This research entitle "Assessment of the practice of Zakat payment and its impact on the people of kaduna State" aimed at appraising the nature of Zakat payment among the people of Kaduna state, and to assess the problems and challenges of the application of the concept of Zakat among the people of Kaduna State, To achieve the stated goals, the researcher adopted the descriptive research methods, by distributing questionnaires, A total of five hundred (500) questionnaires were distributed to two categories of respondents i.e Zakat givers and receivers from fifteen local governments in Kaduna State, after which the data were collected and analyzed using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS). The research concluded with a number of results, the most important of which include: 1-The majority of the respondents are qualified to receive Zakat for their life status, but most of them have never received any kobo (as Zakat) from the rich in their community. 2- Selfish interest, is the main and major factor that leads to ineffective nature of Zakat payment in Kaduna state. 3- Religious awareness and guidance are the main and appropriate ways for motivating the prompt payment of Zakat. in Kaduna State. Finally the research makes some recommendations which includes: Zakat committee should properly be organized and coordinated under the supervision of Kaduna state ministry of Islamic affairs; The non-governmental committee on Zakat collection and distribution in Kaduna State should be registered; A statistical data should be prepared by Zakat committee annually in order to simplify the assessment of collection and distribution of Zakat in each local government in the state