Zungeru
Zungeru is a city in Nigeria . It is located in the state of Niger on the Kaduna River and was the capital of the British Protectorate of Northern Nigeria from 1902 to 1916 . The Niger State Polytechnic is the city's premier educational institution.
history
The Congo Act of 1885 formed the basis for the division of Africa into colonies. Frederick Lugard came to Nigeria in 1897, where he was High Commissioner of the "Protectorate" of Northern Nigeria from 1900 to 1906. Zungeru became the center of attraction of the British colonial offices . A steel walkway originally built by the late Lord Lugard at Zungeru in 1904 was rebuilt in 1954 in Kaduna Gardens. The ruins at the site of the Colonial Government House in Zungeru are one of 65 cultural sites officially listed by the federal agency National Commission for Museums and Monuments .
Infrastructure
- Stop at the Lagos –Akere – Zungeru– Kano railway line (West line). The station was built in 1909 by the British colonial power.
- The main road from Zaria leads via Zungeru to the north-south connection Kontagora -Lagos.
- Running water and an electricity network have existed since 1905.
sons and daughters of the town
- Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996), popularly Zik, first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966
- Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933–2011), Nigerian officer in the Biafra war and politician
- David Mark (* 1948), President of the Senate from 2007 to 2015
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jide Orintunsin: Zungeru: From colonial settlement to national monument. Vintage Press Limited, May 9, 2012, accessed April 4, 2015 .
- ^ Declaration of the Nation Commission for Museums and Monuments (Monuments) 1956
- ↑ List of the official cultural sites in Nigeria at www.ncmm.gov.ng
- ↑ UNHCR map of Nigeria with infrastructure
- ^ Kit W. Wesler, Historical Archeology in Nigeria. Africa World Press, 1998, ISBN 9780865436107 , p. 293
- ^ Zungeru: Thrills, frills of amalgamation site, birthplace of Zik, Ojukwu
Coordinates: 9 ° 48 ' N , 6 ° 9' E