State of the StatesState of the States: Bauchi State

State of the States: Bauchi State

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November 07, (THEWILL) – Bauchi State was created in February 1976 from the former North Eastern State. Its capital is Bauchi.

Located in the North-Eastern part of the Nigeria, it is bounded by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Yobe and Gombe to the east, Kaduna to the west, Plateau and Taraba states to the south.

The entire western and northern parts of the state are mountainous and rocky. This is as a result of the closeness of the state to the Jos Plateau and Cameroun Mountains.

Bauchi state spans two distinctive vegetation zones – the Sudan Savannah and the Sahel Savannah. The Gongola and Hadejia rivers make a transverse across the state. The climatic condition of Bauchi is very hot in the months of April and May, while December and January are the coldest months.

Its major agricultural products, are maize, rice, millet, groundnut and guinea corn. Irrigation farming is practised and supported by the use of dams like Balanga Dam among others. Cattle and other livestock are also reared in the state.

Textile Industry
Textile Industry

Weaving and dyeing, tanning, and blacksmithing are also traditional activities in the state.

Rice Milling
Rice Milling

FACT-FILE

LGA: 20

Land Area: 18,965sq mi

Population: 6,28 million Est. @ 2019

Registered Businesses: 159

Public Primary Schools: 2,610 circa

Public Secondary Schools: 290 circa

University: (2) Federal – 1, state – 1

Polytechnic: (2) Federal – 1, state – 1

College of Education : State – 1

College of Agriculture: State -1

Nursing School/Health & Science: (3) Federal – 1, state – 2

Technical School: (7) State – 7

Total Revenue: N61.64bn @ 2020

Total Tax: N 2.07bn

Total IGR: N12,50bn (20.28% of total revenue)

FAAC: N49.14bn (79.72% of total revenue)

Domestic Debt: N1102.81bn

External Debt: $134.91m

Unemployment rate: 34.22% @ 2020

Airport: 1

Dairy Farming
Dairy Farming

Tourist Attractions

Yankari Game Reserve, Rock Paintings at Goji and Shira, The Emir’s Palace, Tafawa Balewa Tomb, Sumu Wildlife, Dukkey Wells, Wikki Natural Warm Spring , Marshall Cave &Fish Pond, the State Museum, Gubi Dam.

Leather Works
Leather Works

Natural Resources:

Alluvial tin, columbite, cassiterite, coal, limestone, iron ore, antimony, marble, Wolfram, gypsum, Linite, gold, cassiterite.

Agriculture:

Bauchi state economy is mainly propelled by Agriculture. Products such as maize, rice, millet, guinea corn, millet, sorghum, corn (maize), yams, cassava (manioc), tomatoes, and vegetables are its major produce. While coffee and groundnuts are its cash crop. The people also practise livestock farming such as goat, sheep and cattle rearing. Irrigation farming is supported by the dams.

As a measure to overhaul the state agriculture sector to achieve food security, improve productivity, boost the economy and provide employment opportunity, Bauchi state government recently commenced sales of farm inputs, fertilizers, herbicides and seedlings at subsidised rate.

The government targets 90 communities to benefit from the small ruminant breeding programme packages which include farm input, boiler cocks, Napier grass cuttings among others.

Bauchi With Bank of Industry Promotes Private Partnership

To achieve sector-specific development, Bauchi state government partners with the Bank of Industry (BoI) to execute strategic projects in the areas of youth empowerment and small and medium enterprises.

Food processing
Food processing

In 2020, BoI implemented 27 projects worth N172 million aimed at empowering the youth in the state. According to the state government, the projects located in 11 LGAs were among the 67 of such projects designed for Bauchi.

The projects are in the areas of agro-processing, printing and solid minerals, among others.

Hotel Development and Management
Hotel Development and Management

Following the discovery of oil in Bauchi, the state government said it has earmarked some very important projects that are needed to develop the communities where oil was discovered.

It is working hard to industrialise the state by resuscitating the cotton ginnery.

Mechanised Farming
Mechanised Farming

The state government had set up a cotton revival committee to mobilise the citizens to engage in massive cotton production that would serve as raw materials for the proposed ginnery in the state.

Groundnut oil Extraction
Groundnut oil Extraction

It said that the new ginnery would be operated under the public-private partnership agreement with reputable experts in the marketing and processing of cotton with the collaboration of Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to address the production, processing and marketing of the product from the ginnery to make it viable and of international standard.

Fruit & Vegetable Processing
Fruit & Vegetable Processing

Challenging Factors: Insecurity in the North East; legion of uneducated youth, poor electricity supply, high cost of living, hindering cultural values.

*** BY SAM DIALA & OLAYEMI SHABA

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Sam Diala is a Bloomberg Certified Financial Journalist with over a decade of experience in reporting Business and Economy. He is Business Editor at THEWILL Newspaper, and believes that work, not wishes, creates wealth.

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Sam Diala is a Bloomberg Certified Financial Journalist with over a decade of experience in reporting Business and Economy. He is Business Editor at THEWILL Newspaper, and believes that work, not wishes, creates wealth.

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