Funakaye

Funakaye
LGA
Motto(s): 
Farm, Rear and Read
Funakaye is located in Nigeria
Funakaye
Funakaye
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 10°51′N 11°26′E / 10.850°N 11.433°E / 10.850; 11.433
Country Nigeria
StateGombe State
HeadquartersBajoga
Government
 • Local Government ChairmanAlhaji Shuaibu Abdulrahman Adam
Area
 • Total
1,415 km2 (546 sq mi)
Population
 (2006 census)
 • Total
236,087
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
3-digit postal code prefix
762
ISO 3166 codeNG.GO.FU
Map

Funakaye is a Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Bajoga.[1] Its current chairman is Alhaji Ibrahim Cheldu of the All Progressives Congress. Funakaye is bounded in the east by the Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa, beyond which lie Yobe State and Borno State.

It has an area of 1,415 km2 and a population of 236,087 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 762.[2] The town got its name from the two Fulani words "funa" meaning "East" and "kaye" meaning "woodlands" which means "East woodlands".[3]

Demography

Funakaye is inhabited dominantly by the Fulani people. Fulfulde is the most spoken language in the area. Hausa, Kanuri and Bolewa languages are also known and spoken by the inhabitants.[4]

All indigenous people of Funakaye are Muslims . However, due to the abundant mineral resources in the area especially Limestone,[5] there has been an influx of Christians from other part of Nigeria who had built churches in the area and are living peacefully with their hosts.

Religion

Funakaye is a Local Government Area with majority of its people Muslims and Christians minority.

Mineral resources and development

Due to the local production of crops such sorghum, maize, beans, and millet, farming is a significant economic activity for the residents of Funakaye LGA.[6]

Funakaye is blessed with Minerals like bentonite and Limestone, Coal, Gypsum, Gold, Gemstone, Uranium etc.[7] However, Funakaye is the least developed LGA of the State. The people are living in abject poverty and the illiteracy rate is quite beyond that of all the other Local Government Areas in the state.[8]

The French company Lafarge (company) has been operating in the area since the 1990s, mining Limestone, Coal, and other mineral resources amidst, though under allegations of not fulfilling its Corporate social responsibility of bringing social amenities to the poor, uneducated locals whose environment has been polluted. Other allegations include the preference of employing non-indigenes over indigenes as against the state laws. The company had for so many times promised to alleviate poverty in the area but to no avail [9]

Climate

Emir

The Emir of Funakaye, Alhaji Mu’azu Muhammad Kwairanga III, died at the age of 45 on Saturday, 27 August.[10]

Late Alhaji Mu’azu Muhammad Kwairanga III was succeeded by ALHAJI Yakubu Muhammad Kwairanga IV, appointed by the Executive Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya on 21 November 2022.[11]

Climate

In Bajoga, a town in Funakaye, the wet season is hot, oppressive, and mostly cloudy and the dry season is sweltering and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 60 °F to 104 °F and is rarely below 55 °F or above 108 °F.

References

  1. ^ "Funakaye LGA". Journal Of Local Governments Of Nigeria. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  3. ^ Rasak, Adekunle (11 December 2020). "Gombe awards N2.8bn contract for roads in Nafada, Funakaye, three-span bridge in Dukku LGAs". Tribune Online. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. ^ Rasak, Adekunle (11 December 2020). "Gombe awards N2.8bn contract for roads in Nafada, Funakaye, three-span bridge in Dukku LGAs". Tribune Online. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  5. ^ Tersoo, Andrella (23 January 2019). "Top places where limestone is found in Nigeria". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Funakaye Local Government Area". www.manpower.com.ng. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  7. ^ Atulegwu, David (12 August 2020). "List of Natural Mineral Resources Found in Gombe State". Nigerian Infopedia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  8. ^ Rasak, Adekunle (11 December 2020). "Gombe awards N2.8bn contract for roads in Nafada, Funakaye, three-span bridge in Dukku LGAs". Tribune Online. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  9. ^ staff, Global Cement. "Ashaka Cement to invest in poverty alleviation in northern Nigeria". www.globalcement.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  10. ^ Online, Tribune (28 August 2022). "Emir of Funakaye, Kwairanga, dies at 45". Tribune Online. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  11. ^ Rasak, Adekunle (11 December 2020). "Gombe awards N2.8bn contract for roads in Nafada, Funakaye, three-span bridge in Dukku LGAs". Tribune Online. Retrieved 25 May 2023.