Babura

Babura
LGA and town
Babura
Coordinates: 12°38′N 8°58′E / 12.633°N 8.967°ECoordinates: 12°38′N 8°58′E / 12.633°N 8.967°E
Country	Nigeria
State	Jigawa State
Government
• Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council	Mai Girma Sarkin Bai, Ringim - Alhaji Hadi Mustapha
Area
• Total	383 sq mi (992 km^2)
Population (2006)
• Total	208,101
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)

Babura is a Local Government Area in the north of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Babura. The current District Head of Babura who doubles as the Sarkin Bai of Ringim, Ringim Emirate Council, Alhaji Hadi Mustapha (Councillor & King Maker) has been on throne since 1993 after the death of his father Mallam Mustapha Musa of the Bani Ya Musa clan. The district head was a Permanent Secretary for 6 years (2000 - 2006), retired in 2006 and was appointed by the President of Nigeria Umaru Musa Yar'adua as a member of the board of governors of the Nigerian Institute of oil palm research (NIFOR) in 2009, until dissolved by the current president in 2011. He now serves as the Execute Chairman, Board of Internal Revenue, Jigawa State.

It has an area of 992 km² and a population of 208,101 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 732.^[1]

References

1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-20.