the good old days, as narrated by Sun Travels, Before the rise and even after the fall of the railways, the Fantswam people's major occupation is agriculture, and like the natives of Chori, Kwoi, Nok and other areas in Ham land, the Fantswam also grow high-quality ginger in abundance in addition to beans, guinea-corn, millet, maize, yam, cocoyam, rice and fonio (F. tson, H. acha). Their town served as a collection centre for ginger and other agricultural harvest. Daily Trust accounted that passenger railway traffic across the North-Central District with Kafanchan as administrative headquarters generated about 30 percent of [the country's] railway revenue in the late 1980s. Hospitality and tourism Around the town is a waterfall known as Ka̱byek tityong (Hausa: Matsirga, English: River Wonderful) located around Batadon (Madakiya) of Bajju chiefdom and Aduwan District of Fantswam chiefdom, with underdeveloped tourist attraction potentials, although an indigenously owned resort, Fantswam Resort was of late established around the waterfall area in Aduwan IV, Kafanchan. Kafanchan is home to some hotels such as: Wonderland Unity Hotel, New World Motel, Kasham Hotel, Afili Guest House, Golama Hotel, Leisure Castle and Royal Castle, and others. Banking Various bank branches are located in Kafanchan, especially along the Kafanchan-Kagoro Road. Some of these banks include: Access Bank: (No. 19 Kagoro Road, Kafanchan). Diamond Bank: (Along Kagoro Road, 101241, Kafanchan). Ecobank Nigeria, Kafanchan. Fidelity Bank Nigeria: (Along Kagoro Road, Kafanchan). First Bank of Nigeria plc, Kafanchan Branch: (No. 8 Kagoro Road, PMB 1019, 961102, Kafanchan. Keystone Bank Limited: (Plot 11 Kagoro-Kafanchan Road, 800273, Kafanchan). Skye Bank, Kafanchan Branch. Union Bank of Nigeria, Kafanchan Branch. United Bank for Africa PLC: (Along Kagoro Road, Opposite St. Peter's Catholic Church, A̱duwan, Kafanchan). Unity Bank plc: (Along Kagoro Road, Adjacent St. Peter's Catholic Church, A̱duwan, Kafanchan). Zenith Bank PLC, Kafanchan Branch. Kafanchan also has some microfinance banks such as: MicroCred Microfinance Bank: (A9 Kagoro Road, Kafanchan). Politics The main town earlier comprised two wards of the existing 10 in Jema'a Local Government Area (LGA), namely: Kafanchan A and Kafanchan B, each with a District Head. Today, other wards such as Takau, Kadajya (H. Maigizo), Atuku, Nikyob (H. Kaninkon), and Gidan-Waya have fully and partly become part of the town. The other eight wards in the LGA have four District Heads. Notable people Joseph Bagobiri (late Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan and of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Kafanchan) Biyi Bandele, Nigerian