Konduga

Coordinates: 11°39′6″N 13°25′10″E / 11.65167°N 13.41944°E / 11.65167; 13.41944

Konduga
Konduga

Konduga shown within Nigeria

Coordinates: 11°39′6″N 13°25′10″E / 11.65167°N 13.41944°E / 11.65167; 13.41944
Country  Nigeria
State Borno State
Population 13,400
Time zone CET (UTC+1)

Konduga is a community in Borno State, Nigeria and the center of a Local Government Area of the same name about 25 km to the southeast of Maiduguri, situated on the north bank of the Ngadda River. The population of the Konduga Local Government Area is about 13,400.[1] It is the birthplace of Senator Kaka Mallam Yale.[2]

The primary languages are Shuwa Arabic, Kanuri and Wandala / Malgwa.[3]

It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located in Borno State, Nigeria.[4]

As of 2006, most inhabitants were illiterate and engaged in subsistence farming, with earnings below US$20 per annum. Most people did not have access to potable water or electricity, and the roads are not passable in the rainy season.[5] Maternal mortality is high. A 2003 study identified the main obstacles to accessing the hospital for emergency obstetric care as lack of money and transportation difficulties.[6] Soil fertility in the area is declining.[7]

History

On 5 January 2015, "Troops of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army ... clashed with suspected members of the Boko Haram sect at Mainari village in Konduga Local Government of Borno State."[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Konduga Nigeria". Geonames. Retrieved 2009-10-03. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 8 (help)
  2. ↑ Bosoma Sheriff; Shettima Maina Mohammed. "Senator Alhaji Kaka Mallam Yale". Kanuri Studies Association. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  3. ↑ Dr. Uwe Seibert, University of Jos. "Languages of Borno State". University of Iowa. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  4. ↑ Nigeria (2000). Nigeria: a people united, a future assured. 2, State Surveys (Millennium ed.). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Information. p. 106. ISBN 9780104089.
  5. ↑ B. A. OMOTARA; S. J. YAHYA; U. SHEHU; H. S. BELLO; A. P. BASSI (July 2006). "Communities' Awareness, Perception and Participation in the Community-Based Medical Education of the University of Maiduguri" (PDF). Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  6. ↑ Kawuwa MB, Mairiga AG, Usman HA. "Community perspective of maternal mortality: Experience from Konduga local government area, Borno State, Nigeria.". Annals of African Medicine. 2007;6(3):109-114. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  7. ↑ "Soil nutrient dynamics under small-holder agricultural practices in Konduga, north-eastern Nigeria". Centre national de la recherche scientifique. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  8. ↑ Njadvara Musa (2015-01-07). "allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Troops, Insurgents Clash in Captured Borno Town". The Guardian - allAfrica.com:. Retrieved 2015-01-08.


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