<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN), Columbia University</dc:creator><dc:description>The GRID3 NGA - Operational Wards v2.0 dataset contains operational ward boundaries for the following states in Nigeria: Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kwara, Niger, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Yobe. This dataset is considered operational and has not been fully validated by government officials. Dataset citation: Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN), Columbia University 2026. GRID3 NGA - Operational Wards v2.0. New York: GRID3. [URL]. Accessed [DAY MONTH YEAR]. Contacts and data queries The authors of this dataset appreciate feedback regarding the data, including suggestions, discovery of errors, difficulties in using the data, and format preferences. For dataset-related questions, please send an email to: info@ciesin.columbia.edu</dc:description><dc:identifier>grid3-nga-operational-wards-v2-0</dc:identifier><dc:publisher>Humanitarian Data Exchange</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>GRID3 NGA - Operational Wards v2.0</dc:title><dc:type>Datasets</dc:type><dc:coverage>Nigeria</dc:coverage><dc:date>2013-01-01 to 2025-12-31</dc:date></oai_dc:dc>