Kano state

Kano State (Centre of Commerce)

 Executive Governor

 

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

 Deputy Governor

Nasir Yusuf Gawuna

Creation: Created May 27, 1967

Capital:Kano

Major Cities: Kano, Gaya, Bebeji, Sumaila, Rimin Gado, Gwarzo

Geographic Profile: 12°00N 8°31E; Kano State is a state located in North-Western Nigeria.

Economic Profile: Kano State has been a commercial and agricultural State, which is known for the production of groundnuts as well as for its solid mineral deposits. The State has more than 18,684 square kilometers (7,214 sq mi) of cultivable land and is the most extensively irrigated State in the country.

Ethnic Profile: Kano is largely Muslim. The majority of Kano Muslims are Sunni, though a minority adheres to the Shia branch. Christians and followers of other non-Muslim religions form a small part of the population, and traditionally lived in the Sabon Gari, or Foreign Quarter.

Occupation: Subsistence and commercial agriculture is mostly practiced in the outlying districts of the state. Some of the food crops cultivated are millet, cowpeas, sorghum, maize and rice for local consumption while groundnuts and cotton are produced for export and industrial purposes. During the colonial period and several years after the country’s independence, the groundnuts produced in the state constituted one of the major sources of revenue for the country. Kano State is a major producer of hides and skins, sesame, soybean, cotton, garlic, gum arabic and chili pepper.

Local Government Area(LGAs): Kano State is made up of the following forty four local government areas: Ajingi, Albasu, Bagwai, Bebeji, Bichi, Bunkure, Dala, Dambatta, Dawakin Kudu, Dawakin Tofa, Doguwa, Gabasawa, Garko, Garun Malam, Gaya, Gezawa, Gwale, Gwarzo, Kabo, Karaye, Kibiya, Kiru, Kumbotso, Kura, Kunchi, Madobi, Makoda, Minjibir, Kano Municipal, Nassarawa, Rimini Gado, Rogo, Shanono, Sumaila, Takai, Tarauni, Tsanyawa, Tudun Wada, Tofa, Warawa and Wudil.

Raw Materials Distribution in Kano State

KANO STATE

S/N LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA MINERAL RAW MATERIALS AGRO RAW MATERIALS
1 AJINGI

Ball Clay

Groundnut, Beniseed, Cassava, Okro, Pepper, Livestock, Poultry
2 ALBASU Ball Clay Sorghum, Millet, Beniseed, Cassava, Groundnut, Pepper, Baobab, Mango, Kenaf, Sheanut, Livestock, Poultry
3 BAGWAI Cassiterite, Columbite Sorghum, Millet, Wheat, Groundnut, Pepper, Fruits, Tomatoes, Garden Eggs, Cowpea, Livestock, Poultry
4 BEBEJI Granite, Ball Clay, Ilmenite, Lead-Zinc Ore Sorghum, Wheat, Millet, Groundnut, Rice, Maize, Pepper, Cowpea, Cassava, Onion, Tomatoes, Kenaf, Sheanut, Livestock, Poultry
5 BICHI Monazite, Kaolin

Sorghum, Wheat, Millet, Cotton, Groundnut, Vegetables, Guava, Mango, Cowpea, Livestock, Poultry.

6 BUNKURE Kaolin

Sweet Potatoes, Cocoyam, Cassava, Mango, Locust Bean, Sorghum, Wheat, Sugarcane, Millet, Rice, Sunflower, Sheanut, Tomatoes, Pepper, Fruits, Vegetables, Onion, Livestock, Fisheries.

7 DALA Gemstone, Laterite Sorghum, Millet, Cow Pea, Groundnut, Fisheries, Tomatoes, Pepper, Lettuce, Garden Egg, Livestock, Poultry
8 DAMBATTA Silica Sand, Ball Clay Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Cassava, Cocoyam, Fisheries, Tomatoes, Locust Beans, Onion, Baobab, Kenaf, Sheanut
9 DAWAKIN-KUDU Granite Maize, Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Cassava, Rice, Wheat, locust Beans, Fruits, Cowpea, Sugarcane, Pepper, Vegetables, Livestock, Poultry
10 DAWAKIN-TOFA Ball Clay, Kaolin Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Groundnut, Pepper, Tomatoes, Fruits, Vegetables, Onion, Livestock, Poultry
11 DOGUWA Tin Ore, Columbite, Ilmenite, Wolframite, Thorium, Granite, Gemstones Pepper, Fruits, Vegetables, Onions, Livestock, Poultry, Fisheries
12 FAGGE Ball Clay

Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Cassava, Lettuce, Pepper, Tomatoes, Fruits, Onion, Livestock, Poultry.

13 GABASAWA Ball Clay Sorghum, Millet, Cowpea, Groundnut, Pepper, Tomatoes, Baobab Tree, Kenaf, Locust Bean, Sheanut, Livestock, Poultry
14 GARKO Ball Clay Millet, Sorghum, Rice, wheat, Groundnut, Cow Pea, Bambara Nut, Sweet Potato, Mango, Onion, Tomatoes, Livestock, Poultry
15 GARUN-MALAM Granite, Ball Clay Millet, Sorghum, Rice, Wheat, Groundnut, Cocoyam, Sweet Potato, Cassava, Mango, Cashew, Guava, Pepper, Tomatoes, Onions, Garlic, Sugarcane, Livestock, Poultry
16 GAYA Ball Clay

Millet, Maize, Groundnut, Cowpea, Sweet Potato, Cassava, Cocoyam, Pepper, Onion, Tomatoes, Mango, Baobab Trees, Sugarcane, Sheanut, Kenaf, Locust Bean, Livestock, Fisheries, Poultry.

17 GEZAWA Ball Clay, Gemstone, Silica Sand Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Cow Pea, Pepper, Tomatoes, Onion, Lemon, Baobab Tree. Kenaf, Locust Bean, Sheanut, Livestock, Poultry
18 GWALE Ball Clay.

Millet, Sorghum, Maize, Cowpea, Pepper, Cassava, Mango, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Livestock, Poultry.

19 GWARZO Kaolin, Granite, Ball Clay Sorghum, Millet, Maize, Groundnut, Cow Pea, Pepper, Cassava, Potato, Cocoyam, Onion, Cotton, Sugarcane, Livestock, Poultry
20 KABO Ball Clay. Sorghum, Maize, Millet, Cow Pea, Sweet Potato, Cocoyam, Cassava, Onion, Groundnut, Cotton, Livestock, Poultry
21 KARAYE Ball Clay, Granite Sorghum, Maize, Cocoyam, Sweet Potato, Millet, Cassava, Groundnut, Cow Pea, Pepper, Sugarcane, Onion, Cotton, Livestock, Poultry
22 KURA Granite, Ball Clay Sorghum, Maize, Millet, Groundnut, Wheat, Cow Pea, Tomatoes, Pepper, Fruits, Vegetable, Livestock, Cassava, Rice, Bambara Nut
23 KUMBOTSO Ball Clay Sorghum, Maize, Millet, Rice, Wheat, Groundnut, Cowpea, Pepper, Fruits, Vegetable, Onions, Livestock, Poultry
24 KIRU Ball Clay Sorghum, Millet, Rice, Groundnut, Cow Pea, Cassava, Pepper, Onion, Tomatoes, Kenaf, Sheanut, Livestock, Poultry
25 KIBIYA Ball Clay Millet, Sorghum, Rice, Wheat, Groundnut, Cocoyam, Sweet Potato, Cassava, Mango, Cashew, Guava, Pepper, Onion, Tomatoes, Garlic, Livestock, Poultry
26 KUNCHI Ball Clay Millet, Sorghum, Rice, Wheat, Groundnut, Cowpea, Bambara Nut, Cassava, Cotton, Sheanut, Livestock, Poultry
27 MAKODA Silica Sand, Ball Clay, Granite Maize, Millet, Sorghum, Rice, Cowpea, Cassava, Okro, Pepper, Livestock, Poultry
28 MADOBI Millet, Sorghum, Groundnut, Cowpea, Onion, Kenaf, Cassava, Cocoyam, Pepper, Tomatoes, Sheanut, Livestock, Poultry
29 MINJIBIR Granite, Ball Clay

Millet, Sorghum, Groundnut, Cowpea, Pepper, Kenaf, Fruits, Vegetables, Sheanut, Onion, Livestock, Poultry.

30 KANO MUNICIPAL

Millet, Sorghum, Groundnut, Tomatoes, Onion, Pepper, Livestock, Poultry

31 NASSARAWA

Millet, Sorghum, Maize, Groundnut, Cowpea, Cassava, Cocoyam, Livestock, Poultry.

31 RANO Kaolin, Granite, Gemstone

Millet, Sorghum, Maize, Groundnut, Cowpea, Sugarcane, Onion, Livestock, Poultry.

32 ROGO

Maize, Sorghum, Millet, Rice, Cowpea, Cassava, Sweet Potato, Cocoyam, Onion, Pepper, Livestock, Poultry

33 RIMIN GADO Sorghum, Millet, Maize, Groundnut, Cow Pea, Tomatoes, Pepper, Lettuce, Kenaf, Livestock, Poultry.
34 SHANONO Ball Clay, Kaolin, Granite Sorghum, Millet, Maize, Groundnut, Cotton, Livestock, Poultry
35 SUMAILA Gold, Granite

Sorghum, Millet, Maize, Groundnut, Sweet Potato, Cassava, Cocoyam, Livestock, Poultry.

36 TAKAI Ball Clay

Sorghum, Millet, Maize, Groundnut, Pepper, Sweet Potato, Cocoyam, Cassava, Sheanut, Locust Bean, Onion, Livestock, Poultry

37 TARAUNI

Millet, Sorghum, Rice, Groundnut, Cassava, Cabbage, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Livestock, Poultry.

38 TOFA Ball Clay, Laterite

Sorghum, Millet, Cow Pea, Groundnut, Pepper, Fruits, Vegetables, Livestock, Poultry.

39 TSANYAWA Kaolin

Sorghum, Millet, Groundnut, Cowpea, Guava, Onion, Pepper, Livestock, Poultry

40 TUDUN – WADA Lead – Zinc Ore, Granite, Clay, Gemstone

Sweet Potato, Irish Potato, Cassava, Cocoyam, Cotton, Mango, Sheanut, Cow Pea, Sorghum, Maize, Millet, Pepper, Tomatoes, Livestock, Poultry

41 UNGOGO Ball Clay

Sorghum, Millet, Maize, Groundnut, Cowpea, Tomatoes, Pepper, Onion, Livestock, Poultry, Kenaf, Sheanut.

42 WARAWA

Sorghum, Millet, Kenaf, Groundnut, Sweet Potato, Mango, Tomatoes, Sheanut, Livestock, Poultry.

43 WUDIL Ball Clay

Sugarcane, Sweet Potato, Cassava, Cocoyam, Sheanut, Locust Bean, Soyabean, Maize, Wheat, Sorghum, Millet, Rice, Groundnut, Cow pea, Kenaf, Livestock, Poultry