Nganzai Gajiram | |
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Country | Nigeria |
State | Borno State |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Nganzai is a Local Government Area of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. Nganzai LGA has an administrative headquarters in Gajiram town with the area council consisting communities and villages of Nganzai, Badu, Alarge, Damaram, Gadai, Kuda, Kurnawa, Maiwa, Miye, Sugundure, Gajiram and Sabsabuwa.
It's an Islamic region consisting of up to 90% Kanuri's and 10% others. It has a population of over 100,000 people who were displace by terrorist group of Boko Haram and later resettled by his Excellency Proff Babagana Umara Zulum.
The region is rich in agriculture and other mineral resources. [ citation needed ]
It has an area of 2,467 km2 and a population of 99,799 at the 2006 census.[ citation needed ]
The postal code of the area is 612. [1]
It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State. [2]
Jihadist groups carried out massacres in July 2019 and June 2020.
Yobe is a state located in northeastern Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on 27 August 1991. Yobe State was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe State is Damaturu, and its largest and most populated city is Potiskum. While by Land is Fune, potiskum Local Government Area is a place of Farmers and marketers, the largest cattle market in Africa is located in potiskum.
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The 2023 Borno State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Borno State, concurrent with elections to the Borno State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has been renominated by his party.