Takai is a
Local Government Area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
in
Kano State,
Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Takai to the north of the area on the
A237 highway.
It has an area of 598 km and a population of 202,743 at the 2006 census.
The
postal code of the area is 712.
Notable people
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Muhammad Baffa Takai
Muhammad Bappa Takai, is a Nigerian politician who was elected the chairman of Takai Local Government Area of Kano State in January 2021 and he was the commissioner for science, technology and Innovations between 2019 and 2020
Early life and e ...
– Current chairman of Takai and former Kano State commissioner for science and technology
References
Local Government Areas in Kano State
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