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Revision as of 06:46, 25 August 2019
Buguma City
Asari | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 4°44′N 6°52′E / 4.733°N 6.867°E | |
Country | Nigeria |
State | Rivers State |
Government | |
• Type | Local Government Council |
• Chairman/Mayor | Chief Odiari Princewill |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
• Summer (DST) | +1 GMT |
Nigerian Postal Code | 504101 |
Buguma is a larger town in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Asari-Toru Local Government Area and base of the Kalabari Kingdom, a Nigerian traditional state.
The town has an official Post Office and a big set of commercial fish ponds set up by the State Government. The Current Mayor, popularly addressed as Chiarman, of the LGA, which Buguma City is the headquarters, is Chief Odiari Princewill.[1]
It is also home to the great king °Amachree of the kalabari kingdom.[2]
In 1983, Buguma was designated a city by the Government of Melford Okilo and that status subsists to date.[3] ==References==
- ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "King of Buguma and Kalabari nation". Kalabari Nation. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ The Official Gazette of Rivers State of Nigeria No. 16, published in Port Harcourt on the 25th of August 1983 referred to “Buguma City Council”; the only other City Council after Port Harcourt City Council.