TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE………………………………………………………… i

APPROVAL PAGE………………………………………………… ii

DECLARATION …………………………………………………… iii

DEDICATION ……….…………………………………………… iv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS…………………………………………… v

TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………… vi

CHAPTER ONE: General Introduction

1.1-INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………… 1

1.2-STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM…….……………………… 2

1.3-SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY………….…………………. 2

1.4-LITERATURE REVIEW……………………….……………… 3

1.5-AIMS AND OBJECTIVES…………………………..………… 5

1.6-METHODOLOGY…………………………………………... 6

1.7-SCOPE AND LIMITATION…………………………………... 7

CHAPTER TWO: Historical Evolution of MasarautarFuntua

2.1-INTRODUCTION……………………………………………. 10

2.2-GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF FUNTUA………………… 10

2.3-HISTORICAL ORIGIN AND EMERGENCE OF FUNTUA…… 13

2.4-THE TRANSFER OF MASKA DISTRICT HEADQUARTER TO FUNTUA…………………………………… 15

2.5-THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF MASARUTAR FUNTUA…17

2.6-THE EVOLUTION OF MAGAJIN GARI…………………………19

CHAPTER THREE: The Office of the MagajinGarinFuntua

3.1-INTRODUCTION………………………………………………… 24

3.2-MAGAJIN GARIN FUNTUA IN THE PRE-COLONIAL EERA….24

3.3-MAGAIJN GARI N FUNTUA DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD………………………………..…27

3.4-MAGAJIN GARIN FUNTUA IN THE POST-COLONIAL PERIOD………………………………29

3.4-CRITERIA FOR APPOINTMENT OF THE MAGAJIN GARI… 31

CHAPTER FOUR: The Contribution OfAlhaji Ali Nuhu The Present MagajinGarinFuntua Towards The Development MasarautarFuntua

4.1-INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………….. 36

4.2-BIOGRAPHY OF ALHAJI ALI NUHU ………………………… 36

4.3-THE CONTRIBUTION OF MAGAJIN GARI ………………….. 37

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1-SUMMARY ……………………………………………………. … 42

5.2-CONCLUSION …………………………………………………… 43

Oral Informants ……………………………………………………….. 44

Bibliography ………………………………………………………….. 45