Jaji is a community in Nigeria near
Kaduna in
Igabi
Igabi is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is chaired by the Executive Chairman - Jabir Khamis, It is one of 774 local government areas in Nigeria. Rigasa ward is under Igabi LGA, one of the most populous wards in the st ...
Local Government Area (LGA) of
Kaduna State
Kaduna (, جىِهَر كَدُنا; مدينة كدونا; , ; ) is a States of Nigeria, state in the northwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna (city), Kaduna, which was the List of Nigerian ...
.
Military staff college
Jaji is the site of the
Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji. The college opened in May 1976 with two senior officers' courses based on a curriculum derived from that of British Army
Staff College, Camberley
Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, was a staff college for the British Army and the presidency armies of British India (later merged to form the Indian Army). It had its origins in the Royal Military College, High Wycombe, founded in 1799, which ...
. A Demonstration Battalion, the Army School of Artillery, and armor support from a composite armored battalion in Kaduna were also located at Jaji.
In 1978, with the opening of the air faculty, Jaji was redesignated the Command and Staff College. The navy faculty was established in September 1981, assembling all senior military divisions in one campus.
Avian flu outbreak
In February 2006, authorities were investigating reports from Jari that could indicate the deadly
H5N1
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 (A/H5N1) is a subtype of the influenza A virus, which causes the disease avian influenza (often referred to as "bird flu"). It is enzootic (maintained in the population) in many bird populations, and also panzoo ...
avian flu strain had spread to humans.
The problem was reported with ostriches suspected of having avian flu virus on the Sambawa Farm in Jaji.
Later it spread to other parts of the country.
References
External links
*{{cite web
, url=http://www.nigerianafcsc.org/
, title=Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji
, publisher=AFCSC
, accessdate=2009-11-18 Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre, Jaji.
Populated places in Kaduna State