Living in Minna, Nigeria:
Tips for Moving and Visiting

Minna, Niger, Nigeria, is bustling with commercial activities even though it’s conspicuously a civil-servant state. The ever-busy mini-market, popularly called Obasanjo Complex, which deals with selling phones, phone repairs, and laptop sales and repairs, is a big market for food vendors and other businesses located in the heart of the city. The most fascinating thing a traveler coming from the Abuja axis notices upon entering the city is the fenceless, beautiful, and tall structure built across the double-lane road, called the City Gate.

Minna is a peaceful city but, anyone considering moving in must be security conscious. In other words, staying out late can be dangerous. He or she must also know that an umbrella is needed to be able to live there at this season. This is because it is always raining.

He/she must of a necessity first obtain a legal permit from the local government authority; he/she must present all important credentials and documents to be used for thorough screening; he/she must hire a driver to show him round the city for at least a week as part of the legal requirements.

A stranger hoping to relocate to Minna, should know the city houses three of the four Hydropower Dams that provide Nigeria with Electricity. It is also important sch person is aware that the city is the only State Capital that houses two former Heads of State. Last but far from being the least, it should interest any visitor moving down to Minna to know there are several tourists attractions they can visit to unwind; one of which is the Gurara Water Falls.