INTERIM COMMON SERVICES AGENCY
In 1967 the former Northern Region of Nigeria was split into six states, North Central, North Western, North Eastern, Kano, Benue - Plateau and Kwara. A board known as the intermediary Administrative Council was set up. The council was replaced by the Interim Common Services Agency which took over the functions of the various ministries and organisations of the former Northern Region

In March 1976 the Agency was dissolved

THE GROUNDNUT CAMPAIGN OFFICE
The Office was established in April 1943 with its headquarters at Kano to promote the production of
groundnuts during the war period. Groundnut propaganda offices were established at Adamawa, Bauchi, Bornu, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto and Zaria. The Groundnut campaign office was abolished on 26th June, and in 1946 its functions were taken over by the Civil Supply Office at Kaduna.

NIGERIA COTTON BOARD
The Nigerian Cotton Board came into existence with the enactment of the Commodity Board's Decree No. 29 of 1977. The Board replaced the Northern Nigerian Marketing Board. The Board was organised into four divisions, Administrations and Personnel, Finance and Accounts, Documentation and Sales Division, Shipping and Evacuation.

The Board was to ensure the most favourable arrangement for the purchase and sale of commodities, to meet domestic requirements and to export the surplus. It was also to promote the development and rehabilitation of the producing area to ensure adequate stipply of fertilizer, improved seeds and other requisite inputs.

VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
The first move to establish the Veterinary Department was made in 1913 when Sir Frederick Lugard appointed a Chief Surgeon to draw up a memorandum on the necessary steps to be taken to check the spread of diseases in cattle. In 1918 the Veterinary Department was established following the promulgation of the Animal Diseases Ordinance of that year.

A Veterinary Department was later established in each of the provincial headquarters, Kano, Zaria, Jos, Katsina, Sokoto, Maiduguri and Horin with Headquarters at Jos.

The Department was responsible for improvement of animal husbandry, the control of animal diseases, the improvement of hides and skins and were also responsible for advising government on all matters relating to animal husbandry, it also liaIsed with other countries on matters relating to the control of movement of animals, and the spread of animal diseases. The Department also was responsible for conducting research on animal diseases prevalent in Africa. In pursuance of its research activities, the pepartment established a Research Laboratory at Vom which also produced vaccines for the innoculatlon of animals and the treatment of animal diseases.

ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS
The origin of Arabic manuscripts in Nigeria is traceable to the 9th cent:ury contact of Arab /Muslim Northern Africa with the Sahelian belt of West Africa through the long established (Trans-Sahara) trade links. With traders came Muslim scholars, and intellectuals who did not only spread the Islamic Faith but served as aids to indegenous rulers in the area.)As a result Arabic writings manuscripts accumulated over the centuries in various Islamc centres in places like Kano, Katsina, Zazau, Daura etc. Many of these writings were popularised by Dr, Hendrich Barth in his book "Travels in Central Africa" published in Europe in 1858. Many of these writings were destroyed by the leaders of the nineteenth century jihad in Northern Nigeria but quite a number survived.

The leaders of the jihad themselves were prolific writers in intellectual works. These works include those of Sheikh Uthman-Dan-Fodio, his brother, Abdallahi Dan Fodio and his son, Sultan Muhammad1 Bello of Sokoto. These works deal with subjects such as jurisdiction for jihad, purification of Islar prescriptions for government and philosophical essays.