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{{short description|State of Nigeria}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Gombe State
| official_name      = 
| type               = [[States of Nigeria|State]]
| image_skyline      = 
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = 
| image_flag         = Flag of Gombe State.svg
| flag_alt           = Flag of Gombe State
| flag_size          = 120px
| image_seal         = File:Gombe State Seal.png
| seal_alt           = Seal of Gombe State
| nickname           = 
| image_map          = Nigeria Gombe State map.png
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = Location of Gombe State in Nigeria
| coordinates        = {{coord|10|15|N|11|10|E|region:NG_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Nigeria}}
| established_title  = [[List of Nigerian states by date of statehood|Date created]]
| established_date   = 1 October 1996
| seat_type          = [[List of Nigerian state capitals|Capital]]
| seat               = [[Gombe, Gombe State|Gombe]]
| government_footnotes = 
| governing_body     = [[Government of Gombe State]]
| leader_party       = [[All Progressives Congress (Nigeria)|APC]]
| leader_title       = [[Governor of Gombe State|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya]]
| leader_title1      = Deputy Governor
| leader_name1       = [[Manasseh Daniel Jatau]] ([[All Progressives Congress (Nigeria)|APC]])
| leader_title2      = Legislature
| leader_name2       = [[Gombe State House of Assembly]]
| leader_title3      = [[Senate of Nigeria|Senators]]
| leader_name3       = {{Nowrap|C: [[Mohammed Danjuma Goje]] ([[All Progressives Congress|APC]])}}<br>{{Nowrap|N: [[Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo]] ([[Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]])}}<br>{{Nowrap|S: [[Anthony Yaro]] ([[Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]])}}
| leader_title4      = [[Nigerian House of Representatives|Representatives]]
| leader_name4       = [[Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Gombe#9th Assembly (2019–Date)|List]]
| unit_pref          = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 18768
| area_rank          = [[List of Nigerian states by area|22nd of 36]]
| area_note          = 
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 
| population_footnotes = {{ref|prelim|1}}
| population_total   = 2365040<ref name="PHC Tables">{{Cite web|url=http://population.gov.ng/core-activities/surveys/dataset/2006-phc-priority-tables/|title=2006 PHC Priority Tables – NATIONAL POPULATION COMMISSION|website=population.gov.ng|language=en-US|access-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016021547/http://population.gov.ng/core-activities/surveys/dataset/2006-phc-priority-tables/|archive-date=16 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| population_as_of   = 2006 census
| population_est     = 3,960,100
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gombe State: Subdivision |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/nigeria/admin/NGA016__gombe/|access-date=2024-02-05 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
| population_rank    = [[List of Nigerian states by population|33rd of 36]]
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note    = 
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| population_blank1  = 
| population_blank2_title = Religions
| population_blank2  = 
| demographics_type1 = [[List of Nigerian states by GDP|GDP (PPP)]]
| demographics1_footnotes = 
| demographics1_title1 = Year
| demographics1_info1 = 2021
| demographics1_title2 = Total
| demographics1_info2 = $13.58&nbsp;billion<ref name="C-GIDD GDP">{{cite web |date=13 October 2022 |editor-last=Okeowo |editor-first=Gabriel |editor2-last=Fatoba |editor2-first=Iyanuoluwa |title=State of States 2022 Edition |url=https://yourbudgit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-State-of-states_Official.pdf |access-date=7 March 2023 |website=Budgit.org |publisher=BudgIT |publication-date=13 October 2022}}</ref>
| demographics1_title3 = Per capita
| demographics1_info3 = $3,553<ref name="C-GIDD GDP" />
| timezone1          = [[West Africa Time|WAT]]
| utc_offset1        = +01
| postal_code_type   = 
| postal_code        = 771100
| area_code_type     = 
| area_code          = 
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:NG|NG-GO]]
| blank_name_sec1    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2022)
| blank_info_sec1    = 0.466<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=13 September 2018|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|url-status=live}}</ref><br/>{{color|#900|low}} · [[List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index|29th of 37]]
| website            = {{URL|http://gombestate.gov.ng/}}
| footnotes          = {{note|prelim|1}} Preliminary results
}}

'''Gombe State''' ({{langx|ff|𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤺𞤮𞤥𞥆𞤦𞤫}} ''Lesdi Gommbe''; {{langx|tan|Kwambe}}) is a [[States of Nigeria|state]] in [[North East (Nigeria)|northeastern]] [[Nigeria]], bordered to the north and northeast by the states of [[Borno State|Borno]] in the vicinity of [[Gongola River]] and Lake [[Dadin Kowa Dam|Dadin Kowa]] and [[Yobe State|Yobe]] in the vicinity of Gongola River, to the south by [[Taraba State]], to the southeast by [[Adamawa State]], and to the west by [[Bauchi State]]. [[Gombe, Nigeria|Gombe]] is the state capital of Gombe state and it was formed from a part of [[Bauchi State]] on 1 October 1996.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=How we convinced Abacha to create Gombe State in 1996 –Amb. Garba |url=https://punchng.com/how-we-convinced-abacha-to-create-gombe-state-in-1996-amb-garba/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref> Of the 36 states in Nigeria, Gombe is the [[List of Nigerian states by area|22nd largest in area]] and the [[List of Nigerian states by population|32nd most populous]], with an estimated population of about 3.25 million as of 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population 2006-2016 |url=https://nigerianstat.gov.ng/elibrary/read/474 |website=[[National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria|National Bureau of Statistics]] |access-date=21 December 2021 |archive-date=14 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214205233/https://nigerianstat.gov.ng/elibrary/read/474 |url-status=live }}</ref> The state bears a slogan "Jewel in the [[Savanna|Savannah".]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Etemiku |first=MajiriOghene Bob |date=2022-11-20 |title=Barde, Inuwa: who better to run Gombawa from 2023? |url=https://www.inigerian.com/barde-inuwa-who-better-to-run-gombawa-from-2023/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=iNigerian.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[Geography|Geographically]], the state is within the [[Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands|tropical]] [[West Sudanian savanna]] ecoregion.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zida |first1=D. |last2=Tigabu |first2=M. |last3=Sawadogo |first3=L. |last4=Oden |first4=P.C. |date=2005-10-01 |title=Germination requirements of seeds of four woody species from the Sudanian savanna in Burkina Faso, West Africa |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.15258/sst.2005.33.3.06 |journal=Seed Science and Technology |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=581–593 |doi=10.15258/sst.2005.33.3.06 |issn=0251-0952|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Important geographic features include the [[Gongola River]] — which flows through Gombe's north and east into [[Dadin Kowa Dam|Lake Dadin Kowa]] — and part of the [[Muri Mountains]], a small range in the state's far south. Among the state's nature endowments are a number of [[snake]] species, including [[Echis ocellatus|carpet viper]], [[puff adder]], and [[Egyptian cobra]] populations along with [[hippopotamus]], [[Senegal parrot]], and [[grey-headed kingfisher]] populations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Azubuike |first1=Chima |title=Gombe govt to establish hippopotamus colony |url=https://punchng.com/gombe-govt-to-establish-hippopotamus-colony/ |website=[[The Punch]] |date=19 October 2021 |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224081651/https://punchng.com/gombe-govt-to-establish-hippopotamus-colony/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Adang |first1=K. L |last2=Nsor |first2=C. A. |last3=M |first3=Tela |title=Checklist of bird species at the Dadin Kowa Dam, Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria |journal=Global Advanced Research Journal of Agricultural Science |date=30 April 2015 |volume=4 |url=http://garj.org/garjas/6/2015/4/6/checklist-of-bird-species-at-the-dadin-kowa-dam-gombe-gombe-state-nigeria |access-date=24 December 2021 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224081651/http://garj.org/garjas/6/2015/4/6/checklist-of-bird-species-at-the-dadin-kowa-dam-gombe-gombe-state-nigeria |url-status=live }}</ref>

The state is inhabited by various [[Ethnicity|ethnic groups]], primarily the [[Fula people|Fulani people]] living in the north and center of the state, and the [[Tangale language|Tangale]], living in the Southern and Central part of the state, while the state's diverse eastern and southern regions are populated by the Cham, [[Dadiya language|Dadiya]], [[Jara language|Jara]], [[Kamo language|Kamo]], [[Pero language|Pero]], [[Tangale language|Tangale]], [[Tera language|Tera]], [[Longuda people|Lunguda]] and [[Waja People|Waja]] peoples. Religiously, between 65% and 70% of the state's populations are Muslim while the Christian minority comprises between 30% and 35%.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Higazi |first1=Adam |last2=Lar |first2=Jimam |title=Articulations of belonging: The politics of ethnic and religious pluralism in Bauchi and Gombe States, North-East Nigeria |journal=Cambridge University Press |date=February 2015 |volume=85 |issue=1 |pages=103–130 |doi=10.1017/S0001972014000795 |s2cid=144713143 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1647755004 |access-date=19 August 2023 |id={{ProQuest|1647755004}} |quote=In Gombe State, the population is estimated to be about 65 per cent to 70 per cent Muslim and 30 per cent to 35 per cent Christian|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In the [[Pre-colonialism|pre-colonial]] period, the area that is now Gombe State was split up between various states until the early 1800s when the [[Fulani jihad]] seized much of the area to the Northern Gombe and formed the [[Gombe Emirate]] under the [[Sokoto Caliphate]] while the [[Tangale language|Tangale]] seized the Southern Area to establish their Maidom which has traceable history to [[Borno Emirate|ElKanemi]] - Maiduguri migration. In the 1910s, [[British Empire|British]] expeditions occupied the [[Emirate]] and the surrounding areas, incorporating them into the [[Northern Nigeria Protectorate]] which later merged into [[British Nigeria]] before becoming independent as [[Nigeria]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ikimẹ |first1=Obaro |title=The British in Bauchi, 1901-1908: an episode in the British occupation and control of Northern Nigeria |journal=Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria |date=June 1974 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=271–290 |jstor=41857013 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41857013 |access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref> Originally, modern-day Gombe State was a part of the post-independence [[Northern Region, Nigeria|Northern Region]] until 1967 when the region was split and the area became part of the [[North-Eastern State]]. After the North-Eastern State was split, [[Bauchi State]] was formed in 1976 alongside ten other states. Twenty years afterwards, a group of LGAs in Bauchi's west were broken off to form the new Gombe State.

Economically, Gombe State is largely based around [[agriculture]], mainly of [[sorghum]], [[maize]], [[Peanut|groundnuts]], [[millet]], [[bean]]s, [[rice]] and [[tomato]]es mostly in the Central and Southern axis. Other key industries are services, especially in the city of [[Gombe, Nigeria|Gombe]], and the herding of [[camel]]s, [[cattle]], [[goat]]s, and [[sheep]] which are predominantly in the Northern axis of the state. Gombe has the [[List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index#2019|fourth lowest]] [[Human Development Index]] and [[List of Nigerian states by GDP|one of the lowest]] [[GDP]]s in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Human Development Indices |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/ |website=Global Data Lab |access-date=15 December 2021 |archive-date=14 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314102820/https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Maize farm in akko, Gombe state, Nigeria.jpg|thumb|Agriculture in Gombe State. Akko LGA]]
[[File:Rice farm 2022.jpg|thumb|Agriculture in gombe state]]

==Overview==

The state has an area of 20,265&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a population of around 2,365,000 people as of 2006.<ref name="PHC Tables" />

It was formed in October 1996, from part of the old [[Bauchi State]] by the [[Abacha, Sani|Abacha]] military government.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Diala |first1=Sam |last2=THEWILL |date=9 November 2021 |title=State Of The States: Gombe State |url=https://thewillnigeria.com/state-of-the-states-gombe-state/ |access-date=24 December 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The state is located in Nigeria's [[Guinean forest–savanna mosaic|Guinea savannah]] and Sudan savannah belts. Undulating hills, sandy rocks, and a few volcanic rocks make up the landscape. Its location in the northeastern zone, right within the expansive savannah, allows the state to share common borders with the states of [[Borno State|Borno]], [[Yobe State|Yobe]], [[Taraba State|Taraba]], [[Adamawa State|Adamawa]] and [[Bauchi State|Bauchi]].<ref>{{Cite report|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=18 October 2004 |title=Energy materials coordinating committee (EMaCC). Annual technical report, fiscal year 2003 |doi=10.2172/1206622 |osti=1206622 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Gombe has two distinct climates, the dry season (November–March) and the rainy season (April–October) with an average rainfall of 850mm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gombe Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) |publisher= Weather Spark |url=https://weatherspark.com/y/68815/Average-Weather-in-Gombe-Nigeria-Year-Round#:~:text=The%20hottest%20month%20of%20the,high%20of%2090%C2%B0F. |access-date=24 December 2022 |website=weatherspark.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Local Government Areas ==

{{see also|List of villages in Gombe State}}
Gombe State consists of eleven [[Local government areas of Nigeria|local government areas]]. They are:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=http://localgovernment.ng/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Journal Of Local Governments Of Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! LGA
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Census 2006<br> population
! Administrative capital
! Postal<br>code
|-
| [[Akko, Nigeria|Akko]]
| align="right"|2,627 
| align="right"|337,853
| Kumo
| 771
|- 
| [[Balanga, Nigeria|Balanga]]
| align="right"|1,626
| align="right"|212,549
| Tallase
| 761
|- 
| [[Billiri]]
| align="right"|737
| align="right"|202,144
| Billiri
| 771
|- 
| [[Dukku]]
| align="right"|3,815
| align="right"|207,190
| Dukku
| 760
|- 
| [[Funakaye]]
| align="right"|1,415
| align="right"|236,087
| [[Bajoga]]
| 762
|- 
| [[Gombe, Nigeria|Gombe]]
| align="right"|52
| align="right"|268,000
| [[Gombe, Nigeria|Gombe (city)]]
| 760
|- 
| [[Kaltungo]]
| align="right"|881
| align="right"|149,805
| [[Kaltungo]]
| 770
|- 
| [[Kwami]]
| align="right"|1,787
| align="right"|195,298
| Mallam Sidi
| 760
|- 
| [[Nafada]]
| align="right"|1,586
| align="right"|138,185
| Nafada
| 762
|- 
| [[Shongom]]
| align="right"|922
| align="right"|151,520
| Boh
| 770
|- 
| [[Yamaltu/Deba]]
| align="right"|2,181
| align="right"|355,248
| Deba
| 761
|-
|}

== Demographics ==
Gombe State is a multi-ethnic society that consists of the majority [[Fulani]] and [[Tangale language|Tangale]] tribe, who inhabit the northern, southern and central parts of the state, but in reality Fulani are the largest tribe in Gombe State. The Fulani are in 6  while the Tangle are also in 2 out of the 11 Local Government Areas of the state. These include [[Dukku]], [[Funakaye]], [[Nafada]], [[Akko, Nigeria|Akko]], kwami and Gombe LGAs while for Tangale it includes Billiri and Kaltungo LGAs. Apart from the Fulani and The Tangale. Other ethnicities include the [[Hausa people|Hausa]], Tula, [[Longuda]] (Lunguda), Dadiya, Waja, Bangunji, Filiya, Awak, [[Tera people|Tera]] (Yamaltu-Deba), [[Waja]], [[Bolewa]], and [[Kanuri people|Kanuri]], with their different cultural as well as lingual affiliations.<ref name=britannica>{{Cite web|title=Gombe {{!}} Location, Facts, & Population |publisher=Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Gombe-Nigeria|access-date=11 February 2022|website=www.britannica.com|language=en|archive-date=14 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414034637/https://www.britannica.com/place/Gombe-Nigeria|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
75-80% Muslim, 20-25% Christian, including the [[Anglican Diocese of Gombe]] (1999) led by Bishop [[Cletus Tambari]] (2020), within the [[Anglican Province of Jos|Province of Jos]] of the [[Church of Nigeria]]. 
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi (1996) includes Gombe with 92,620 followers in 28 parishes under Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem (as of 2017).

=== Politics ===
The state government is led by a democratically elected governor who works closely with members of the state's House of Assembly.<ref name="Oguntola1">{{Cite web |last=Oguntola |first=Tunde |date=27 September 2022 |title=2023: Next President, Govs Must Get Two-thirds Spread, Says INEC |url=https://leadership.ng/2023-next-president-govs-must-get-two-thirds-spread-says-inec/ |access-date=24 February 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The capital city of the state is [[Gombe, Nigeria|Gombe]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gombe |url=https://euaa.europa.eu/country-guidance-nigeria-2021/gombe |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=European Union Agency for Asylum |language=en}}</ref>

The electoral system of each state is selected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of the state local government areas. If no candidate passes the threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government areas.<ref name="Oguntola1"/>

==Languages==
Languages of Gombe State, listed by LGA:<ref name=e22>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/NG|title=Nigeria|work=Ethnologue|edition=22|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=19 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219232852/https://www.ethnologue.com/country/NG|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! LGA !! Languages
|-
| Akko || Fulani, Jukun, Tangale
|-
| [[Balanga, Nigeria|Balanga]]|| Bangwinji, Centúúm, Dadiya, Dera, Dikaka, Dza, Kyak, Longuda, Moo, Tangale, Tso, Waja
|-
| Billiri ||Tangale
|-
| Dukku || Fulani, Bolewa 
|-
| Funakaye || Fulani
|-
| Kaltungo || Awak, Tangale, Tula, Kamo, Yuwar, Cham
|-
| Kwami ||  Fulani, Kanuri
|-
| Nafada || Fulani, Bolewa
|-
| Shongom || Tangale, Kushi, Moo, Loo, Wurkun, Pipero 
|-
| Yamaltu-Deba ||  Tera,Fulani(katsinawa)}
|}

==Politics==
[[File:Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahya.jpg|thumb|Governor of Gombe State. Muhammad Inuwa Yahya]]
[[File:Muhammad Damjuma Goje.jpg|thumb|Muhammad Damjuma Goje. Past Governor of Gombe State and Current Senator]]
The state is headed by the Executive Governor [[Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya]] and also has 24 State House Assembly members. Gombe has 11 local government areas and 14 emirates/chiefdoms. It has three Senators and six Members in the [[National Assembly (Nigeria)|National Assembly]].<ref name="britannica" />

=== Governors ===
[[File:Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo.jpg|thumb|Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo. Past Governor of Gombe State and Current in House of Assembly]]
This is a list of administrators and governors of Gombe State. 
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Title
!Took office
!Left office
!Party
|-
|Group Captain [[Joseph Orji]]
|Administrator
|7 October 1996
|Aug 1998
|Military
|-
|[[Abubakar Habu Hashidu]]
|Governor
|29 May 1999
|29 May 2003
|[[All People's Party (Nigeria)|APP]]
|-
|[[Mohammed Danjuma Goje]]
|Governor
|29 May 2003
|May 2011
|[[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]]
|-
|[[Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo]]
|Governor
|May 2011
|29 May 2019
|[[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]]
|-
|[[Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya]]
|Governor
|May 2019
|Date
|[[All Progressives Congress (Nigeria)|APC]]
|}

==Rulers==
[[File:Abubakar Shehu Abubakar.jpg|thumb|Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar The current Emir of Gombe State]]
[[File:Emir of Gombe Gribbin 2007.jpg|thumb|The late Emir of Gombe. His Royal Highness, Alhaji Shehu Usman Abubakar  From January 1984 to May  2014]]
Rulers of Gombe Emirate:<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Nigeria_native.html
 |title=Traditional States of Nigeria
 |work=World Statesmen
 |accessdate=15 September 2010}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable style="text-align:right;"
|-
!style="width:11em;"|Start !!style="width:11em;"| End !! Ruler
|-
| 1804 || 1841 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| [[Buba Yero|Abubakar "Buba Yero" dan Usman Subande]] (b. c.1762 – d. 1841)
|-
| 1841 || 1844 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| Sulaymanu dan Abubakar (d. 1844)
|-
| 1844 || 1882 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| Muhammadu Kwairanga dan Abi Bakar (d. 1882)
|-
| 1882 || 1888 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| Abd al-Qadiri Zaylani dan Muhammadu (d. 1888)
|-
| 1888 || 1895 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| Hasan dan Muhammadu (d. 1895)
|-
| 1895 || 1898 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| Tukur dan Muhammadu (d. 1898)
|-
| 1898 || 1898 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| Jalo dan Muhammadu
|-
| 1898 || 1922 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| Umaru dan Muhammadu (d. 1922)
|-
| 1922 || 1935 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| Haruna dan Umaru (d. 1935)
|-
| January 1936 || January 1984  ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| Abu Bakar dan Umaru (b. 1902)
|-
| January 1984 || 27 May 2014 ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| [[Shehu Abubakar|Shehu Usman Abubakar]]
|-
| June 2014 || Present ||style="text-align:left;padding-left:1em;"| [[Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar|Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III]] (b. 1977)
|-
|}

==State agencies==

===Water Board===

[[File:The main entrance of Gombe State Waterboard Services.jpg|thumb|Main entrance of Gombe State Water Board]]

Gombe State Water Board is a state government organisation that provides water for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes. It is governed by a board of directors appointed by the state governor, with a chairman, a chief executive or chief manager, and nine other members.<ref name="heyplaces.com.ng"/> They all serve on a part-time basis, other than the General Manager.<ref name="heyplaces.com.ng">{{Cite web |title=GOMBE STATE WATER BOARD « HEYPLACES.COM.NG |url=https://heyplaces.com.ng/073637/GOMBE_STATE_WATER_BOARD |access-date=27 March 2022 |website=heyplaces.com.ng |language=en-NG}}</ref>

=== Gombe Geographic Information System ===

[[GOGIS|Gombe Geographic Information System]] (GOGIS) is a digitalised land administrative system that carries out the process of determining, recording, and disseminating information about land acquisition, ownership, value and land management policies in Gombe State.

=== Gombe State Urban Planning and Development Authority ===
[[File:GOGIS 01.jpg|thumb|Gombe geography information system]]
[[File:Gombe Geographic information System main office.jpg|thumb|Gombe geography information system main office]]
[[File:GOGIS 02.jpg|thumb|Gombe geography information system]]
[[File:Director General of GOGIS and Technical Team 20.jpg|thumb|Director of Gombe geography information system and the Technical teams]]
[[Gombe State Urban Planning and Development Authority]] (GOSPUDA) facilitates and enforces planning regulations for the development of the Gombe State by issuing and regulating building approval for individuals or organizations that wish to develop their land.

== Climate ==

The [[dry season]] in Gombe is partly cloudy, and the city has year-round high temperatures. The [[wet season]] is unpleasant and overcast. The temperature rarely falls below 52&nbsp;°F or rises over 105&nbsp;°F throughout the year, often ranging from 57&nbsp;°F to 100&nbsp;°F.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gombe Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Nigeria) |publisher=Weather Spark |url=https://weatherspark.com/y/68815/Average-Weather-in-Gombe-Nigeria-Year-Round |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=weatherspark.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nwest/462217-gombe-trains-farmers-on-weather-forecast-cropping-techniques.html|title=Gombe trains farmers on weather forecast, cropping techniques|author=Nasir Ayitogo|date=18 May 2021 |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=www.premiumtimesng.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gombe, NG Climate Zone, Monthly Weather Averages and Historical Data |url=https://tcktcktck.org/nigeria/gombe |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=tcktcktck.org}}</ref>

=== Average Temperature ===
[[File:Erosion ravage drainage, Nasarawo Quarters, Gombe state, Nigeria.jpg|thumb|Erosion in Gombe]]
[[File:Vascoceras sp. (fossil ammonite) (Upper Cretaceous; Gombe region, Nigeria) 2 (30848115127).jpg|thumb|'''Vascoceras sp. (fossil ammonite) (Upper Cretaceous; Gombe region, Nigeria''']]
With an average daily high temperature of 97&nbsp;°F, the hot season spans 2.3 months, from February 17 to April 26. At 98&nbsp;°F on average for highs and 74&nbsp;°F for lows, April is the hottest month of the year in Gombe. With an average daily maximum temperature below 86&nbsp;°F, the cool season spans 3.1 months, from July 6 to October 9. With an average low temperature of 58&nbsp;°F and high temperature of 90&nbsp;°F, December is the coldest month of the year in Gombe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simulated historical climate & weather data for Gombe |url=https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/gombe_nigeria_2340451 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=meteoblue |language=en}}</ref>

'''Afforestation'''

The Gombe State Government has started a four million tree planting programme as part of a renewed effort to stop [[deforestation]] in the North Central Zone.

It is anticipated that the four-year plan, which would be implemented in parts. The first part of the scheme has already seen the government plant 1.3 million tree saplings.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=17 August 2020 |title=Gombe to tackle deforestation with four million trees |url=https://guardian.ng/property/gombe-to-tackle-deforestation-with-four-million-trees/ |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nnorth-east/402511-governor-yahaya-launches-second-phase-of-gombe-goes-green-project.html?tztc=1 |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=www.premiumtimesng.com|title=Governor Yahaya launches second phase of ‘Gombe Goes Green’ project|author=Nasir Ayitogo|date=12 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nejo |first=Abiodun |date=27 March 2023 |title=Groups advocate renewed interest in tree planting |url=https://punchng.com/groups-advocate-renewed-interest-in-tree-planting/ |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''Flood Control'''

The state government has taken preventive steps to lessen the impact of the impending floods and other environmental problems that are expected to hit the state.

In order to protect people and property while minimizing the effects of upcoming weather events and their potentially fatal consequences, Governor [[Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya|Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya]] has ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources to coordinate with pertinent stakeholders and activate state emergency response and management resources.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Michael |first=Ishola |date=4 July 2023 |title=3 LGAs in Gombe at high risk of flooding, NiMet, NHSA warn |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/3-lgas-in-gombe-at-high-risk-of-flooding-nimet-nhsa-warn/ |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Azubuike |first=Chima |date=25 September 2022 |title=Flood displaces over 500 in Gombe communities |url=https://punchng.com/flood-displaces-over-500-in-gombe-communities/ |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref>

In a recent report, heavy flooding in the State, has caused the destruction of 171 houses within a span of two months.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-07-04 |title=Flood Destroys 171 Houses In Gombe In 2 Months – Official |url=https://dailytrust.com/flood-destroys-171-houses-in-gombe-in-2-months-official/ |access-date=2025-10-19 |website=Daily Trust |language=en-GB}}</ref> The floods, have displaced numerous households and disrupted lives. The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) confirmed that nearly 1,000 households have been affected overall since the start of the 2025 rainy season, with 15 reported deaths linked to flood-related incidents. Localities such as Jurara in [[Kwami|Kwami LGA]] and Jalingon Kamu in [[Kaltungo|Kaltungo LGA]] have recorded displacements, with residents often relying on community support for refuge. The floods have inflicted damage on infrastructure and agricultural lands, further increasing the challenges faced by the affected populations. Response efforts by state agencies and humanitarian partners continue, focusing on relief provision, including shelter, food, and medical assistance.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-23 |title=Flood disaster: States intensify action as 232 die, 121,000 displaced |url=https://healthwise.punchng.com/flood-disaster-states-intensify-action-as-232-die-121000-displaced/ |access-date=2025-10-19 |website=Healthwise |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Erosion ==
Gombe State is still reeling from the devastating effects of a gully erosion that destroyed farmlands worth millions of Naira and damaged more than 200 homes. Despite state government efforts to lessen its effects, the gully erosions which particularly affected the Bogo neighborhood within the city have not been fully controlled.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tales of sorrow as perennial [sic] erosion consumes 300 houses in Gombe |publisher= Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/tales-of-sorrow-as-perenial-erosion-consumes-300-houses-in-gombe/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=dailytrust.com|date=5 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nwafor |first=Uchechukwu |date=2021-07-16 |title=1000 trees, waste collection points to control erosion in Gombe university |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/1000-trees-waste-collection-points-to-control-erosion-in-gombe-university/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Air pollution ==
In Gombe, the air quality is acceptable except for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution, to whom some pollutants may pose a moderate health risk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Air Quality Forecast for Gombe, Gombe|url=https://weather.com/en-NG/forecast/air-quality/l/Gombe+Gombe?canonicalCityId=1dc436a1b4a11dc02c28528b07e7a3ae44311606325a2c228b1689423ff13a4b |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=The Weather Channel |language=en-NG}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-18 |title=Gombe Air Quality Index (AQI) and Nigeria Air Pollution | publisher= IQAir |url=https://www.iqair.com/nigeria/gombe |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.iqair.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Air Quality and Pollen in Gombe, Gombe State, Nigeria |publisher= Tomorrow.io |url=https://www.tomorrow.io/weather/NG/GO/Gombe/076884/health/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Tomorrow.io Weather |language=en}}</ref>

== Education ==
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'''Secondary Schools.'''
* [[JIBWIS]] Islamic Science and Secondary School, Gombe.
* Pen Resource Academy.
* Government Science Secondary School.
* Government Comprehensive Day Secondary School.
* Matrix International Academy.

'''Universities'''
* [[Gombe State University]]
* [[Federal University Kashere]].
* [[North-Eastern University, Gombe]]
* Jewel University, Gombe

'''Colleges'''
*[[Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe|Federal College of Education (Tech) Gombe.]]
*[[Federal College of Horticultural Technology, Dadin Kowa|Federal College of Horticulture Dadin-Kowa]].
*College of Health Sciences and Technology Kaltungo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TGNews |date=2024-05-09 |title=Tgnews congratulates Mohammed on his new appointment as acting Provost of Kaltungo college of Health - TG News |url=https://tgnews.com.ng/tgnews-congratulates-mohammed-on-his-new-appointment-as-acting-provost-of-kaltungo-college-of-health/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*Gombe State College of Nursing and Midwifery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gombe Governor Appoints Chairmen, Board Members of College of Nursing, Midwifery, Hospitals Management Boards – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/02/28/gombe-governor-appoints-chairmen-board-members-of-college-of-nursing-midwifery-hospitals-management-boards/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=www.thisdaylive.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Health ==

* Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nda-Isaiah |first=Jonathan |date=2025-03-08 |title=Tinubu Names Six CMDs For Federal Hospitals |url=https://leadership.ng/tinubu-names-six-cmds-for-federal-hospitals/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> 
* Specialist Hospital Gombe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-05 |title=50 women receive free VVF surgeries in Gombe  |url=https://dailytrust.com/50-women-receive-free-vvf-surgeries-in-gombe/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website= Daily Trust|language=en-US}}</ref> 
* Federal Medical Center, Kumo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anyanwu |first=Samuel |date=2025-03-09 |title=Gombe Gets New Federal Medical Center |url=https://fmino.gov.ng/gombe-gets-new-federal-medical-center/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation |language=en-US}}</ref> 
* Zainab Bulkacuwa Women and Children Hospital Gombe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-20 |title=Gombe resident doctors’ strike taking toll on patients|url=https://dailytrust.com/gombe-resident-doctors-strike-taking-toll-on-patients/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Daily Trust |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Transport ==
Federal highways are:

* A338 north from Gombe 118&nbsp;km as the Ashaka-Bajago Rd and the Tonde-Ngalda-Badejo Rd to Yobe State at Ngalda as the Jangadoli-Fuka-Ngalalda Rd, and 
* [[A345 highway (Nigeria)|A345]] as the Bachi-Bara-Gombe Rd east from [[Bauchi State]] at Wuro Dole and south and east from [[Gombe, Nigeria|Gombe]] as the Gombe-Yola Rd via [[Kumo, Nigeria|Kumo]], Kalmai, Kaltungo Boha and Bambam as the Lafia-Ture-Wuro-Biriji Rd to [[Adamawa State]] near Tiksir.

Other major roads include:
 
* the Gombe-Wuyo-Biu Rd east to [[Borno State]] near Deba Kowa, and northwest from [[Gombe, Nigeria|Gombe]] 80&nbsp;km to [[Dukku]].

[[Nigerian Railway Corporation|Railways]]:

* The 1067&nbsp;mm Cape gauge Eastern Line east from Bauchi State via Gombe to Borno State, and the Gombe Line into downtown Gombe.

Airports:

* [[Gombe Lawanti International]]

== Sports ==
[[File:Gombe United fc 02.jpg|thumb|Gombe United FC]]
* [[Gombe United F.C.]]
* [[Doma United F.C.|Doma United F.C]] Savannah Tigers.

== Notable people ==
[[File:President John F. Kennedy with Parliamentary Delegation from Nigeria (02).jpg|thumb|President John F. Kennedy visits with members of Parliament of Nigeria in the West Wing Colonnade of the White House, Washington, D.C. The Parliamentary delegation includes President of the Senate, Dennis Chukude Osadebay; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Jalo Waziri; Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emmanuel Chikere Akwiwu; members of the Senate, Dahlton O. Asemoto, Chief Z. C. Obi, and Zanna Medalla Sheriff; members of the House of Representatives, Mallam Muhammadu Sagir Umar and Chief Ohu Babatunde Akin-Olugbade; Staff Assistant to the delegation, J. O. Adeigbo.]]
[[File:Kabiru haruna gombe.jpg|thumb|Sheikh Kabiru Haruna Gombe]]
[[File:Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi.jpg|thumb|Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi]]

[[File:Jaha Dukureh and Amina J Mohammed at EDD18.jpg|thumb|Amina J. Mohammed]]
[[File:Pantami.jpg|thumb|Issa Ali Pantami]]<!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their OWN article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦--->

{{See also|List of governors of Gombe State}}
*[[Amina J. Mohammed]], (born 27 June 1961), former minister of Environment (2015-2016) UN deputy secretary<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 January 2022|title=Nigeria's Amina Mohammed reappointed UN Deputy Secretary-General|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/505185-nigerias-amina-mohammed-reappointed-un-deputy-secretary-general.html|access-date=11 February 2022|language=en-GB|archive-date=11 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211161300/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/505185-nigerias-amina-mohammed-reappointed-un-deputy-secretary-general.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Usman Faruk]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nwachukwu |first=John Owen |date=18 December 2020 |title=Buhari reacts to death of the first military governor, Northwestern State, Usman Faruk |url=https://dailypost.ng/2020/12/18/buhari-reacts-to-death-of-first-military-governor-northwestern-state-usman-faruk/ |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref> the first [[Military Governor|military governor]] of the defunct northwestern state 
*[[Dahiru Usman Bauchi|Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi]], teacher, preacher<ref>{{Cite web|last=Agencies|date=16 February 2020|title=Governor Buhari congratulates Sheikh Bauchi over doctorate degree|url=https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/governor-buhari-congratulates-sheikh-bauchi-doctorate-degree-280879|access-date=11 February 2022|website=TODAY|language=en-US|archive-date=11 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211161311/https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/governor-buhari-congratulates-sheikh-bauchi-doctorate-degree-280879|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Ibrahim Jalo|Ibrahim Jalo Waziri]], politician<ref>{{Cite web |last=BISIRIYU |date=2022-04-15 |title=Jalo-Waziri: The 'silent' grassroots developer, administrator in Inuwa’s cabinet |url=https://championnews.com.ng/jalo-waziri-the-silent-grassroots-developer-administrator-in-inuwas-cabinet-jalo-waziri-the-masked-grassroots-developer-administrator-in-inuwas-cabinet/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Champion Newspapers LTD |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Kabiru Gombe|Sheikh Kabir Muhammad Haruna Gombe]], preacher<ref>{{Cite web |last=Malumfashi |first=Muhammad |date=2024-02-20 |title=Sheikh Kabir Gombe ya ba Tinubu shawarwari, ya ce idan ba haka ba a shiga bala’i |url=https://hausa.legit.ng/news/1579684-asiwaju-ana-yunwa-kabiru-gombe-ya-aikawa-shugaban-kasa-muhimmin-sako-wajen-karatu/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Legit.ng - Nigeria news. |language=ha}}</ref>
*[[Isa Ali Pantami]], (born 20 October 1972), preacher, a former [[NITDA]] Director-General from 26 September 2016 to 20 August 2019<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-11 |title=Inaugural Speech of DG NITDA Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami |url=https://nta.ng/2016/10/11/nitda/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Nigerian Television Authority - Africa's Largest TV Network |language=en-US}}</ref> and Minister of [[Isa Ali Pantami|communication]]  from 2019-2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/08/meet-dr-isa-ibrahim-pantami-minister-of-communications/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Danladi Mohammed]], politician
*[[Joshua Lidani]], (born 1 October 1957), a Nigerian politician is a former Senator for the Gombe South constituency of Gombe State, Nigeria from 2011 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BellaNaija.com |date=2018-04-02 |title=Gombe Senator reportedly held Captive by Constituents |url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2018/04/gombe-senator-captive-constituents/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=BellaNaija |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Eli Jidere Bala]], (born 19 September 1954) a mechanical engineer and Director-General of the [[Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission|Energy Commission of Nigeria]] (5 May 2013 – 5 May 2023).
*[[Usman Bayero Nafada]], (born 2 January 1961), politician a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria representing Dukku/Nafada Federal Constituency of Gombe state, from 2007 to 2011 and former Senator for the Gombe North senatorial district 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Daily Post Staff |date=2015-05-17 |title=Any imposed Senate President or Speaker may be removed - Nafada warns APC |url=https://dailypost.ng/2015/05/17/any-imposed-senate-president-or-speaker-may-be-removed-nafada-warns-apc/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Samkon Gado]], [[Nigerian American|Nigerian-American]] [[Otorhinolaryngology|otolaryngologist]] and [[American football]] player
*[[Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa Archives |url=https://m.guardian.ng/tag/justice-zainab-bulkachuwa/ |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref> (born March,1950), jurist, Former President of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria from 2014 to 2020.
*[[Jaaruma]], entrepreneur
*[[Aliyu Modibbo Umar]], politician
*[[Mohammed Danjuma Goje]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nwafor |date=20 March 2022 |title=2023: Gombe APC still in disarray - Goje insists |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/2023-gombe-apc-still-in-disarray-goje-insists/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref> (born 10 October 1952) Nigerian politician, former Gombe state Governor (2003-2011), and the senator for the Gombe central senatorial district from 2011 to date.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amodu |first=Taiwo |date=2023-05-18 |title=Senator Goje remains a member of APC family in Gombe — APC NWC |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/senator-goje-remains-member-of-apc-family-in-gombe-apc-nwc/ |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Helon Habila]], novelist
* [[Dahiru Mohammed]], politician
* [[Abubakar Buba Atare]], Emir of [[Tula Chiefdom]]
* [[Buba Yero]], the first Emir of Gombe
* [[Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar]], 11th Emir of Gombe
* [[Aliyu Usman El-Nafaty]] OFR,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2022 |title=FULL LIST: Okonjo-Iweala, Abba Kyari... FG nominates 437 persons for national honours |url=https://www.thecable.ng/full-list-okonjo-iweala-abba-kyari-former-cos-fg-nominates-437-persons-for-national-honours |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=TheCable |language=en-US}}</ref> (born 25 December 1960), academic a Professor of [[Obstetrics and gynaecology|Obstetrics & Gynaecology]] and Vice-chancellor of Gombe State University.
* [[Usman Bello Kumo]]
*[[Momee Gombe]] (Maimuna Gombe Abubakar)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dabai |first=Deen |date=2023-07-14 |title=Kuma dai: Ba soyayya ba ce tsakanina da Hamisu Breaker - Jaruma Momee Gombe |url=https://hausa.legit.ng/kannywood/1544183-momee-gombe-ta-ce-ba-ta-taa-soyayya-da-hamisu-breaker-ba-ta-ce-abokin-sanaarta-ne-kawai/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Legit.ng - Nigeria news. |language=ha}}</ref>
*[[Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali|Saidu Ahmed Alkali]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-02 |title=Things to know about Sa'idu Alkali, three-term Senator nominated as minister |url=https://dailytrust.com/things-to-know-about-saidu-alkali-three-term-senator-nominated-as-minister/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Daily Trust |language=en-GB}}</ref>  A Nigerian politician, a former Senator representing the Gombe North Senatorial District and the [[Minister of Transportation]] since 2023.
*[[Kawu Peto Dukku]].(1958-2010) a Nigerian Politician and former Senator representing the Gombe North Senatorial District from 2007 to 2010.
*

==Media Stations==
Gombe State has many media stations some of which are;
*Progress Radio and Television (97.3&nbsp;MHz)
*Amana Radio FM(98.1&nbsp;MHz)
*Gombe Media Cooperation Radio and Television (GMC)(91.9 MHz)
*Vision Radio FM (92.7 MHz)
*Radio Nigeria (Jewel FM)(103.5 MHz)

== Economy ==
Most of the population in Gombe State are farmers. Both food and [[cash crop]]s are produced by them. Yam, cassava, maize, tomatoes, and groundnuts are some of its food crops, while cotton is grown for each.<ref name=":0" />

These goods supply the raw materials for the state's agricultural industries, including the groundnut oil mill, cotton gin, and tomato plant. Cement production, furniture manufacturing, block production, and other small-scale businesses are additional industries.

Gombe has natural resources like [[uranium]], [[gypsum]], and [[limestone]].

Recently, petroleum deposits were reported to have been discovered in the state.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Gombe State of Nigeria :: Nigeria Information & Guide |url=https://www.nigeriagalleria.com/Nigeria/States_Nigeria/Gombe/ |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=www.nigeriagalleria.com}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Religion in Gombe State]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* https://dailytrust.com/clerics-decry-high-hajj-fares/
* https://dailytrust.com/jibwis-college-of-education-matriculates-189-students-in-gombe/

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