Kurmi L.G.A Of TARABA State

Kurmi Local Government Area (LGA), headquartered in Ba'issa, is located in Taraba Central Senatorial District. Created in 1996, it has an area of 4,487 square kilometres. With a population of 91,282 (2006 census), projected to be 143,600 by 2022, with a density of 74 people per square kilometres.The economy is sustained by timber, cocoa farming, and ecotourism, thanks to its dense forests and waterfalls like the Mayo Selbe Falls. Kurmi local government Area lies on the south border with Cameroon and these areas are richly blessed with fertile soil which grows a number of cash crops and food crops such as Bananas, Plantains, Rice, Groundnuts, Oranges, Palm trees, Cocoyam and Cocoa. Others include Maize, Guinea corn and Sesame. Kurmi is also a producer of high quality Timber and the only Local Government with the state owned abandoned Timber Company which was called Baissa Timber Development Corporation.
Kurmi’s postal code is 662101, and it lies at 6.8333° N latitude and 11.3000° E longitude.

FAAC Statutory Allocation Ledger
Cumulative FAAC Allocation (1999 - 2026)
NGN47,124,538,081.05
-100.0% vs Prev. Year
Current Year Funding
0.0% DISBURSED
FISCAL MONTH
NET ALLOCATION
VARIANCE
May 2025
NGN437,807,288.98
+0.0%
April 2025
NGN424,206,967.82
-3.1%
March 2025
NGN401,647,489.72
-5.3%
February 2025
NGN422,611,355.64
+5.2%
January 2025
NGN439,182,687.16
+3.9%
November 2024
NGN420,646,872.73
-4.2%

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