Ningi, Bauchi - Postal code - 742101

DESCRIPTION OF NINGI

Geography of Ningi

Ningi is a local government area, and it is also an emirate in Bauchi State, Nigeria. The Ningi emirate is made up of two local government areas, Ningi and Warji, with a combined area of about 5,250 km2 and is populated with a large number of inhabitants. The Ningi local government shelters an area of about 4,625 km2. The LGA is inhabited mostly by the Ningawa, Fulani, Warjawa, and Duwa.

History of Ningi

Ningi was founded by an enclave of Islamic scholars who were known as the Mallams in the 18th century (that is around 1847) under the management of Hamza. Ningi leaders were then called Mallams until the early 19th century. Fa'awa are the first tribe to become beneficial from western education, but the remaining tribe came to Ningi as visitors and they stayed due to the abundance of food items the Fa'awa people provides.

According to legendary tales, Hamza migrated with 40 other Mallams and their families from Tsakuwar Kano, in the present-day Local Government Area of Dawakin Kudu Kano State, in the year 1827. They settled eastward at Mara in this dispensation divided into two which are in the Butu Kudu-Yamma district of Ningi and the lame district of the Toro LGA, in Bauchi State Nigeria.

Economy of Ningi

Ningi local government area is a major agrarian society that is known for the cultivation of a number of crops and the rearing of different kinds of animals. Crops grown in Ningi local government include millet, sugarcane, and soya beans while the animals that the people of Ninga rear and sell in the local government include goats, cows, and camels. Trade also flourishes well in Ningi local government with the area hosting several markets which enables platforms for the exchange of different variety of goods and services.