“…There is, however, considerable variation in each class according to the type of surgery being performed (Moram , 2006) Ohajuru, Fajemilihin & Onipede, (2011) reported an incidence of 21% SSI at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex. Oni ,Ewete, Gbaja, Folade, Mutiu, Adeyemo, & Bakare, (2006) revealed that 9.4% incidence of SSI in University College Hospital, Ibadan, report of SSI incidence in AKTH Kano revealed 9.1% following caesarean section (Jido & Garba, 2012) All these reports are from teaching hospitals and urban centres and there is no base line data from semi urban centre and secondary health care in Nigeria hence it is necessary to establish the incidence, pattern and predictors of SSI in General Hospital Funtua, Katsina state, Nigeria. Therefore this study is designed to determine the incidence of surgical site infections in General Hospital Funtua.…”