The focus of this study is on how the manufacturing industries in Kaduna
metropolis have impacted on the development of the area during the
period 1957-2007. And, the main areas it has impacted the city include:
migration, urban economy, urban development, spatial patterns,
class-formation, effects of Kaduna‟s growth on its immediate hinterland.
Thus, we attempt to answer the question: In what ways did the
manufacturing industry contribute to the development of the Kaduna
metropolis? This is significant because of the shift in economic
importance from agriculture to manufacturing that has led to the
transformation of Kaduna metropolis especially in spatial terms; values,
attitudes and population increase of the residents. For example, within
a decade Kaduna almost had a fourfold growth from 39,000 in 1952 to
149,000 in 1963. The demand for a workforce in the industries and the
consequent boom in the commercial and service sectors account for this
rapid growth in the area. Equally important, is the emergence and rapid
growth of satellite villages around the urban core of Kaduna. Of these
villages, Makera and Kakuri, were transformed from rural communities
into cosmopolitan sub-urban areas due to the concentration of the
textile factories in the area. Therefore, Kaduna during this period grew
from a military garrison and administrative town into an industrial
city, which was commonly known as the „Manchester of Nigeria