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Abia State is one of the thirty-six States in Nigeria, and has about seventeen Local Government Areas, out of the 774 Local Government Areas that make up the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Abia State was created on the 27th of August 1991, during the government of General Ibrahim Babangida. The State is located in the south-eastern part of ...
The Legislature or state house of assembly of the Abia State Government is the second arm of government concerned with law-making and the passing of bills.Headed by a speaker and consisting of elected members from each constituency of the state, the legislature play a key role in the appointment of state commissioners, Chief judges and other top governmental posts.
Umunneochi. Umu-Nneochi or Umunneochi is a Local Government Area (LGA) in Abia State, Nigeria. Officially known as "Nneochi", Umunneochi is made up of three major septs: Umuchieze, Nneato, and Isuochi. The major towns of Umunneochi are Umuelem, Ndiawa, Amuda, Umuaku, Achara, Lomara, Ngodo-ukwu, Lokpaukwu, Leru, Lomara Lokpanta, Lekwesi and ...
UTC+1 (WAT) Osisioma Ngwa is a Local Government Area of Abia state of Nigeria. Its headquarters are located in Osisioma town. [1] It has an area of 198 km 2 (76 sq mi) and a population of 219,632 as per 2006 census data of Nigeria.
The Ngwa people are found predominantly in Abia State with a population of 314,840 in 1963. They cover 1,328 square kilometres (513 sq mi) [2] and are the largest subgroup of Igbo people. It is bounded by the Imo River in the west, and the Anang-Ibibio people in the east. The Asa and Ndoki people shares boundary in the south.
Isuikwuato. Isuikwuato is a local government area in Abia State in southeastern Nigeria. The name Isu-Ikwu-Ato translates from Igbo as 'three Isu families or lineage' and refers to the three lineages descended from the Isu people, in what is now a local government area. The three brothers are Imenyi who is the eldest, Oguduasaa, his younger ...
Aba is a city in southeastern Nigeria and the commercial centre of Abia State.Upon the creation of Abia State in 1991, the old Aba township was divided into two local government areas, being Aba South and Aba North, while the suburban neighborhood of what was then known as Obioma Ngwa L.G.A. was divided into three L.G.A.s (namely Osisioma Ngwa, Obingwa and Ugwunagbo) for administrative ...
Isiala-Ngwa North. Isiala-Ngwa North is a Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is Okpuala-Ngwa. [1] It has an area of 283 km 2 and a population of 153,734 based on the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 451. Some notable indigenes of Isiala-Ngwa North are Jaja Wachuku, the first indigenous Speaker of Nigeria's ...