umaru and now Bello Sani.[3]

Demographic

The indegineous people of Igabi are predominantly muslims with the exception of Gbagyi who were non muslims or traditionalist and they later accepted Christianity.

Wards
  • Afaka
  • Birnin yero
  • Gadan gayan
  • Gwaraji
  • Igabi ward
  • Kerawa
  • Kwarau
  • Rigachikun
  • Rigasa
  • Sabon birni
  • Jaji
  • Turunku
  • Zangon aya

Education

There are primary, secondary and tertiary education institutions in Igabi, the first Igabi primary school was established in 1945 at Rigachikun, the Arm Forces Command and Staff College is a military training institution which was founded on May 1976, so also Demonstration Battalion, The Army School of Artillery are located at Jaji. The Nigerian Tulip International College (NTIC) formerly Nigerian Turkish is located at Rigachikun.

Economy

The economy of Igabi is largely depend on agriculture and makes it one of the largest contributor of domestic product in the state with a total output of about $10m.

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References
  1. "More Nigerian states hit by bird flu infection". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  2. "NIGERIA: New bird flu strain confirmed". IRIN: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  3. "History of 4 LGAs" (PDF). dRPC Nigeria. Retrieved 2017-02-18.


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