BRIEF HISTORY OF KAFUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Created in 1991, by the former military Head of State General Ibrahim Badamasi Banbangida(IBB).

The Local Government consists of two District Heads namely; Kafur District created and curved out from Malumfashi District with Alh. Rabe Abdullahi, with the title of Dangaladima Katsina, appointed in 1992 and Alh. Bello Abdulakdir as the District Head of Mahuta, with title of Danejin Katsina created and curved out from Kafur District in the year 2003.

The Local Government is bounded at North-West with Danja Local Government Area Bounded by Karaye Local Government Area of Kano State North-East, and bounded by Malumfashi and Bakori Local Government Areas by South-West. 4 number Day Secondary School exists. There are 5 number areas c•urts namely: - Mahuta, Dankajiba, Kafur, Gamzago and Gozaki a police station and a civic Registration centre. There are mineral resources, which can be harnessed, such as diamond deposit at Masari Ward.

The people of Kafur Local Government are predominantly farmers, and dry season period they engage themselves in dry season farming and petty trading to sustain their livelihood. There are potential areas of investment such as grains mills, Sugar industry and tannery Industry. Also clay deposit can be found in large quantity for bricks making, Automobile workshop can be constructed, as there are ample resources for that purpose.

The people enjoy pipe-borne water. There is also a Trunk A road from Malumfashi that crossed Káfur town linking with Zaria of about 78 kilometers.

It has a projected population of 448,000.

History of Kafur town

The town of Kafur was founded 250 years ago, by a hunter called Badauri, a Fulani man.

Thereafter, the town has settled down with some people from neighbouring and distant places .One warrior called Mijin Yawa attacked the town, and captured Kafur and he killed all the Islamic teachers and set the town ablaze, thus, drove away all the people and their families leaving the town, in debris.

The town was later re-built by the then Emir of Katsina Abubakar and subsequently appointed one Sulaiman as first village head of Kafur. Thereafter the Village began to witness some progress. After the death of Sulaiman, Alu was appointed as the second village head of Kafur. The two village Heads, Sulaiman and Alu, were among the rulers of Makauraci, who migrated from Makauraci and settled at Kafur. Abdullahi Dan-Magajiya the son of Galadima Sallau succeeded Alu. After his death, he was succeeded by his son Dan-Galadima Mani. This was the forth Village Head of Kafur. He was succeeded by the present District Head of Kafur Ath. Rabe Abdullahi who was initially appointed as 5th Village Head of Kafur. He was appointed to the throne of District of Kafur on 4^th June 1992.

Alhaji Rabe Abdullahi was born on 2nd March 1 992 in Kafur, He attended elementary school Kafur and joined the Native Authority Police and later deployed to Nigerian Army. He resigned in 1 977 and was turbanned as the Village Head of Kafur. When Kafur Local Government was created on the 23rd September 1991, Alh. Rabe Abdullahi was appointed the District Head of Kafur in 1992.

The District has the following village heads namely:

AIh. Rabe Abdullahi is an astute leader worthy of emulation, his hobbies includes horse riding, reading of Holy Qur’an and other Islamic books, and above all maintaining law and order amongst his subject at all times. He is married with wives and many children and grand children.