Gboko

Gboko

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Gboko is a town in the Benue State of southern central Nigeria. The population is over 100,000, mostly Tiv people. It is the traditional capital of the Tiv tribe and it has the official residence of the Tor-Tiv, who is the paramount traditional ruler of the Tiv people spread in Benue, Taraba, Plateau and Nasarawa States. Gboko was also the headquarters of the Tiv Native Authority. The famous Tiv politician Joseph Saawuan Tarkaa has his tomb in Gboko. Many of the prominent Tiv sons and daughters have a home in Gboko where they visit often. Prominent Tiv sons that lived in Gboko include Engr. BAI Gemade, Prof. Ayua, Gen. Inienger, Dr. Jack Gyado, Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, Sen. George Akume, Chief Denen Tofi, Engr Tachia jooji, Mike Mku, Amb. E. Agum, and many others. Gboko is nicknamed "Gboko-yuhwa" which means "heavy town" [http://www.welcome-to-my-town.com/Africa/gboko1.html] . Important annual events are the Kwagh-hir Festival and Tiv Day celebration. Kwagh-hir is the Tiv traditional theater. It is the festival of storytelling and it usually includes Big animal puppets. It is staged at any time of year and on special occasions. The Tiv Day celebration is the day when all Tiv sons and daughters resident in all other parts of the world converge in Gboko to celebrate the cultural heritage of the Tivs and also deliberate on developmental issues affecting the Tiv people. Until recently, Gboko was also home to the BCC Lions Football Club (formerly owned by Benue Cement Company PLC Gboko), the winners of the Confederation Cup (Mandela Cup) in 1990 who defeated the prominent "Club Africain" of Tunisia in the final of the Confederation Cup to clinch the coveted tropy. Up BCC Lions! One Lion!!

External links

* [http://livingseed.org/gboko_on_ngr_map.htm Location on a map of Nigeria]

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