Jibia

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Jibia is a town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Katsina State, northern Nigeria.[1] The population of the LGA was approximately 125,000 as of 2003, and the area is 1037 km².[1] Jibia is on the Nigerian border with Niger, and the border post was burnt down by a mob in 2005.[2] According to the Daily Triumph newspaper, the mob was "hired" by smugglers angry about the Katsina Custom Command's crackdown on contraband goods.[2]

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) operates an ambulatory center in Jibia.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Jibia. nigeriacongress.org. Retrieved on February 10, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Yunusa, Abdulkadir. Katsina custom command: So far so good. Daily Triumph. Triumph Publishing Company. Retrieved on February 10, 2007.
  3. ^ A Katsina, la malnutrition continue (French). msf.fr. Médecins Sans Frontières. Retrieved on February 10, 2007.
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