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id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agriculture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agriculture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Agriculture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agriculture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tertiary_learning_institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tertiary_learning_institutions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Tertiary learning institutions</span> </div> </a> <ul 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id="toc-One_road_to_the_Republic_of_Niger" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#One_road_to_the_Republic_of_Niger"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>One road to the Republic of Niger</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-One_road_to_the_Republic_of_Niger-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_major_roads" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_major_roads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Other major roads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_major_roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Airports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Airports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.4</span> <span>Airports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Airports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> 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vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_%C5%9Ftat%C4%B1" title="Kebbi ştatı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kebbi ştatı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="کبی ایالتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کبی ایالتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_Chiu" title="Kebbi Chiu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kebbi Chiu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_State" title="Kebbi State – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Kebbi State" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B8" title="Кебби – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кебби" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estat_de_Kebbi" title="Estat de Kebbi – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estat de Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_State" title="Kebbi State – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kebbi State" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi" title="Kebbi – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi" title="Kebbi – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_osariik" title="Kebbi osariik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kebbi osariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Kebbi" title="Estado de Kebbi – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estado de Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ctato_Kebbi" title="Ŝtato Kebbi – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝtato Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="ایالت کبی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایالت کبی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi" title="Kebbi – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diiwal_Kebbi" title="Diiwal Kebbi – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Diiwal Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi" title="Kebbi – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%EB%B9%84%EC%A3%BC" title="케비주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="케비주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi" title="Kebbi – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="केबी राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="केबी राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%AEra_Kebbi" title="Ȯra Kebbi – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ȯra Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi" title="Kebbi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi" title="Kebbi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="კების შტატი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კების შტატი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_(jimbo)" title="Kebbi (jimbo) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kebbi (jimbo)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B8_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Кебби (штат) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Кебби (штат)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcm mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_State" title="Kebbi State – Nigerian Pidgin" lang="pcm" hreflang="pcm" data-title="Kebbi State" data-language-autonym="Naijá" data-language-local-name="Nigerian Pidgin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Naijá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi" title="Kebbi – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%93%E5%B7%9E" title="ケビ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ケビ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_(Bundesstoot)" title="Kebbi (Bundesstoot) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kebbi (Bundesstoot)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi" title="Kebbi – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_(stan)" title="Kebbi (stan) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kebbi (stan)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebbi_(estado)" title="Kebbi (estado) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Kebbi (estado)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statul_Kebbi" title="Statul Kebbi – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Statul Kebbi" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kebbi</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">State</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Argungu_Fishing_Festival.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Image showing the yearly Argungu Fishing Festival held in Argungu"><img alt="Image showing the yearly Argungu Fishing Festival held in Argungu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Argungu_Fishing_Festival.jpg/250px-Argungu_Fishing_Festival.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Argungu_Fishing_Festival.jpg/375px-Argungu_Fishing_Festival.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Argungu_Fishing_Festival.jpg/500px-Argungu_Fishing_Festival.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7360" data-file-height="4912" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Image showing the yearly <a href="/wiki/Argungu_Fishing_Festival" title="Argungu Fishing Festival">Argungu Fishing Festival</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Argungu" title="Argungu">Argungu</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Kebbi_State.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Kebbi"><img alt="Seal of Kebbi State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Seal_of_Kebbi_State.png/100px-Seal_of_Kebbi_State.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Seal_of_Kebbi_State.png/150px-Seal_of_Kebbi_State.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Seal_of_Kebbi_State.png/200px-Seal_of_Kebbi_State.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nicknames: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_nicknames" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state nicknames">Land of Equity</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_Kebbi_State_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Kebbi State in Nigeria"><img alt="Location of Kebbi State in Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Nigeria_Kebbi_State_map.png/250px-Nigeria_Kebbi_State_map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Nigeria_Kebbi_State_map.png/375px-Nigeria_Kebbi_State_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Nigeria_Kebbi_State_map.png/500px-Nigeria_Kebbi_State_map.png 2x" data-file-width="777" data-file-height="599" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Kebbi State in Nigeria</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kebbi_State&params=11_30_N_4_00_E_region:NG_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°30′N</span> <span class="longitude">4°00′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.500°N 4.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.500; 4.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_date_of_statehood" title="List of Nigerian states by date of statehood">Date created</a></th><td class="infobox-data">27 August 1991</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_capitals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state capitals">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Birnin_Kebbi" title="Birnin Kebbi">Birnin Kebbi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Government of Kebbi State</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_governors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state governors">Governor</a><br /><b>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Kebbi_State" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Kebbi State">List</a>)</b></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nasir_Idris" title="Nasir Idris">Nasir Idris</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressive_Congress_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="All Progressive Congress (Nigeria)">APC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Deputy Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">Abubakar Umar Argungu (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State_House_of_Assembly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kebbi State House of Assembly (page does not exist)">Kebbi State House of Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senators</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">C: <a href="/wiki/Adamu_Aliero" title="Adamu Aliero">Adamu Aliero</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap">N: <a href="/wiki/Yahaya_Abubakar_Abdullahi" title="Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi">Yahaya Abdullahi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap">S: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Garba_Musa_Maidoki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Garba Musa Maidoki (page does not exist)">Garba Musa Maidoki</a> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian House of Representatives">Representatives</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly_delegation_from_Kebbi#9th_Assembly_(2019–2023)" title="Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Kebbi">List</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">36,800 km<sup>2</sup> (14,200 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_area" title="List of Nigerian states by area">10th of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2006 census)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,256,541<sup id="cite_ref-PHC_Tables_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PHC_Tables-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,563,900<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population" title="List of Nigerian states by population">22nd of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Kebbian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">GDP (PPP)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data">2023</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$16.6 billion<sup id="cite_ref-TelluBase_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelluBase-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$2,900<sup id="cite_ref-TelluBase_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelluBase-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+01">UTC+01</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">WAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">860001</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:NG" title="ISO 3166-2:NG">NG-KE</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2022)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.366<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#900">low</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">37th of 37</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kebbistate.gov.ng">kebbistate.gov.ng</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kebbi State</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hausa_language" title="Hausa language">Hausa</a>: <i lang="ha">Jihar Kebbi</i>; <a href="/wiki/Fula_language" title="Fula language">Fulfulde</a>: Leydi Kebbi 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤳𞤫𞤦𞥆𞤭) is a <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">state</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_West_(Nigeria)" title="North West (Nigeria)">northwestern</a> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>. Kebbi State is bordered east and north of <a href="/wiki/Sokoto_State" title="Sokoto State">Sokoto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zamfara_State" title="Zamfara State">Zamfara</a> states, and to the south by <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger state</a> while its western border forms part of the national borders with <a href="/wiki/Benin%E2%80%93Nigeria_border" title="Benin–Nigeria border">Benin Republic</a> for 103 km (64 miles) and <a href="/wiki/Niger%E2%80%93Nigeria_border" title="Niger–Nigeria border">Niger</a> for 207 km (129 miles).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Named for the city of <a href="/wiki/Birnin_Kebbi" title="Birnin Kebbi">Birnin Kebbi</a>—the state's capital and largest city, Kebbi state was formed from <a href="/wiki/Sokoto_State" title="Sokoto State">Sokoto state</a> on 27 August 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-Creation_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Creation-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the 36 <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">states of Nigeria</a>, Kebbi is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_area" title="List of Nigerian states by area">tenth largest in area</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population" title="List of Nigerian states by population">18th most populous</a>, with an estimated population of about 4.4 million as of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state is known as land of equity.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geographically, the state is within the <a href="/wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_grasslands,_savannas,_and_shrublands" title="Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands">tropical</a> <a href="/wiki/West_Sudanian_savanna" title="West Sudanian savanna">West Sudanian savanna</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Nigeria" title="List of ecoregions in Nigeria">ecoregion</a>. Important geographic features of Kebbi state include the <a href="/wiki/Sokoto_River" title="Sokoto River">Sokoto River</a>, which flows through Kebbi into the <a href="/wiki/River_Niger" class="mw-redirect" title="River Niger">River Niger</a>, which continues south before reaching the <a href="/wiki/Kainji_Lake" title="Kainji Lake">Kainji Lake</a>, half of which is in Kebbi. Among the state's nature are a number of fish species exhibited during the massive <a href="/wiki/Argungu_Fishing_Festival" title="Argungu Fishing Festival">Argungu Fishing Festival</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Hippopotamus" title="Hippopotamus">hippopotamus</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_African_manatee" class="mw-redirect" title="West African manatee">West African manatee</a>, and transient <a href="/wiki/African_bush_elephant" title="African bush elephant">African bush elephant</a> populations.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ethnically, Kebbi state is inhabited by various ethnic groups, with the <a href="/wiki/Hausa_people" title="Hausa people">Hausa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fula_people" title="Fula people">Fulani</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zarma_people" title="Zarma people">Zarma</a> peoples living throughout the state, while the Achipa (Achipawa), <a href="/wiki/Boko_language" title="Boko language">Boko-Bala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dendi_people" title="Dendi people">Dendi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dukawa_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dukawa language">Dukawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kambari_languages" title="Kambari languages">Kambari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamuku_people" title="Kamuku people">Kamuku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lela_language" title="Lela language">Lelna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ut-Ma%27in_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ut-Ma'in language">Puku</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shanga_language" title="Shanga language">Shanga</a> peoples live along the state's diverse western and southern borders. Religiously, the majority of the state's population (~84%) are <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> while the remaining are followers of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> and traditional religions like <a href="/wiki/Hausa_animism" title="Hausa animism">Bori</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the pre-colonial period, the area that is now Kebbi state was mainly controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Kebbi_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kebbi Kingdom">Kebbi Kingdom</a>, a Hausa bakwai state, until the early 1800s, the <a href="/wiki/Fulani_jihad" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulani jihad">Fulani jihad</a> seized part of the area and attempted to incorporate it into the <a href="/wiki/Gwandu_Emirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwandu Emirate">Gwandu Emirate</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Sokoto_Caliphate" title="Sokoto Caliphate">Sokoto Caliphate</a>. Over the succeeding century, Kebbi rulers fought Sokoto on-and-off until the 1900s and 1910s, when the British seized control of the area as a part of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Northern Nigeria Protectorate">Northern Nigeria Protectorate</a>, which later merged into <a href="/wiki/British_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nigeria">British Nigeria</a>, before becoming independent as <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally, modern-day Kebbi state was a part of the post-independence <a href="/wiki/Northern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Northern Region, Nigeria">Northern Region</a> until 1967, when the region was split and the area became part of the <a href="/wiki/North-Western_State" title="North-Western State">North-Western state</a>. After the North-Eastern state was split, <a href="/wiki/Sokoto_State" title="Sokoto State">Sokoto state</a> was formed in 1976 alongside ten other states. Twenty years afterward, a group of LGAs in Sokoto state's west and south was broken off to form the new Kebbi state.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Economically, Kebbi state is largely based around fishing and <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>, mainly of <a href="/wiki/Sorghum" title="Sorghum">sorghum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peanut" title="Peanut">groundnuts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millet" title="Millet">millet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Onion" title="Onion">onion</a>, and rice crops.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other key industries are trading, especially in the city of <a href="/wiki/Birnin_Kebbi" title="Birnin Kebbi">Birnin Kebbi</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Herding" title="Herding">livestock herding</a> of <a href="/wiki/Camel" title="Camel">camels</a>, cattle, <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">goats</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a>. Kebbi state has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index#2019" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">lowest</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">sixth lowest</a> <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a> in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kebbi_Emirate" title="Kebbi Emirate">Kebbi Emirate</a></div> <p>Kebbi state is traditionally considered by <a href="/wiki/Hausa_Kingdoms#Mythology" title="Hausa Kingdoms">Sarki mythology</a> as the homeland of the ƴan uwa bakwai states and <a href="/wiki/Hausa_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Hausa states">Hausa kingdoms</a>. </p><p>Kebbi resisted the <a href="/wiki/Fulani_jihad" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulani jihad">Fulani jihad</a> of the early 19th-century, but in the later 19th-century, the area largely converted to <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> through peaceful means.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_Zuru">History of Zuru</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of Zuru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zuru emirate is divided into five administrative chiefdom: <a href="/wiki/Dabai" class="mw-redirect" title="Dabai">Dabai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danko,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Danko, Nigeria">Danko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fakai" title="Fakai">Fakai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sakaba" title="Sakaba">Sakaba</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wasagu" class="mw-redirect" title="Wasagu">Wasagu</a>. The third class chief, who is also member of the <a href="/wiki/Zuru" title="Zuru">Zuru</a> town in Dabai chiefdom, where the emirate headquarters is located, heads each of the towns. <a href="/wiki/Zuru_Emirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Zuru Emirate">Zuru Emirate</a> is located in the southern part of Kebbi state Nigeria, occupying an area of about 9000sq km. It is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Gummi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gummi">Gummi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Zamfara_State" title="Zamfara State">Zamfara state</a> in the North. To the south is <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger state</a>, this borderline extends also arbitrarily on land to the west, to a point where it ends a few kilometers to the west of large tributary of the Dan Zari River, a northwest ward protrusion of <a href="/wiki/Yauri_Emirate" title="Yauri Emirate">Yauri Emirate</a> of Kebbi.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In fact, going by history, Zuru people being multi-ethnic are grouped into categories. The first category is of those that claim long term settlement and the second category is of the much more recent settlers, who in fact regard themselves – and are also regarded by the others as recent immigrants or even as temporary strangers. In the first category are the <i>Achifawa, Kambari, Dukkawa Fakkawa,'Dankawa, Worawa, Katsinawa</i> and <i>Lelna (<a href="/wiki/Dakarkari_people" title="Dakarkari people">Dakarkari</a>' such as sindawa').</i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>It is characteristic to find that some of them lay claim to have originated from the Hausas. Zuru as was said, is a result of upheaval, resulting from events such as Kanta's breakaway from <a href="/wiki/Songhai_people" title="Songhai people">Songhai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nupe_people" title="Nupe people">Nupe</a>-Kororofa control. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Kebbi state was created out of the former Sokoto state on 17 August 1991. The state has a total population of 3,137,989 people as projected from the 1991 census, within 21 local government areas.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The state has Sudan and <a href="/wiki/Sahel" title="Sahel">Sahel</a>-<a href="/wiki/Savannah" class="mw-redirect" title="Savannah">savannah</a>. The southern part is generally rocky with the <a href="/wiki/Niger_River" title="Niger River">Niger River</a> traversing the state from Benin to <a href="/wiki/Ngaski" title="Ngaski">Ngaski</a> LGA. The northern part of the state is sandy with the <a href="/wiki/Rima_River" title="Rima River">Rima River</a> passing through Argungu to Bagudo LGA, where it empties into the Niger. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people, especially in the rural areas. Crops produced are mainly grains. Animal rearing and fishing are also common. <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> are the dominant religions of the people. There are 225 political wards, 3,000 settlements and 1,036 hard to reach settlements in the 21 local government areas in the state.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like other <a href="/wiki/Nigerians" title="Nigerians">Nigerian</a> states, Kebbi state is also characterised with the tropical weather conditions of coldness, wetness and <a href="/wiki/Harmattan" title="Harmattan">harmattan</a>. The annual rainfall of Kebbi state has the average of 787.53 and 112.21mm, since rainfall is a climatic <a href="/wiki/Resource" title="Resource">resource</a> in the state, which aids <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural production</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rainy season in the state is between mid-May and mid-September, while the dry season constitutes a period of seven months. The temperature of Kebbi state has an annual variation between 65<sup>0</sup>F and 104<sup>0</sup>F. The <a href="/wiki/Cloud" title="Cloud">cloud</a> of Kebbi state is clearer around November to March of the succeeding month, while the state is usually cloudy between March and November at 68% annually. There is a relatively high <a href="/wiki/Humidity" title="Humidity">humidity</a> between seven months, April and November of every year, with November to July being the windiest.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Government_Areas">Local Government Areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Local Government Areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Kebbi_State" title="Special:EditPage/Kebbi State">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Kebbi_State" title="List of villages in Kebbi State">List of villages in Kebbi State</a></div> <p>Kebbi state consists of 21 <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">Local Government Areas</a> (LGAs), four <a href="/wiki/Emirate" title="Emirate">emirate</a> councils (<a href="/wiki/Gwandu_Emirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwandu Emirate">Gwandu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kebbi_Emirate" title="Kebbi Emirate">Argungu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yauri_Emirate" title="Yauri Emirate">Yauri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zuru_Emirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Zuru Emirate">Zuru</a>), and 35 districts. The LGAs are as follows:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 10em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aleiro" title="Aleiro">Aleiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arewa_Dandi" title="Arewa Dandi">Arewa Dandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argungu" title="Argungu">Argungu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augie,_Nigeria" title="Augie, Nigeria">Augie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagudo" title="Bagudo">Bagudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birnin_Kebbi" title="Birnin Kebbi">Birnin Kebbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunza" title="Bunza">Bunza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandi,_Nigeria" title="Dandi, Nigeria">Dandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fakai" title="Fakai">Fakai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwandu" title="Gwandu">Gwandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jega,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Jega, Nigeria">Jega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalgo" title="Kalgo">Kalgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koko/Besse" title="Koko/Besse">Koko/Besse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiyama" title="Maiyama">Maiyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngaski" title="Ngaski">Ngaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakaba" title="Sakaba">Sakaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanga,_Nigeria" title="Shanga, Nigeria">Shanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suru,_Nigeria" title="Suru, Nigeria">Suru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasagu/Danko" title="Wasagu/Danko">Wasagu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yauri,_Nigeria" title="Yauri, Nigeria">Yauri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuru" title="Zuru">Zuru</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Kebbi_State" title="Special:EditPage/Kebbi State">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Kebbi state is mainly populated by Hausa and Fulani people. with some members of <a href="/wiki/Zarma_people" title="Zarma people">Zarma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dakarkari_people" title="Dakarkari people">Lelna (Dakarkari)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bissa_people" title="Bissa people">Bussawa</a> (generally speakers of <a href="/wiki/Busa_language_(Mande)" title="Busa language (Mande)">Busa</a>), <a href="/wiki/Duka_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Duka language">Dukawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kambari" class="mw-redirect" title="Kambari">Kambari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reshe_language" title="Reshe language">Gungawa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kamuku_people" title="Kamuku people">Kamuku</a> ethnic communities.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most people who live in Kebbi are <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Nigeria" title="Islam in Nigeria">Muslims</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Languages">Languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Hausa_language" title="Hausa language">Hausa language</a> is dominant throughout the State. Below is a list of some languages of Kebbi state listed by LGA:<sup id="cite_ref-e22_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e22-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>LGA</th> <th>Languages </th></tr> <tr> <td>Argungu</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dendi_language" title="Dendi language">Dendi</a>; <a href="/wiki/Zarma_language" title="Zarma language">Zarma</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bagudo</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Busa_language_(Mande)" title="Busa language (Mande)">Bisã</a>; <a href="/wiki/Boko_language" title="Boko language">Boko</a>; Dendi; <a href="/wiki/Kyenga_language" title="Kyenga language">Kyenga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Birnin Kebbi</td> <td>Zarma </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bunza</td> <td>Zarma </td></tr> <tr> <td>Donko-Wasagu</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lela_language" title="Lela language">C'Lela</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dukku</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hun-Saare_language" title="Hun-Saare language">us-Saare</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jega</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gibanawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibanawa">Gibanawa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ngaski</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cishingini_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Cishingini language">Cishingini</a>; <a href="/wiki/Lopa_language" title="Lopa language">Lopa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kimba_language" title="Kimba language">Tsikimba</a>; <a href="/wiki/Shingini_language" title="Shingini language">Tsishingini</a>; <a href="/wiki/Laru_language" title="Laru language">Tsucuba</a>; <a href="/wiki/Vadi_language" title="Vadi language">Tsuvadi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sakaba</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cipu_language" title="Cipu language">Cicipu</a>; C'Lela; <a href="/wiki/Damakawa_language" title="Damakawa language">Damakawa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ut-Ma%27in_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ut-Ma'in language">ut-Ma'in</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shanga</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shanga_language" title="Shanga language">Shanga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Wasagu-Danko</td> <td>us-Saare; <a href="/wiki/Gwamhi-Wuri_language" title="Gwamhi-Wuri language">Gwamhi-Wuri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yauri</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reshe_language" title="Reshe language">Reshe</a>; us-Saare </td></tr> <tr> <td>Zuru</td> <td>C'Lela; ut-Ma'in </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Other languages spoken in Kebbi state include <a href="/wiki/Fulfulde" class="mw-redirect" title="Fulfulde">Fulfulde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ut-Hun" class="mw-redirect" title="Ut-Hun">Ut-Hun</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sorko" class="mw-redirect" title="Sorko">Sorko</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-e22_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e22-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kebbi_State" title="List of governors of Kebbi State">List of governors of Kebbi State</a></div> <p>Like the majority of Nigerian states, Kebbi state is governed by a governor and a State House of Assembly, under the current administration of <a href="/wiki/Nasir_Idris" title="Nasir Idris">Nasir Idris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Kebbi_State" title="Special:EditPage/Kebbi State">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aliero_Town.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Aliero_Town.jpg/220px-Aliero_Town.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Aliero_Town.jpg/330px-Aliero_Town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Aliero_Town.jpg/440px-Aliero_Town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="405" /></a><figcaption>Aliero Onion Market, Kebbi State</figcaption></figure> <p>Kebbi state is one of the major producers of <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a> in Nigeria. The current participation of more than 70,000 farmers in the Anchor Borrowers Rice and wheat farming, is heading towards making Kebbi state a new destination and hub for agro-based commodities of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To reiterate his commitment to ensure that Kebbi state is not only dependent on federal government allocation, the active governor of the state, <a href="/wiki/Abubakar_Atiku_Bagudu" title="Abubakar Atiku Bagudu">Abubakar Atiku Bagudu</a> paid a visit to <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin Republic</a> last year and while on the trip, signed a number of bilateral trade protocols with the government and business community of <a href="/wiki/Benin_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Benin Republic">Benin Republic</a> with a view to fostering trade, industrial and <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> relationships with the country.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Abubakar Atiku Bagudu is also the Chairman, National Task Force on Rice and Wheat Production in Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tertiary_learning_institutions">Tertiary learning institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tertiary learning institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tertiary institutions of learning in Kebbi state, both federal government owned, state owned and private institutions are listed this: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_University,_Birnin_Kebbi" title="Federal University, Birnin Kebbi">Federal University, Birnin kebbi</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fuaz.edu.ng">Federal University of Agriculture, Zuru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kebbi_State_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Kebbi State University of Science and Technology">Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kespodak.edu.ng/">Kebbi State Polytechnic Dakin Gari</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adamu_Augie_College_of_Education" title="Adamu Augie College of Education">Adamu Augie College of Education, Argungu</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kebbisnm.edu.ng/">Kebbi State College of Nursing and Midwives Birnin Kebbi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chstjega.edu.ng/">Kebbi State College of Health Sciences and Technology, Jega</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cobasyauri.org">Kebbi State College of Basic and Advance Studies, Yauri</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sajocons.edu.ng/">Sajo College of Nursing Sciences, Birnin Kebbi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_Highways">Federal Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Federal Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/A1_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A1 highway (Nigeria)">A1</a> north from Niger State at Makirin via Yelwa, Koko, <a href="/wiki/Sokoto_State" title="Sokoto State">Sokoto State</a> for 19 km from Tungan Ilo via Kuchi in <a href="/wiki/Kebbe" title="Kebbe">Kebbe LGA</a> to Maishaika, Jega, Sokoto State again for nine km from Illela via Tambawel in Kebbe LGA to Ungan-Bawa, and northeast to Sokoto State at Barkeji. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="One_road_to_the_Republic_of_Niger">One road to the Republic of <a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: One road to the Republic of Niger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Southwest from <a href="/wiki/Bunza" title="Bunza">Bunza</a> at Kamba to RN8. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_major_roads">Other major roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other major roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>the Birnin-Kebbi-Anmawa Rd northwest from <a href="/wiki/A1_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A1 highway (Nigeria)">A1</a> at Jega to <a href="/wiki/Kalgo" title="Kalgo">Kalgo</a>,</li> <li>the Birnin-Kebbu-Anmawa Rd north from Kalgo via <a href="/wiki/Birnin_Kebbi" title="Birnin Kebbi">Birnin Kebbi</a> and Zauro to Argungu as the Birnin Kebbi-Argungu Rd,</li> <li>the Dagawa-Argungu Rd east to <a href="/wiki/Sokoto_State" title="Sokoto State">Sokoto State</a> near Fakwon Sarki as the Arugungu-Iyabo-Sokoto Rd,</li> <li>the Maidahin-Daringari-Kalgo Junction Rd south from Kalgo to <a href="/wiki/Bunza" title="Bunza">Bunza</a>,</li> <li>the Dakingari-Bunza Rd south from Bunza via Dakingari and Zagga,</li> <li>the Bin Yauri-Rijau Rd east from A1 at Bin Yauri via Birnin Yauri and Gwanda to <a href="/wiki/Niger_State" title="Niger State">Niger State</a> at Kambuwa as the Maburo Rijau Rd,</li> <li>the Fakai-Iri-Rijau Rd north from Niger State via Bajida,</li> <li>the Zuru-Mahuta Rd east from Fakai to Dabai, where one branch goes north via Donko to <a href="/wiki/Zamfara_State" title="Zamfara State">Zamfara State</a>, and another branch goes south to Niger State as the Rijau-Zuru Rd.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Ahmadu_Bello_International_Airport" title="Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport">Sir Ahmadu Bello International</a> at <a href="/wiki/Birnin_Kebbi" title="Birnin Kebbi">Birnin Kebbi</a> with regular flights to Lagos and Abuja, with Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia during the <a href="/wiki/Haji" class="mw-redirect" title="Haji">Haji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuga_Airstrip" title="Tuga Airstrip">Tuga Airstrip</a> near Bagudo.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Natural_resources">Natural resources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Natural resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kebbi state has many <a href="/wiki/Natural_resource" title="Natural resource">natural resources</a> which boost the economy of the state and enhances the availability of raw materials for industrial purposes, these include:<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">Gold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">Quartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnesite" title="Magnesite">Magnesite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manganese" title="Manganese">Manganese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">Iron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">Copper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">Aluminium</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_incidents">Major incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Major incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kebbi_boat_disaster" title="Kebbi boat disaster">Kebbi boat disaster</a> on 26 May 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bandit_attacks">Bandit attacks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Bandit attacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kebbi state is badly affected by the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_bandit_conflict" title="Nigerian bandit conflict">Nigerian bandit conflict</a>. Banditry attacks in the state include the <a href="/wiki/2021_Kebbi_massacre" title="2021 Kebbi massacre">2021 Kebbi massacre</a> on 3 June 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Kebbi_kidnapping" title="Kebbi kidnapping">Kebbi kidnapping</a> on 24 June 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Dankade_massacre" title="Dankade massacre">Dankade massacre</a> on 14-15 January 2022 and the <a href="/wiki/March_2022_Kebbi_massacres" title="March 2022 Kebbi massacres">2022 Kebbi massacres</a> on 8 March of the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kebbi_State&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kebbi_Emirate" 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