Michika
| Michika Mwecika | |
|---|---|
| LGA and town | |
| Nickname(s): The Igbos of Northern Nigeria | |
| Motto: Land of Triple Heritage | |
  Michika | |
| Coordinates: 10°37′5″N 13°23′22″E / 10.61806°N 13.38944°ECoordinates: 10°37′5″N 13°23′22″E / 10.61806°N 13.38944°E | |
| Country |
 Nigeria |
| State | Adamawa State |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
Michika is a Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.
The principal tribe and language in Michika is the Kamwe. Michika local government was created in 1976. It is located in the northern axis of the state and is bordered on the East by the Republic of Cameeroon. Michika is made of eight districts. Michika is the corrupted word for Mwe-ci-ka which is the Kamwe Language for "creeping in silently". Oral history has it that Michika was founded by Kwada Kwakaa around late 1700 who was a hunter who came to hunt on the Michika hills. "Mwe" in the Kamwe language means heaven or hills. While "Ci-ka" means creep.
Kwada Kwaka was a heroic Kamwe prince from Kuli in Nkafamiya.
The Kamwe people generally are very enterprising, as they are found in all the big cities and towns in Nigeria engaging in all forms of lawful trades. The Kamwe people are peaceful and hospitable people.
A new District Head has been elected for Michika Town by name Nggida Zakawa Kwache. A retired civil servant who is very much love by the entire Michika community. He was elected by the four village heads that make up the Michika District on the 31st of December 2013.
Michika is a local government headquarters. The current local government chairman is Hon. Favandza Vandi. It has branches of many banks, a college of health technology, a technical college and many secondary schools. The biggest and most popular secondary school in Michika is the Government Senior Secondary School (G.S.S.) Michika. The inhabitants of Michika local government are overwhelmingly 96% Christians while the remaining four percent are traditional religion worshippers and Muslims. There are about 26 chiefdoms and 84 villages around the mountains in Michika local government. Michika town is traversed by a stream called Wathara. There is said to be enormous uranium deposits in Michika.
There are many cultural festivals performed by the Kamwe people in Michika foremost amongst them are the Yawale, Wasinata and the Ngarba dance as well as the zhitta dance in Dakwa(Bazza). Other attractive tourist sites and scenery in Michika are the Kwandree cold spring water at Dlaka and the Kamale peak at Kamale. Michika is also popular for food crops produce. Because the Kamwe people embraced the western education early, they are many intellectuals and have the highest number of primary school pupil enrollment in Adamawa State.
Michika has produced prominent sons such as the former governors of the state Abubakar Saleh Michika and Boni Haruna.
Other famous Kamwe people were Late Damude T. Kwache, who was the pioneer educationist in Kamwe land while Late Reverend (Dr) John Guli was a revered and respected Christian leader who initiated the translation of the Holy Bible into the Kamwe language.
In 2012, the population of Michika was projected at 700,000. The incumbent Governor of the state is Murtala Nyako.
Major Languages
[[Kamwe (Higgi)]fulani,hausa,kanuri,matakam] and Marghi]
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the michika district head are rulling by the chubunawa people,and the new district head which ellected by the mubi emirate council which he succed his late father,Alh chubado Muhammad Maunde....