Oru East

Oru East
LGA
Nickname(s): Oru-East
Country  Nigeria
State Imo State
Time zone WAT (UTC+1)

Oru-East is a Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is at Omuma. Njaba River provides residents of the area access to natural water.[1]:1

Demographics

Prominent towns in Oru-East council area includes, Omuma, Awo-omamma, Akuma and Amiri.[1]

Through the west of Amiri and north of Awo-omamma, Oru-East shares common border with Mgbidi and Otulu towns in Oru West. Oru-East shares border with Atta and Okwudor towns in Njaba Local Government Area through Amiri and Awo-Omamma in the eastern axis.[1]:1 Through the west of Awo-omamma, Oru-East shares boundary with Oguta LGA on the northern part of Abiaziem, Mgbele, Awa and Akabor communities.[2] There is a border with Mbaitoli LGA via Eziama-Obiato on the south of Awo-omamma.[1]:1

Oru-East has an area of 136 km² and estimated population of 111,822 (2006 census). The postal code of the area is 474.[3]

Agriculture

Oru-East is a farming and fishing area within Orlu agricultural zone. Some of the cash crops produced in the area include Yam, cassava, oil palm, plantain, banana, pineapple, and maize.[1]:5[4]

Oil and Gas Exploration

As it is in neighbouring oil rich Oru West and Oguta LGAs, Oru-East has been proven rich in crude oil and gas.[5] As of 2010, production projection from Addax Petroleum, already operating in Njaba River basin under Oil Mining License, OML 124,[6][2] was placed at about 15,000 to 20,000 barrels of oil per day from Awo-omamma in the council area.[6] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kelechi Chika Ubaku (September 2013). "The Role of Festivals in Awo-Omamma - Amiri Relations, since 1970" (PDF). iosrjournals.org (IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)) 14 (5): 1. ISSN 2279-0837. line feed character in |title= at position 9 (help)
  2. 1 2 Obasi Investment Limited, Nigeria. "Abiaziem Community in Oguta, Imo State Nigeria.". abiaziem.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  3. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  4. F.N Nnadi; et al. (2009). "Farmers’ Sustained Adoption Decision Behaviors of Maize/Cassava Intercrop Technology in Imo State: Lessons for Extension Policy" (PDF). sciencepub.net (World Rural Observations) 1 (1): 2. ISSN 1944-6551.
  5. Vanguard, Nigeria (March 14, 2014). "Imo Govt discovers more crude oil". vanguardngr.com. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Rigzone (January 28, 2009). "Addax Strikes Oil at Njaba 2 Well Onshore Nigeria". www.rigzone.com. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  7. Vanguard, Nigeria (June 7, 2010). "Owerri to get oil, gas lab". vanguardngr.com. Retrieved November 30, 2015.


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