Kakuri
Residential area in Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Infrastructure
Below are the infrastructures in kakuri:
- Saint Gerard's Hospital[3]
- Dr. Gwamna Awan General Hospital[4]
- A Government Secondary School,[5] a school of psychiatric nursing, St. Anne's Nursery and Primary School, Victory Academy, Christ Comprehensive College, Willson College, Piety Nursery and Primary School, Second ECWA secondary school, and Excel College.[6][7][8]
- Nigerian-German Chemicals PLC.[9]
- Prosan Engineering[10]
- Peugeot Automobile Nigeria and Chanchangi Motors Ltd.[11][12]
- Christ Apostolic Church, St. Andrew Catholic Church, and St. Paul's Anglican Church.[13][14]
- Developmental Association for Renewable Energies.[15]
- Kaduna Textile Limited (KTL) and United Nigeria Textile Limited (UNTL).
- Magistrate Court
Geography
Areas surrounding Kakuri include the Nassarawa to the north, Trikania to the west, Barnawa to the east and Gonigora to the south.[16]
Notable people
- Matthew Kukah, the then-Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Kaduna lived in Kakuri and now bishop of Sokoto.[17]
- The former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has worked in the Armed forces in Kakuri. Chief Omadachi Egboche former Chairman Licensed Electrical contractor Association of Nigeria (LECAN Kakuri branch) was a Resident.
