Benue State
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Benue State
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Benue State
State nickname: Food Basket of the Nation
Location
Statistics
Governor
(List) Gabriel Suswam (PDP)
DateCreated 3 February 1976
Capital Makurdi
Area 34,059 km²
Ranked 11th
Population
1991 Census
2005 estimate Ranked 7th
2,780,398
5,181,642
GDP (PPP)
-Total
-Per Capita 2007(estimate)
$6.86 billion[1]
$1,592[1]
ISO 3166-2 NG-BE
Benue is a state in the Middle-Belt region of Nigeria with a population of about 2.8 million in 1991. Tiv, Idoma, and Igede arespoken predominantly. There are other ethnic groups as well. These include Etulo and Abakwa.[2] With its capital at Makurdi, Benue is a rich agricultural region; some of the crops grownthere are: potatoes, cassava, soya bean, guinea corn, flax, yams and beniseed.
Benue State is named after the Benue River and was formed from the former Benue-Plateau State in 1976,along with Igala,and some part of Kwara State. Also in 1991 some areas of benue state(majorly igala area), along with areas in Kwara state, where carved out to become part of the newKogi State. Traces of Igbo people and tribes are found in the boundary areas of Ebonyi state and Enugu state in local government areas like the Obi, Oju etc.
Gabriel Suswam is theGovernor and Steven Lawani is the Deputy Governor. Both are People's Democratic Party (PDP) members.[3] Benue state has three universities namely, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi,Benue State University [BSU], Makurdi and Mker University, Gboko. It also has two Polytechnics namely Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo and Fidel Polytechnic, Gboko as well as theAkperan Orshi College of Agriculture. And there about four Colleges of Education which are, Federal College of Education Agasha, College of Education Oju, College of Education Kastina Ala.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benue State
State nickname: Food Basket of the Nation
Location
Statistics
Governor
(List) Gabriel Suswam (PDP)
DateCreated 3 February 1976
Capital Makurdi
Area 34,059 km²
Ranked 11th
Population
1991 Census
2005 estimate Ranked 7th
2,780,398
5,181,642
GDP (PPP)
-Total
-Per Capita 2007(estimate)
$6.86 billion[1]
$1,592[1]
ISO 3166-2 NG-BE
Benue is a state in the Middle-Belt region of Nigeria with a population of about 2.8 million in 1991. Tiv, Idoma, and Igede arespoken predominantly. There are other ethnic groups as well. These include Etulo and Abakwa.[2] With its capital at Makurdi, Benue is a rich agricultural region; some of the crops grownthere are: potatoes, cassava, soya bean, guinea corn, flax, yams and beniseed.
Benue State is named after the Benue River and was formed from the former Benue-Plateau State in 1976,along with Igala,and some part of Kwara State. Also in 1991 some areas of benue state(majorly igala area), along with areas in Kwara state, where carved out to become part of the newKogi State. Traces of Igbo people and tribes are found in the boundary areas of Ebonyi state and Enugu state in local government areas like the Obi, Oju etc.
Gabriel Suswam is theGovernor and Steven Lawani is the Deputy Governor. Both are People's Democratic Party (PDP) members.[3] Benue state has three universities namely, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi,Benue State University [BSU], Makurdi and Mker University, Gboko. It also has two Polytechnics namely Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo and Fidel Polytechnic, Gboko as well as theAkperan Orshi College of Agriculture. And there about four Colleges of Education which are, Federal College of Education Agasha, College of Education Oju, College of Education Kastina Ala.
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