Kakuri

Kakuri
Suburb
Country	Nigeria
State	Kaduna State
LGA	Kaduna South
City	Kaduna
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Kakuri is a residential area in Nigeria. It is a suburb of Kaduna and is under the Kaduna South Local Government. Though it does not have a railway station ^[1] it is the centre of Kaduna's industry. ^[2]

Infrastructure

Below are the infrastructures in kakuri:

• Saint Gerard's Hospital ^[3]
• Dr. Gwamna Awan General Hospital ^[4]
• A Government Secondary School, ^[5] a school of psychiatric nursing, St. Anne's Nursery and Primary School, Victory Academy, Christ Comprehensive College, Willson College, Piety Nursery and Primary School, Second ECWA secondary school, and Excel College. ^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Nigerian-German Chemicals PLC. ^[9]
• Prosan Engineering ^[10]
• Peugeot Automobile Nigeria and Chanchangi Motors Ltd. ^{[11] [12]}
• Christ Apostolic Church, St. Andrew Catholic Church, and St. Paul's Anglican Church. ^{[13] [14]}
• Developmental Association for Renewable Energies. ^[15]
• Kaduna Textile Limited (KTL) and United Nigeria Textile Limited (UNTL).
• Magistrate Court

Geography

Areas surrounding Kakuri include the Nassarawa to the north, Trikania to the west, Barnawa to the east and Gonigora to the south. ^[16]

Notable people

• Matthew Kukah, the then-Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Kaduna lived in Kakuri and now bishop of Sokoto. ^[17]
• The former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has worked in the Armed forces in Kakuri. Chief Omadachi Egboche former Chairman Licensed Electrical contractor Association of Nigeria (LECAN Kakuri branch) was a Resident.

References

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14. Church of Nigeria: Diocese of Lagos Archived 4 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine . Anglican-nig.org (30 January 1954). Retrieved 25 October 2011.
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