Murtala Square

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| name = Murtala Square

| former_names = Kaduna Race Course

| namesake = Murtala Ramat Muhammed

| image = Murtala Square, Kaduna State 02.jpg

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| caption = New gate of Murtala Square under construction in August 2021

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| location = Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria

| maint = Kaduna State

| map_type = Nigeria Kaduna State Kaduna

| map_caption = Location within central Kaduna

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| completion_date = {{circa|1950}}

| north = Race Course Road

| south = Muhammadu Buhari Way
(Waff Road)

| west = Independence Way

| east = Race Course Road

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Murtala Muhammed 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 Muhammed.[https://www.today.ng/topic/murtala-muhammad-square "Murtala Muhammad Square"] Nigeria Today Kaduna.[https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/the-metamorphosis-of-kadunas-murtala-square "The Metamorphosis Of Kaduna Murtala Square"] Daily Trust Kaduna Retrieved

Building

It includes recreational and sporting facilities such as gymnasiums, indoor sport hall, football fields, and a hockey pitch.

Sports

File:Murtala Square Main gate.jpg

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.

File:Murtala Square, Kaduna State 01.jpg

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.Abdurahman Aoudu Kaduna [https://www.blueprint.ng/tag/murtala-square "Murtala Square "] Kaduna. Retrieved 12 October 2018