SSC201 ASSIGNMENTS(D) - STATES AND THEIR DETAILS
BAUCHI
GENERAL INFORMATION
Bauchi State was created in February 1976 from the former North Eastern State by the then regime of General Murtala Mohammed. It originally included the area now in Gombe State, which became a distinct state in 1996. It is made up of 20 local government areas.Its capital Bauchi.
Located in the North-Eastern part of the Nigeria, Bauchi State covers 45,837 square kilometers. Bauchi State is bounded by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Yobe and Gombe to the east and Kaduna State to the west and Plateau and Taraba State to the south.
The entire western and northern parts of the state are generally mountainous and rocky. This is as a result of the closeness of the state to the Jos Plateau and Cameroun mountains.
Bauchi state is one of the states in the Northern part of Nigeria that span two distinctive vegetation zones, namely, the Sudan Savannah and the Sahel Savannah. Two main rivers transverse the state, the Gongola and Hadejia rivers. The climatic condition of Bauchi State is very hot in the months of April and May, while December and January are the coldest months.
Bauchi State has a total of 55 tribal groups in which Hausa, Fulani, Gerawa, Sayawa, Jarawa, Bolewa, Kare-Kare, Kanuri, Warjawa, Zulawa, and Badawa are the main tribes.
Bauchi was derived from Bauchi town. Bauchi town is named after Baushe, who was a brave hunter during his time. Baushe was the first settler in Bauchi before the arrival of Mallam Yakubu the first Bauchi ruler. Bauchi, according to early Hausa translators means, "no animal ever escaped the trap and arrow of a hunter".
ECONOMY
Bauchi state is an agricultural state. Its vast fertile soil is an added advantage for agricultural products, which include maize, rice, millet, groundnut and guinea corn. Irrigation farming is practiced and supported by the use of dams like Balanga dam, etc. Cattle and other livestock are also reared in the state.
The state also has manufacturing industries in the area of Iron and Steel, Water, Ceramics, Food and Beverages etc.
TOURISM
Bauchi state is blessed with many tourist attractions. Bauchi State is home to the Yankari Game reserve (the biggest game reserve in West Africa), Premier Game Reserve, Rock Paintings at Goji and Shira, the State Museum among others.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Bayelsa State was created on October 1, 1996 out of the old Rivers State by the then regime of General Sani Abacha. The name, Bayelsa, is an acronym of three former Local Government areas Brass, Yenagoa and Sagbama in the then Rivers State, which had earlier on comprised the entire area now constituting Bayelsa State.
In the tradition in the old Rivers State, which is Bayelsa State was created from, acronyms are sued for local government areas. Brass Local Government Area was referred to as BALGA, for short; Yenagoa was simply YELGA, while Sagbama was SALGA. So in naming
the new state, BALGA, YELGA, and SALGA was compounded to form BAYELSA.
Located in the Southern part of Nigeria, Bayelsa covers 21,100 Square Kilometres with capital at Yenagoa .Bayelsa State is geographically located within Latitude 04o 15' North, 05 o 23' South and longitude 05 o 22' West and 06 o 45' East. It shares boundaries with Delta State on the North, Rivers State on the East and the Atlantic Ocean on the West and South.
Bayelsa State is a tropical rain forest, with more than three quarters of this area covered by water, with a moderately low land stretching from Ekeremor to Nembe. The area lies almost entirely below sea level with a maze of meandering creeks and mangrove swamps. The network of several creeks and rivers in the South, all flow into the Atlantic Ocean via the major rivers such as San Bartholomew, Brass, Nun, Ramos, Santa Barbara, St. Nicholas, Sangana, Fishtown, Ikebiri Creek, Middleton, Digatoro Creek, Pennington and Dobo. The vegetation here is characterized by the mangrove forest. In the North, it has a thick forest with arable lands for cultivation of various food and cash crops.
There are four main languages in Bayelsa State, which are Izon, Nembe, Ogbia and Epie-Atissa. The predominant religions in the State are Christianity and Traditional worship. Bayelsa State has 24 first class traditional rulers (and many second and third class traditional rulers) recognized by the State Government.
ECONOMY
The major occupations in the State are fishing, farming, palm oil milling, lumbering, palm wine tapping, local gin making, trading, carving and weaving.
Bayelsa State is a major oil and gas producing area and it contributes over 30% of Nigeria's oil production. Bayelsa State is home to Oloibiri in Ogbia Local Government Area, where oil was first struck in Nigeria in commercial quantities in 1956. Gas production activities are currently being intensified in the State as feedstock to the LNG Gas Supply Plants in Bonny which is located in Oluasiri local government area of the state. Also the gas feed will feed into the proposed national associated gas gathering networks that will feed other LNG plants, power plants and end users in the manufacturing sector. The major oil exploration and production companies operating in the State are Shell, Agip and ChevronTexaco.
The Kolo Creek Gas Turbine Project owned by the Bayelsa State Government supplies electricity to Yenagoa, the State Capital, and surrounding towns and villages. Bayelsa State is, presently, the only State in Nigeria that provides electricity for itself without any supply from the National Electricity Grid.
Bayelsa State has large reserves of clay, sand and gravel.
TOURISM
Bayelsa State has a wide variety of festivals, music, arts, crafts, folklore, artifacts, museums and monuments. The White Graveyard at Twon-Brass in Brass LGA, the Slave Tunnel at Akassa in Brass LGA, Olodi Museum at Ogbolomabiri, Mangrove Museum at Nembe, Ogidigan Deity at Bassambiri and King Ockiya's Mausoleum at Ogbolomabiri all in Nembe LGA, Late Chief Christopher Iwowari's Monument at Bassambiri in Nembe LGA. Bronze Heads at Opume in Ogbia LGA, Isaac Boro Memorial Monument at Kaiama in Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA.
These museums are stocked with artifacts dating back to hundreds of years. A proposed Museum at Oloibiri will chronicle the history of oil exploration in Nigeria and serve
GENERAL INFORMATION
Benue State was created on February 3, 1976 by the then regime of General Murtala Mohammed, out of the old Benue-Plateau State. The capital is Makurdi.
The state derives its name from River Benue, the second largest in the country and the most prominent geographical feature in the state. The present day new Benue State (after a portion was carved out to create Kogi State in August 1991) has twenty three local governments, as listed above.
Located in the middle belt of the country, Benue State occupies 34,059 square kilometreslies. It shares boundaries with six states namely; Nassarawa to the north,Taraba to the east, Cross River, Ebonyi and Enugu to the south, and Kogi on the west.
BENUE
ECONOMY
Benue state is acclaimed the nation's "food basket" because of its rich and diverse agricultural produce which include yams, rice, beans, cassava, potatoes, maize, Soya beans, sorghum, millet and coco-yam. The state also accounts for over 70 percent of Nigeria's Soya beans production. It also boasts of one of the longest stretches of river systems in the country with great potential for a viable fishing industry, dry season farming through irrigation and for an inland water way through irrigation and for an inland water way.
In the area of industrialization, the state government spearheading the industrialization of the State by setting up several industries including Taraku Mills Limited, Benue Brewery Limited, Benue Burnt Bricks, Benco Roof Tiles and Ago Millers Limited in which it still retains some holding, which are gradually being privatized.
Benue is blessed with abundant mineral resources. These include Limestone, Gypsum, Anhydride, Kaolin, natural Gas, Salt, Petroleum Oil, Lead and Zinc, Barytes, Clay, Coal, Calcite, Germstones and Magnetite. Of these mineral resources, only limestone at TseKucha near Gboko and Kaolin are being commercially exploited.
TOURISM
The state possesses a rich and diverse cultural heritage which finds expression in colourful cloths, exotic masquerades, sophisticated music and dances. Traditional dances from Benue have won acclaim at national and international cultural festivals. These dances include Ingyough, Ange, Anchanakupa and Swange among the Tiv and Anuwowowo and Obadaru among the Idoma. The Tiv Kwagh-hir theatre provides memorable entertainment in its dramatization of Tiv folklore and social commentary.
BAEYELSA
GENERAL INFORMATION --Bayelsa State was created on October 1, 1996 out of the old Rivers State by the then regime of General Sani Abacha. The name, Bayelsa, is an acronym of three former Local Government areas Brass, Yenagoa and Sagbama in the then Rivers State, which had earlier on comprised the entire area now constituting Bayelsa State.
In the tradition in the old Rivers State, which is Bayelsa State was created from, acronyms are sued for local government areas. Brass Local Government Area was referred to as BALGA, for short; Yenagoa was simply YELGA, while Sagbama was SALGA. So in naming
the new state, BALGA, YELGA, and SALGA was compounded to form BAYELSA.
Located in the Southern part of Nigeria, Bayelsa covers 21,100 Square Kilometres with capital at Yenagoa .Bayelsa State is geographically located within Latitude 04o 15' North, 05 o 23' South and longitude 05 o 22' West and 06 o 45' East. It shares boundaries with Delta State on the North, Rivers State on the East and the Atlantic Ocean on the West and South.
Bayelsa State is a tropical rain forest, with more than three quarters of this area covered by water, with a moderately low land stretching from Ekeremor to Nembe. The area lies almost entirely below sea level with a maze of meandering creeks and mangrove swamps. The network of several creeks and rivers in the South, all flow into the Atlantic Ocean via the major rivers such as San Bartholomew, Brass, Nun, Ramos, Santa Barbara, St. Nicholas, Sangana, Fishtown, Ikebiri Creek, Middleton, Digatoro Creek, Pennington and Dobo. The vegetation here is characterized by the mangrove forest. In the North, it has a thick forest with arable lands for cultivation of various food and cash crops.
There are four main languages in Bayelsa State, which are Izon, Nembe, Ogbia and Epie-Atissa. The predominant religions in the State are Christianity and Traditional worship. Bayelsa State has 24 first class traditional rulers (and many second and third class traditional rulers) recognized by the State Government.
ECONOMY
The major occupations in the State are fishing, farming, palm oil milling, lumbering, palm wine tapping, local gin making, trading, carving and weaving.
Bayelsa State is a major oil and gas producing area and it contributes over 30% of Nigeria's oil production. Bayelsa State is home to Oloibiri in Ogbia Local Government Area, where oil was first struck in Nigeria in commercial quantities in 1956. Gas production activities are currently being intensified in the State as feedstock to the LNG Gas Supply Plants in Bonny which is located in Oluasiri local government area of the state. Also the gas feed will feed into the proposed national associated gas gathering networks that will feed other LNG plants, power plants and end users in the manufacturing sector. The major oil exploration and production companies operating in the State are Shell, Agip and ChevronTexaco.
The Kolo Creek Gas Turbine Project owned by the Bayelsa State Government supplies electricity to Yenagoa, the State Capital, and surrounding towns and villages. Bayelsa State is, presently, the only State in Nigeria that provides electricity for itself without any supply from the National Electricity Grid.
Bayelsa State has large reserves of clay, sand and gravel.
TOURISM
Bayelsa State has a wide variety of festivals, music, arts, crafts, folklore, artifacts, museums and monuments. The White Graveyard at Twon-Brass in Brass LGA, the Slave Tunnel at Akassa in Brass LGA, Olodi Museum at Ogbolomabiri, Mangrove Museum at Nembe, Ogidigan Deity at Bassambiri and King Ockiya's Mausoleum at Ogbolomabiri all in Nembe LGA, Late Chief Christopher Iwowari's Monument at Bassambiri in Nembe LGA. Bronze Heads at Opume in Ogbia LGA, Isaac Boro Memorial Monument at Kaiama in Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA.
These museums are stocked with artifacts dating back to hundreds of years. A proposed Museum at Oloibiri will chronicle the history of oil exploration in Nigeria and serve