Igabi

Igabi is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is chaired by the Executive Chairman - Jabir Khamis, It is one of 774 local government areas in Nigeria. Rigasa ward is under Igabi LGA, one of the most populous wards in the state.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Igabi
Settlement.settlement_type: LGA and town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Nigeria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Nigeria
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kaduna State
Settlement.leader_title: Executive Chairman
Settlement.leader_name: Sani Abdul Zangon Aya
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3,222
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022 est
Settlement.population_total: 636,400
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: WAT
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.mapframe: yes

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Wikidata facts

Population: 430753

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Contents

History
Demographic
Administrative subdivisions
Geography
Health care facilities
Education
Economy
Climate
References

== History == Research by the DRPC Nigeria (Development Research and Projects Center Nigeria) has shown that Igabi was founded by a man from Kukawa in Borno state; the man was a Qur'anic scholar who settled near Rigachikun to teach Qur'an and Islamic studies in the region due to an overflow of Hausa people to the northeastern Nigeria especially Borno state in search of Islamic religious knowledge. The current local government's capital is Turunku. The genesis of Igabi town that led to local government was a man named Igabi who came and settled in the area. The man was from Borna named Mallam Ahmadu, an Islamic scholar who arrived at the site where he founded the town with a large number of Almajirai (students), numbering more than a hundred. Later more students from neighboring villages around joined him.