Orumba North
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Orumba North | |
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Country | ![]() |
State | Anambra State |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 172,405 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
Orumba North is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, East-central Nigeria.
Towns
The 16 major towns that make up the local government are as follows;
- Awgbu,
- Omogho,
- Ndiokpalaeze,
- Ndiokolo,
- Amaetiti,
- Ndiokpalaeke,
- Okoh,
- Nanka,
- Ndiukwuenu,
- Awa,
- Ndikelionwu,
- Ajalli,
- Ufuma,
- Amaokpala,
- Ndiowu, and
- Okpeze.
It is a region with markedly fertile land for agriculture with prominent products around rice, yam, cassava, and palm oil. Most of the population are subsistence farmers and traders. There is also a large student community as a result of the presence of a Federal Polytechnic located at Okoh.
Schools
Here is the list of secondary schools in Orumba North Local Government Area:
- Community High School, Nanka
- Community Secondary School, Nanka
- Community Secondary School, Oko
- Community Secondary School, Ndikelionwu
- Community Secondary School, Ndiowu
- Community Secondary School, Ufuma
- Community Secondary School, Enugwuabor Ufuma
- Community Secondary School, Awgbu
- Community High School, Awgbu
- Awgbu Grammar School, Awgbu
- Community Secondary School, Ajali
- Community Secondary School, Omogbo
- Community Secondary School, Awa
Notable people
Notable people from Orumba Local Government Area include:
- Professor Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike, educationist and author who hails from Ndikelionwu where he is now a traditional King.
- Professor Humphrey Nwosu, from Ajali town, Chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON)
- Dr. Alex Ekwueme, from Okoh town, a scion of the Royal House of Okoh, politician, architect and former Vice-president of Nigeria.
Ufuma is particularly popular in the South Eastern part of Nigeria because it had offered sanctuary to fleeing Biafran warlords during the final days of the Nigerian-Biafran conflict.
References
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN ANAMBRA STATE dated July 21, 2007; accessed October 4, 2007 [dead link]