Kuje

Kuje Kuje Area Council
LGA and town
Central Kuje.
Kuje
Coordinates: 8°53′47″N 7°14′35″E / 8.89639°N 7.24306°ECoordinates: 8°53′47″N 7°14′35″E / 8.89639°N 7.24306°E
Country	Nigeria
State	Federal Capital Territory
Headquarters	Kuje
Area
• Total	635 sq mi (1,644 km^2)
Population (2006)
• Total	97,367
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)

Kuje is a Local Government Area of the Federal Capital Territory and houses the LGA headquarters. It is about 40 km southwest of Abuja, the Capital of Nigeria.

It has an area of 1,644 km² and a population of 97,367 at the ct 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 905.^[1]

Attractions

Kuje is a busy market town with a range of roadside stores selling pharmaceuticals, provisions, building materials, ironmongery, tools, phone cards, counterfeit music CDs. It is also home to several "independent" petrol stations which are unpopular because of the apparent inaccuracy of the calibration of their pumps.

Education

Kuje has several state and private schools including Government Secondary School, Kuje Science Primary School, the Capital Science Academy and Nigeria-Ghana International College.

Kuje Market.

Market

In the centre of Kuje is a colourful market held every 4 days with stalls selling fruit, vegetables, very fresh meat, other provisions, household goods, fabric, shoes, clothing, smoked fish and posters displaying European footballers pictured alongside their houses, wives and cars.

Expansion

Kuje is seeing a rapid expansion in house building because of its proximity to Abuja and because of the removal of informal settlements along the airport road. There is a network of well tarred roads serving zones of as yet unbuilt housing whilst the existing residential areas are linked by often impassable, potholed dirt roads.

Communication and Media

Kuje is served by a community magazine called Kuje Reflection, where you can read local Kuje news. This Magazine was launched in November 2014. This Magazine is one way to have an quick overview of Kuje's Business scene. From time to time, a list of Businesses and organisations are listed in the Kuje Reflection so that citizens of Kuje can know what services are available in the community. It serves as a mini business Directory. ^[2] And due to the lack of impact the community magazine has since its inception, a new and vibrant form of communication will surface in 2016, the weekly newsletter will be introduced in February 2016. It will be serving the entire Kuje communities with news on people, places and event. This will help to bridge the communication gap in the area. It will have pages dedicated to council activities so that the people will be aware of what the government of the day is doing, and this will be in partnership with the council as information will be collated and published for public consumption.

References

1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
2. Kuje Reflection