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It is bordered to the west by Zamfara State, to the east by Kano and Jigawa states, and to the south by Kaduna State, while its northern border forms part of the national border with Niger. The state capital is the city of Katsina, and the state is divided into 34 local government areas. The state is nicknamed the "Home of Hospitality". [4]
Katsina is a Local Government Area and the capital city of Katsina State, in northern Nigeria. [1]Located some 260 kilometres (160 mi) east of the city of Sokoto and 135 kilometres (84 mi) northwest of Kano, close to the border with Niger Republic, in 2016, Katsina's estimated population was estimated at 429,000.
The Katsina State Executive Council (also known as, the Cabinet of Katsina State) is the highest formal governmental body that plays important roles in the Government of Katsina State headed by the Governor of Katsina State.
Name Title Took office Left office Party Notes Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar [1]: Governor September 1987 July 1988 - Lawrence Onoja: Governor July 1988 December 1989
Katsina State is a centre of both formal and informal education. Umaru Musa Yar'adua University [22] is a public university owned by the state government. Al-Qalam University, the first Islamic university in Nigeria is privately owned.
Umaru Musa Yar'adua University senate building. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU), formerly Katsina State University, was established by the Katsina State Government in 2006, to "serve as a nucleus for socio-economic, technological and political development of the State by producing highly skilled human resource through conventional face-to-face and distance learning modes."
The governor of Katsina State is elected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of state local government areas. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the ...
This is a list of villages and settlements in Katsina State, Nigeria organised by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes also given). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] By postal code