New Karshi is a town in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria, founded in the 1980s by Muhammadu Bako II.

[1][2] It is a semi-autonomous local government created out of Karu LGA as Karshi Development area with the administrative secretariat in Uke.

The rainy season begins from April and ends in October, when daytime temperatures reach 28 °C (82.4 °F) to 30 °C (86.0 °F) and nighttime lows hover around 22 °C (71.6 °F) to 23 °C (73.4 °F).

The military government of general Murtala Mohammed in 1976 promulgated Decree No.6 creating Abuja as new Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.

Consequently, the Decree created funds for relocation and settlement of the natives in places of their choice outside the area mapped for the federal capital territory, preferably their home states.

However, the movement of Nigeria seat of power was delayed because of the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed in a military coup just months after he commenced work for the relocation of the federal capital territory from Lagos to Abuja.

[11][12][13] His second-in-command General Olusegun Obasanjo took over power and commenced the implementation of the master plan for the new capital part of which was resettlement and compensation of the natives of the land.

While Decree No.6 declared Abuja no man's city and ordered comprehensive evacuation and resettlement of the inhabitants, President Shehu Shagari of National Party of Nigeria, NPN deviated from the original plan of total evacuation of the natives and made it optional for inhabitants to either go to their respective states of origin or remain in the federal capital territory and that they will be treated equally with other neighboring states.

Karshi chief Alhaji Manman Aura proposed a place called “Lagga” ‘Runbun Nama’ for resettlement.

Other reasons he gave for the rejection were that Lagga Runbun Nama was waterlogged or Fadama area which would make it difficult for people to build houses and that the place was home to evil spirits such as jinns, witches, wizard, wild animals among others.

Cases that cannot be handled at the MDGs clinic are often referred to Uke general hospital about 7 kilometers or 10 minutes drive from Karshi.

It has a vast fertile soil with good and predictable climatic conditions suitable for cultivation of various grains and other staples such as yam and cassava.

The commonly cultivated crops are maize, beans, rice, soybeans, melons, millet, sorghum, groundnut, yam, and cassava.