Borno State history, Borno State Local Government Areas and Senatorial Zones/ Districts in Borno State. The post also has Local Government Area that make each Borno State Senatorial Districts.
Borno, also known as Borno State, the state is located in the north-eastern Nigeria. Its capital is Maiduguri. The state was formed in 1976 from the split of the North-Eastern State. Until 1991 it contained what is now Yobe State. It is the homeland of the Kanuri people in Nigeria.
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The state has a predominance of Kanuri people. Other ethnic groups such as Lamang, Babur/Bura and Marghi are also found in the southern part of the state. Shuwa Arabs are mainly the descendants of Arab people and is an example of the endurance of traditional political institutions in some areas of Africa, where the emirs of the former Kanem-Bornu Empire have played a part in the politics of this area for nearly 1,000 years. The current Kanemi dynasty gained control of the Borno Emirate in the early 19th century after the Fulani jihad of Usman dan Fodio. Conquered by Rabih in 1893, Borno was invaded by the British, French and Germans at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1902, the British officially incorporated Borno into the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and established a new capital at Maiduguri or Yerwa in 1907, which remains the capital to this day.
After Nigerian independence in 1960, Borno remained fairly autonomous until the expansion of the number of states in Nigeria to 12 in 1967. Local government reform in 1976 further reduced the power of the emirs of the former dynasty, and by the time of Nigeria’s return to civilian rule in 1979, the emirs’ jurisdiction has been restricted solely to cultural and traditional affairs. The emirs still exist, and serve as advisers to the local government. Mala Kachallah was elected governor of Borno State in 1999 under the flagship of the then APP(All Peoples Party) later ANPP. Ali Modu Sheriff was elected governor of Borno State in Nigeria in April 2003. He is a member of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP). Ali Sheriff was the first governor in Borno state to win the seat two consecutive times.
On 14 May 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Northeast Nigeria, including Borno State along with the neighboring states of Adamawa and Yobe. This happened after fighting between Boko Haram and the state armed forces killed as many as 200 people in the town of Baga. A spokesman for the Nigerian Armed Forces declared that the offensive would continue “as long as it takes to achieve our objective of getting rid of insurgents from every part of Nigeria.
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In July 2014, Borno state governor Kashim Shettima said that “176 teachers had been killed and 900 schools destroyed since 2011. After the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping in April 2014, most schools in Borno State were closed. They were scheduled to reopen in November 2014.
In November 2014, UNICEF reported it has increased its Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) centres in Borno State “from 5 to 67 and is planning to increase this to 100. In Borno State, the agricultural sector has suffered mostly because of the ongoing Boko Haram Insurgency since 2009 and many people experienced acute food insecurity. Religion in Borno State of Nigeria is mainly Islam with few adherent of Christianity. The Sharia is valid in the entire state. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri has its seat in the state. Ekklesiar Yan’Uwa A Nigeria (EYN) in Maiduguri were destroyed by Boko Haram as a part of 2009 Nigerian sectarian violence.
Borno State Senatorial Zones / Districts
Borno state have three (3) Senatorial Zones / Districts. They are Borno Central Senatorial Zone / District, Borno North Senatorial Zone / District and Borno South Senatorial Zone / District. Below are the Senatorial Zones / Districts and the local government areas that made up the districts.
Borno Central Senatorial Zone / District
- Bama Local Government Area
- Dikwa Local Government Area
- Jere Local Government Area
- Kaga Local Government Area
- Kala Balge Local Government Area
- Konduga Local Government Area
- Mafa Local Government Area
- Maiduguri Local Government Area
- Ngala Local Government Area
Borno North Senatorial Zone / District
- Abadam Local Government Area
- Gubio Local Government Area
- Guzamala Local Government Area
- Kukawa Local Government Area
- Magumeri Local Government Area
- Marte Local Government Area
- Mobbar Local Government Area
- Monguno Local Government Area
- Nganzai Local Government Area
Borno South Senatorial Zone / District
- Askira / Uba Local Government Area
- Bayo Local Government Area
- Biu Local Government Area
- Chibok Local Government Area
- Damboa Local Government Area
- Gwoza Local Government Area
- Hawul Local Government Area
- Kwaya / Kusar Local Government Area
- Shani Local Government Area
Borno State Local Government Area
Borno State consists of twenty-seven (27) local government Area grouped into three Senatorial Districts (shown below with their areas and 2006 Census population figures):
| Borno Central Senatorial District |
Area in km2 |
1,666,541 | Borno South Senatorial District |
Area in km2 |
1,245,962 | Borno North Senatorial District |
Area in km2 |
1,238,390 | ||
| MAIDUGURI | 137.36 | 540,016 | Askia/Ua | 2,431.83 | 143,313 | Abadam | 4,172.27 | 100,065 | ||
| NGALA | 1,519.82 | 236,498 | Bayo | 985.78 | 79,078 | Gubiu | 2,575.09 | 151,286 | ||
| KALA/BANGA | 1,962.13 | 60,834 | Biu | 3,423.86 | 175,760 | Guzamala | 2,631.44 | 95,991 | ||
| MAFA | 2,976.99 | 103,600 | Chibok | 1,392.00 | 66,333 | Kaga | 2,802.46 | 89,996 | ||
| KONDUGA | 6,065.89 | 157,322 | Dambua | 6,426.18 | 233,200 | Kukawa | 5,124.41 | 203,343 | ||
| BAMA | 5,158.87 | 270,119 | Gwoza | 2,973.15 | 276,568 | Magumeri | 5,057.61 | 140,257 | ||
| JERE | 900.72 | 209,107 | Hawul | 2,160.99 | 120,733 | Marte | 3,280.02 | 129,409 | ||
| DIKWA | 1,836.89 | 105,042 | Kwayakusar | 754.69 | 56,704 | Mobbar | 3,280.02 | 116,633 | ||
| Shani | 1,238.93 | 100,989 | Mongono | 1,993.20 | 109,834 | |||||
| Nganzai | 2,572.35 | 99,074 |
ABDUL A
I would like to know, how many local governments were in Borno State when it was created from the North East in 1976? Second, how many new local governments were later created after, and from which of the initial 1976 local governments were they created? Three, which of the initial 1976 local governments were not split or are still intact and why were they not? Finally, if such local governments still exist I.e those not split what special privilege do they enjoy from the federal government or borno state, since their population are equally increasing as the sister ones of 1976?
Thank you.