Eastern Obolo

Eastern Obolo
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Akwa Ibom State
Government
• Type	Local Government
• Chairman	Mr. Francis Uduyok
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Eastern Obolo is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State with its headquarters located in Okoroete. There are two clans in Eastern Obolo namely the Iko clan and the Okoroete clan.

Location

It is located in the Niger Delta fringe between Imo and Qua Iboe Rivers estuaries and lies between latitudes 4° 28` and 4° 53` and longitudes 7° 50` and 7° 55` East. It is bounded in the North by Mkpat Enin Local Government Area, North East by Onna,West by Ikot Abasi, South East by Ibeno Local Government Areas and in the South by the Atlantic Ocean.

Culture

The cultural heritage is not restricted to the people. Rather the entire Niger Delta with unique traditional dressing synonymous with “Etibo” and “Wurkor“

Natural Resources

Abundant mineral deposits with onshore and offshore oil wells at Elekpen, Iko Town, Otunene and Iko-Nta/Obianga. Fishing depot at Educwink, Elekpon, Agan-asa. Forest reserves include mangrove, iroko, raffia, rubber, kolanurt, coconut, peas, mango etc.

Commerce

Predominantly fishermen with over 85 per cent involved in active fishing.

People

The people are a mixture Andoni and Iko extractions; strong cultural affinity exists among the people.lt has a total landmass of 117,008square kilometers with an estimated shoreline of about 184 km long. The official language is the Obolo language which is also spoken in the Andoni local government area of Rivers State.

Population

Males	Females	TOTAL:
30,003	30,540	60,543
* Source: 2006 National Census

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