Funtua
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Funtua is a Local Government Area in Katsina State
, Nigeria
. Its headquarters are in the town of Funtua on the A126 highway
.
It has an area of 448 km² and a population of 225,571 at the 2006 census.Funtua became a Local Government in 1967.The chairman is the official Head of Local government. The inhabitants of the Local Government are predominantly Hausa and Fulani by tribe. Their main occupation is farming and Animal rearing
The postal code
of the area is 830.
The source of the Sokoto River
is located near Funtua.www.funtualga.kts-ng.org
Currently, Alhaji Aminu Lawal KK of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) is the chairman of Funtua, whilst the district head, who is referred to as Sarkin Maska, is Alhaji Sambo Idris Sambo. Also notable is Habibullah Rabiu Dandutse, who in 2007 contested for the post of councillor in Ung/Musa ward under Action Congress
at the age of 18, becoming one of, if not the youngest political contender in the country. Funtua is now requesting to create karadua state.
Funtua received international attention in 2002 when Khadi Abdullahi of the Funtua Sharia
Court sentenced Amina Lawal
to death by stoning for bearing a child out of wedlock.
Funtua received international attention also when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a son to Alhaji Umaru muttallab who reside in Funtua attempted to detonate a bomb in Us airline which flew from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Katsina State
Katsina State is a state in northern Nigeria. Its capital is Katsina, and its governor is Ibrahim Shema, a member of the People's Democratic Party...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. Its headquarters are in the town of Funtua on the A126 highway
A126 highway (Nigeria)
The A126 highway is a highway in Nigeria. It is one of the east-west roads linking the main south-north roads. ....
.
It has an area of 448 km² and a population of 225,571 at the 2006 census.Funtua became a Local Government in 1967.The chairman is the official Head of Local government. The inhabitants of the Local Government are predominantly Hausa and Fulani by tribe. Their main occupation is farming and Animal rearing
The postal code
Postal code
A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. Once postal codes were introduced, other applications became possible.In February 2005, 117 of the 190 member countries of the Universal Postal Union had postal code systems...
of the area is 830.
The source of the Sokoto River
Sokoto River
The Sokoto River is a river in north-west Nigeria and a tributary of the River Niger. The river's source is near Funtua in the south of Katsina State, some 275 km in straight line from Sokoto...
is located near Funtua.www.funtualga.kts-ng.org
Currently, Alhaji Aminu Lawal KK of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) is the chairman of Funtua, whilst the district head, who is referred to as Sarkin Maska, is Alhaji Sambo Idris Sambo. Also notable is Habibullah Rabiu Dandutse, who in 2007 contested for the post of councillor in Ung/Musa ward under Action Congress
Action Congress
The Action Congress of Nigeria , formerly known as Action Congress , is a classical liberal Nigerian political party formed via the merger of the Alliance for Democracy, the Justice Party, the Advance Congress of Democrats, and several other minor political parties in September 2006. The party...
at the age of 18, becoming one of, if not the youngest political contender in the country. Funtua is now requesting to create karadua state.
Funtua received international attention in 2002 when Khadi Abdullahi of the Funtua Sharia
Sharia
Sharia law, is the moral code and religious law of Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the precepts set forth in the Quran, and the example set by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah. Fiqh jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of sharia to...
Court sentenced Amina Lawal
Amina Lawal
Amina Lawal Kurami is a Nigerian woman. On March 22, 2002, an Islamic Sharia court sentenced her to death by stoning for adultery and for conceiving a child out of wedlock...
to death by stoning for bearing a child out of wedlock.
Funtua received international attention also when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a son to Alhaji Umaru muttallab who reside in Funtua attempted to detonate a bomb in Us airline which flew from Amsterdam to Detroit.