Bokkos is a Local Government Area in

Plateau State Plateau State is the twelfth-largest Nigerian state. It is in the centre of the country includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau, its capital, and the entire plateau itself. Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and To ...

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. Its headquarters are in the town of Bokkos at . It has an area of 1,682 km and a population of 178,454 at the 2006 census.

Ron languages The Ron, Ronic or Ron–Fyer languages, group A.4 of the West Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, are spoken in Plateau State, north-central Nigeria. The Ron languages have undergone extensive influence from Tarok. Languages Th ...

are the indigenous languages spoken in Bokkos.Blench, Roger M. 2003
Why reconstructing comparative Ron is so problematic
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of the area is 932. The Plateau State University is located in Bokkos, was suspended in 2007 and reopened in 2012. The institution has received accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) Bokkos Local Government major tribes are Ron, Kulere and Mushere. Bokkos Local Government has eight districts which are Bokkos, Mushere, Daffo, Sha, Manguna, Richard, Toff, and Kamwai. There are 20 electoral wards in Bokkos. The Paramount ruler of Bokkos is called saf Ron/Kulere. He is the Chairman of the Bokkos traditional council.

Notable people

Notable people from Bokkos include:- *

Joshua Dariye Joshua Chibi Dariye (born 27 July 1957) assumed office as the Governor of Plateau State, Nigeria on 29 May 1999 during the 1999 Plateau State gubernatorial election on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He was re-elected fo ...

-former State governor

References

Local Government Areas in Plateau State {{PlateauNG-geo-stub