The gate was built in 1928 by the then Emir of Kano Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero, the father of the present Emir Alhaji Ado Bayero. It was named Kofar Famfo because the main pipe supplying water to the city passed through the gate. Due to its closeness to the Women Teachers College (now GGC) and ATC/ABU (presently FCE), some people refer to it as WTC or ATC gate, while others call it Kofar Fanshekara because of of the straight linkage to the road leading to a small settlement known as FANSHEKARA, in the outskirts of the old city.
Kofar Famfo