Murtala Square

Murtala Mohammed Square is a public square in the City of Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria formerly known as the Kaduna Race Course. Its renamed in honour of the then military Head of State Murtala Ramat Mohammed.[1][2] It include several recreational and sporting facilities which people from around the metropolis go to do physical fitness activities, such as gymnasiums, indoor sport hall, football fields, hockey pitch, etc. The Square is also the venue of the Kaduna Polo Club ground, Kaduna State Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture, Umaru Musa Yaradua Indoor Sport Hall among others.

Murtala Square
Former name(s)Kaduna Race Course
NamesakeMurtala Ramat Mohammed
Maintained byKaduna State
LocationKaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria
NorthRace Course Road
EastRace Course Road
SouthMuhammadu Buhari Way
(Waff Road)
WestIndependence Way
Construction
Completionc. 1950

International, national and local celebrations have been taken place in the Square since it inception, annual and occasional celebrations like Kaduna Grand Durbar, Kaduna Centenary Celebrations, Nigeria's Independence Day, May Day, Inauguration Ceremony of Governors, Army Day, Human Rights Day etc.[3]

References
  1. "Murtala Muhammad Square" Nigeria Today Kaduna.
  2. "The Metamorphosis Of Kaduna Murtala Square" Daily Trust Kaduna Retrieved
  3. Abdurahman Aoudu Kaduna "Murtala Square " Kaduna. Retrieved 12 October 2018


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