Kaita
About
Kaita is a town and local government area in Katsina State, Nigeria, sharing a border in the north with the Republic of Niger. It is administered by a local government council whose current chairman is Engineer Bello Lawal Yandaki. The local government area includes many villages, which are traditionally headed by District Heads (Magaddai in Hausa) and serve as wards that produce the local government councillors. Prominent villages include Abdallawa, Ba'awa, Dankama, Dankaba, Girka, Gafiya, Kaita, Matsai, Yandaki and Yanhoho.
History
The current Transitions Committee Chairman, Engineer Bello Lawal Yandaki, has been running the affairs of the local government since his inauguration in August 2018, along with the other 33 transitions committee chairmen of the 34 local government areas of the state, by Katsina state governor Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari.
Source: Wikipedia: Kaita, Nigeria
Key Facts
State
Katsina State
Chairman
Engr. Bello Lawal Yandaki
Area
925 km²
Population
184,401 (2006 census)