Kafin Madaki
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Kafin Madaki is the headquarter of Ganjuwa
Local Government Area of Bauchi State
, Nigeria
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It is a small town of about 20,000 people some 45 km north of Bauchi
.
The economy is based primarily on farming, with cottage industries in weaving, iron-working, soap-making and brick-making. Water supply is based on boreholes.
In March 2008 the Bauchi state government started reconstruction of the General Hospital at Kafin Madaki, which had fallen into disrepair.
The state Commissioner of Health inspected the construction of the new hospital in May 2010, and announced plans to hire additional medical personnel.
In September 2009, Bauchi state governor Isa Yuguda
agreed to implement a plan laid out by his predecessor Adamu Mu'azu
to turn the 52-year-old Yankari Game Reserve into an international ecotourism destination.
The plan included housing about 300 "foreign" animals from Namibia including Giraffe, Eland, Kudu, Impala and Zebra in an area of about eight square kilometres near Kafin Madaki.
Ganjuwa
Ganjuwa is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kafin Madaki.It has an area of 5,059 km² and a population of 280,468 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 742....
Local Government Area of Bauchi State
Bauchi State
Bauchi State is a State in northern Nigeria. Its capital is the city of Bauchi. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up...
, 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...
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It is a small town of about 20,000 people some 45 km north of Bauchi
Bauchi
Bauchi is a city in northeast Nigeria, the capital of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. The city has a population of 316,173...
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The economy is based primarily on farming, with cottage industries in weaving, iron-working, soap-making and brick-making. Water supply is based on boreholes.
In March 2008 the Bauchi state government started reconstruction of the General Hospital at Kafin Madaki, which had fallen into disrepair.
The state Commissioner of Health inspected the construction of the new hospital in May 2010, and announced plans to hire additional medical personnel.
In September 2009, Bauchi state governor Isa Yuguda
Isa Yuguda
Mallam Isa Yuguda was elected Governor of Bauchi State, Nigeria in April 2007 on the All Nigeria Peoples Party platform.In April 2009 he changed allegiance from the ANPP to the People's Democratic Party ....
agreed to implement a plan laid out by his predecessor Adamu Mu'azu
Adamu Mu'azu
Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu'azu was governor of Bauchi State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party ....
to turn the 52-year-old Yankari Game Reserve into an international ecotourism destination.
The plan included housing about 300 "foreign" animals from Namibia including Giraffe, Eland, Kudu, Impala and Zebra in an area of about eight square kilometres near Kafin Madaki.