Editing Jos (section)

==Political divisions==
[[File:Nasco Corporate Headquarters.jpg|thumb|The Nasco corporate headquarters is in Jos]]
The city is divided into 2 local government areas of [[Jos North]] and [[Jos South]]. The city proper lies between Jos North and parts of Jos South headquartered in Bukuru.

;Jos-North

The Local Government Council administration is headquartered here. Jos North is the commercial nerve centre of the state as it houses the state's branch of Nigeria's Central Bank and the headquarters of the commercial banks are mostly located here as well as the currency exchanges along Ahmadu Bello Way. Moreover all basic and essential services can be found in Jos North from the Jos Main market (terminus) to the Kabong or Rukuba Road satellite market.  Due to recent communal clashes, however, a lot of commercial activities are shifting to Jos South. 

The palace and office of the Gbong Gwom Jos (traditional ruler of Jos) are located in an area in Jos North called ''Jishe'' in the Berom language. In 1956, Her Majesty [[Queen Elizabeth II]] together with her consort [[Prince Philip]] had a weekend stopover to rest at ''Jishe'' during her Nigeria tour.<ref> https://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/queensvisittojos.htm</ref> ''Jishe'' was known at that time as Tudun Wada cottage.  Jos North has a significant slum.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Madueke |first1=Kingsley L. |title=Mapping the interworkings of state forces, vigilantes, residents, thugs, and armed mobs in the violent slums of Jos, Nigeria |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429504570-15/micro-formations-hybrid-security-governance-ethnic-riots-kingsley-madueke-floris-vermeulen |work=Limited Statehood and Informal Governance in the Middle East and Africa |doi=10.4324/9780429504570-15 |access-date=2022-12-28 |last2=Vermeulen |first2=Floris|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Jos North is the location of the [[University of Jos]] and its teaching hospital at Laminga & the [[National Commission for Museums and Monuments]]. The Nigerian Film Institute is also located in Jos-North at the British America junction along [[Murtala Muhammed|Murtala Mohammed]] way. Both the [[Evangelical Church of West Africa|Evangelical Church Winning All]] (ECWA) and the [[Church of Christ in Nations]] (COCIN) are headquartered in this part of the metropolis.

;Jos-South

Jos South is the second most populous Local Government Area in Plateau State and has its Council located along Bukuru expressway. Jos South is the seat of the Governor i.e. the old Government House in Rayfield and the New Government House in Little Rayfield and the industrial centre of Plateau State due to the presence of industries like the NASCO group of companies, Standard Biscuits, Grand Cereals and Oil Mills, Zuma steel west Africa, aluminium roofing industries, Jos International Breweries among others. Jos South also houses prestigious institutions like the [[National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies]] (NIPSS), the highest academic awarding institution in Nigeria, the Police Staff College, the [[Nigerian Television Authority|NTA]] television college, [[Nigerian Film Corporation]] and [[Karl Kumm University]]. Jos South also houses the prestigious National Centre For Remote Sensing. The city has formed an [[urban agglomeration|agglomeration]] with the town of [[Bukuru]] to form the Jos-Bukuru metropolis (JBM). Jos also is the seat of the famous National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI), situated in Vom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria |url=https://www.intvetvaccnet.co.uk/blog/national-veterinary-research-institute-vom-nigeria |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=IVVN |language=en}}</ref> and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF).