YOBE BRIEF HISTORY Yobe State was curved out of the defunct Borno State in 1991. The state covers an estimated area of 47,153 square kilometer and shares international boundary to the north with the Republic of Niger, to the west with Jigawa and Bauchi states, to the east with Borno State, and to the south with Borno and Gombe states. The northern part of the state is characterized by desert, active sand dunes and difficult terrain, while the southern part is mountainous and undulating hills. Yobe State has a population of 2,321,591 as per the national head count of 2006. The major spoken languages are English, Kanuri, Hausa and Fulfulde. The state has 17 Local Government Areas, and with 14 Emirate Councils. The Emir of Fika is the Chairman of tghe Traditional Council of Chiefs. SENATORIAL DISTRICTS S/N DISTRICT COMPOSITION RA PU COLLATION CENTRE 103 Yobe East Bursari/Damaturu/Geidam/Gujb 74 644 Federal Polytechnic SD/103/YB a/Gulani/Tarmuwa/Yunusari Damaturu 104 Yobe North Bade/Jakusko/Karasuwa/Machin 60 517 College Of Education a/Nguru/Yusufari Gashua 105 Yobe South Fika/Fune/Nangere/Potiskum 44 553 FCE (Tech) Potiskum FEDERAL CONSTITUENCIES S/N CONSTITUENCY LGA COMPOSITION RA PU COLLATION CENTRE 346 Bade/Jakusko Bade/Jakusko 20 183 GSS. Gashua FC/346/YB 347 Bursari/Geidam/Yunusari Bursari/Geidam/Yunusari 31 303 GSS, Geidam 348 Damauru/Tarmuwa/Gujb Damaturu/Tarmuwa/Gujba/Gul 43 341 Federal Secretariat, /Gulani ani Damaturu 349 Fika/Fune Fika/Fune 23 258 GSS, Damagum 350 Karasuwa/Machina/Ngur Karasuwa/Machina/Nguru/Yus 40 334 Govt. Sec. Sch. u/Yusufari ufari Nguru 351 Nangere/Potiskum Nangere/Potiskum 21 295 CABS, Potiskum STATE CONSTITUENCIES S/N CONSTITUENCY COMPOSITION RA PU COLLATION CENTRE 1 Bade East SC/943/YB Ward 02-07 & 10 7 53 College of Edu. Gashua 2 Bade West Ward 01, 08 & 09 3 27 Usur Primary School 3 Bursari The entire LGA 10 92 LGA Secretariat, Bursari 4 Damaturu I Ward 01, 03, 09 & 10 4 43 LGA Secretariat, Damaturu 5 Damaaturu II Ward 02, 04-08 & 11 7 48 Federal Poly. Damaturu 6 Fika/Ngalda Ward 02, 05, 07, 09 & 10 5 40 LGA Secretariat, Fika 7 Goya/Ngeji Ward 01, 03, 04, 06 & 08 5 53 Govt Sec. Sch. Gadaka 8 Damagum Ward 01 & 04-08 6 74 Fune LGA Secretariat 143 9 Jajere Ward 02, 03 & 09-13 7 91 Jajere Primary School 10. Geidam North Ward 01, 02, 07, 08 & 10 5 56 LGA Sec., Geidam 11. Geidam South Ward 03-06, 09 & 11 6 56 Gumsa Primary School 12 Gujba The entire LGA 10 99 LGA Secretariat, Gujba 13. Gulani The entire LGA 12 99 LGA Secretariat Gulani 14 Jakusko The entire LGA 10 103 LGA Secretariat Jakusko 15. Karasuwa The entire LGA 10 92 LGA Sec. Karasuwa 16. Machna The entire LGA 10 65 Machina LGA Sec. 17. Nangere The entire LGA 11 138 LGA Sec. Nangere 18. Nguru I Ward 01, 06, 07 & 10 4 45 Govt College Nguru 19. Nguru II Ward 02-05, 08 & 10 6 43 Afunori Primary School 20. Potiskum Town Ward 01 – 03,05-07 & 10 7 110 FCE (Tech) Potiskum 21. Mamudo Ward 04, 08 & 09 3 47 Mamudo Pry School Potiskum 22. Tarmuwa The entire LGA 10 52 LGA Sec. Tarmuwa 23. Yunusari The entire LGA 10 99 LGA Sec. Yunsuari 24. Yusufari The entire LGA 10 89 LGA Sec. Yusufari STATE MANAGEMENT TEAM S/N NAME DESIGNATION PHONE 1. Mal. Habu Zarma REC 07066990518 2. Hassan Ibrahim Biu Admin. Sec 08088166137/08035884118 3. Hadiza A. Bomoi HOD General Admin 08036302008/07081781678 4. Abatchaa B. Dikwa HOD EOPS 07063477106 5. Bagudu Nma Ag. HOD VEP 08033704469/08083920073 6. Aliyu Abdullahi Ririya HOD PPML 08039275914 7. Ali Ibrahim HOD Fin. & Audit 0806477360 8. Lamido Ibrahim HOD ICT, VR 08135561400 ELECTORAL OFFICERS S/N LGA NAME PNONE 1 Gujba Tahiru Bukar Konduga 07030438929 2 Bursari Modu Fanammi 08066754722 3 Fune Usman Goni 08036172952 4 Fika Haruna Usman Kollere 08036181416 5 Yusufari Fantaganari Madu 08030745586 6 Bade Audu Mamuda Dauya 08066949974 7 Machina Adamu Sawaba 07033039641 8 Jakusko Mamman Abduwa Bizi 08087696001 9 Gulani Usman Nasara Gashinge 08033719631 10 Potiskum Musa Adamu Dongs 07035226397 11 Yunusari Maidami Abba 07065677548 12 Nguru Ismaila Musa 08038320024 13 Geidam Salisu W. Walama 07012234442 14 Damaturu Bukar Sadiq Mustapha 08034431363 15 Tarmuwa Aliko Muhammed Bularafa 07053090150 16 Nangere Garba Abdu Hassan 08032743667 17 Karasuwa Abdullahi Ishiyaku 07035831666 144 MEMBERS OF ICCES S/N NAME AGENCY PHONE 1. Mal. Habu Zarma INEC 07066990518 2. ACP Vlnamhi Felix Nig. Police Force, 08037063474 3. Lt. Col. Adamu Yohanna 3 Div SOB 08034246505 4. (Acc) A.I. Ogbunno FRSC 07030751624 5. CSC Al John NSCDC 07039339762 6. I. M. Abdullahi NPS (CP) 070332386 7. J. Mwolpun DSS 07065020034 8. Kaku Aji Makinta ACI/NIS 08060140844 ZAMFARA BRIEF HISTORY Zamfara State is located in the northwest geo-political zone. It was carved out of of Sokoto State in 1996. The state capital is Gusau, with major towns such as, Kaura Namoda, Talata Mafara, Gummi and Tsafe. Zamfara State has an area of 33,764.9 square kilometer, with a population of 3,259,846 in 2006 census. There are 14 Local Government Areas, 147 Registration Areas (wards), three (3) Senatorial Districts, Seven with (7) Federal Constituencies, twenty four (24) State Assembly Constituencies, and 2,516 polling units . The primary occupation of the populace is farming. Another economic activity is livestock production: sheep, cattle and goat are reared on a large scale. The main languages are Hausa, Fulani, Dakarkari and Kamaku. Zamfara State is predominantly Muslim. ELECTORAL STATISTICS S/N LGA NOs of RAs NOs of PUs VOTING POINTS 1 Anka 10 127 56 2 Bakura 10 114 61 3 Birnin Magaji 10 123 45 4 Bukkuyum 10 158 81 5 Bungudu 11 221 91 6 Gummi 11 186 100 7 Gusau 11 354 214 8 Kaura Namoda 11 175 97 9 Maradun 10 146 54 10 Maru 10 214 94 11 Shinkafi 10 123 74 12 T/Mafara 11 185 90 13 Tsafe 11 200 117 14 Zurmi 11 190 94 TOTAL 147 2516 1, 268 SENATORIAL DISTRICTS S/N DISTRICT LGA COMPOSITION NO OF NO OF COLLATION RA PUS CENTRE 106 SD/106/ZF K/Namoda/Shinkafi/Zurmi/Bir 42 611 INEC Office Kaura nin Magaji Namoda 145 .