Orumba North
| Orumba North | |
|---|---|
| LGA | |
| Country |
 Nigeria |
| State | Anambra State |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 172,405 |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
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
Natives
Orumba Local Government Area is home to some of Nigeria's distinguished personalities spanning the academia, politics, and corporate world. These include some of the following underlisted people.
- Dr. Raymond Obieri, the famous Nigerian banker who founded Summit Finance group and Chairman of Intercontinental Bank PLC who hails from Ufumaland (Ana uvume).
- Professor Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike the famous educationist and author who hails from Ndikelionwu where he is now a traditional King. He is renowned for novels like The Bottled Leopard and Toads for Supper amongst others.
- Professor Humphrey Nwosu who organised the best election in Nigerian history to date which would have ushered Moshood Abiola to power, but was scuttled by the regime of erstwhile despot Ibrahim Babangida.He hails from Ajali town.
- Dr. Alex Ekwueme, who hails from Okoh town is a scion of the Royal House of Okoh, frontline 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.
Ndiukwuenu
- Chief Michael Nwankwor Nwafor (A.K.A. Okacha mma) chief control of forest section in 1960s before the Nigeria-Biafra war,(1967-1970) he is one among the strongest man in the town called Ndiukwuenu, the oldest man of indigenous people of Ndiukwuenu Town.
References
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN ANAMBRA STATE dated July 21, 2007; accessed October 4, 2007
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