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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electoral_system"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Electoral system </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electoral_system-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_Government_Areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_Government_Areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 Local Government Areas </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_Government_Areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Traditional_rulers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Traditional_rulers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 Traditional rulers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Traditional_rulers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture_and_tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 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links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Toggle the table of contents </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">Abia State</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 55 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-55" aria-hidden="true" > 55 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="ولاية أبيا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ولاية أبيا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_%C5%9Ftat%C4%B1" title="Abia ştatı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Abia ştatı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ابیا ایالتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ابیا ایالتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_Chiu" title="Abia Chiu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Abia Chiu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%96%D1%8F_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Абія (штат) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Абія (штат)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Абия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Абия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia" title="Abia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Abia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Abia State" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia" title="Abia – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Abia" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia" title="Abia – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Abia" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_osariik" title="Abia osariik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Abia osariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Abia" title="Estado de Abia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estado de Abia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ctato_Abia" title="Ŝtato Abia – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝtato Abia" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_estatua" title="Abia estatua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Abia estatua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ایالت ابیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایالت ابیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia" title="Abia – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Abia" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%AEra_Abia" title="Ȯra Abia – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ȯra Abia" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Abia" title="Estado de Abia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estado de Abia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-guw mw-list-item"><a href="https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayimat%E1%BA%B9n_Abia_T%E1%BB%8Dn" title="Ayimatẹn Abia Tọn – Gun" lang="guw" hreflang="guw" data-title="Ayimatẹn Abia Tọn" data-language-autonym="Gungbe" data-language-local-name="Gun" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gungbe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%B9%84%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC" title="아비아주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아비아주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiya" title="Abiya – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Abiya" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hausa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="आबिया राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="आबिया राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%AEra_Abia" title="Ȯra Abia – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ȯra Abia" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Igbo</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_(negara_bagian_Nigeria)" title="Abia (negara bagian Nigeria) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Abia (negara bagian Nigeria)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_(Nigeria)" title="Abia (Nigeria) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Abia (Nigeria)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="აბიის შტატი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აბიის შტატი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_(jimbo)" title="Abia (jimbo) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Abia (jimbo)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_(par%C3%AAzgeh)" title="Abia (parêzgeh) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Abia (parêzgeh)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Абия (штат) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Абия (штат)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target">Кырык мары</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abija" title="Abija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Abija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abija" title="Abija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Abija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_%C3%A1llam" title="Abia állam – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Abia állam" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcm mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State – Nigerian Pidgin" lang="pcm" hreflang="pcm" data-title="Abia State" data-language-autonym="Naijá" data-language-local-name="Nigerian Pidgin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Naijá</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_(staat)" title="Abia (staat) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Abia (staat)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E5%B7%9E" title="アビア州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アビア州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_(Bundesstoot)" title="Abia (Bundesstoot) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Abia (Bundesstoot)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nordfriisk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_(delstat)" title="Abia (delstat) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Abia (delstat)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_(stan)" title="Abia (stan) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Abia (stan)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_(estado)" title="Abia (estado) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Abia (estado)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statul_Abia" title="Statul Abia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Statul Abia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B0_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Абиа (штат) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Абиа (штат)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%BA_(%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80)" title="අබියා ප්‍රාන්තය (නයිජීරියාව) – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="අබියා ප්‍රාන්තය (නයිජීරියාව)" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target">සිංහල</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Abia State" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Абија – Serbian" lang="sr" 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href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">State</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Abia State</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><a href="/wiki/File:Abia_State_Flag.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Abia"><img alt="Flag of Abia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Abia_State_Flag.gif/100px-Abia_State_Flag.gif" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Abia_State_Flag.gif/150px-Abia_State_Flag.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Abia_State_Flag.gif/200px-Abia_State_Flag.gif 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="216" /></a><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><a href="/wiki/File:Abia_State_Coat_of_Arms.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Abia"><img alt="Seal of Abia State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Abia_State_Coat_of_Arms.gif/84px-Abia_State_Coat_of_Arms.gif" decoding="async" width="84" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Abia_State_Coat_of_Arms.gif/126px-Abia_State_Coat_of_Arms.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Abia_State_Coat_of_Arms.gif/168px-Abia_State_Coat_of_Arms.gif 2x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="216" /></a><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nicknames: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_nicknames" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state nicknames">God's Own State</a> <a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a>: Ọ̀hà nke Chineke</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_-_Abia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Abia State in Nigeria["><img alt="Location of Abia State in Nigeria[" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Nigeria_-_Abia.svg/250px-Nigeria_-_Abia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Nigeria_-_Abia.svg/375px-Nigeria_-_Abia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Nigeria_-_Abia.svg/500px-Nigeria_-_Abia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="734" /></a><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Abia State in Nigeria[</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Abia_State&params=5_25_N_7_30_E_region:NG_type:adm1st">5°25′N 7°30′E / 5.417°N 7.500°E / 5.417; 7.500</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_date_of_statehood" title="List of Nigerian states by date of statehood">Date created</a></th><td class="infobox-data">27 August 1991</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_capitals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state capitals">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Umuahia" title="Umuahia">Umuahia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Abia_State" title="Government of Abia State">Government of Abia State</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Abia_State" title="Governor of Abia State">Governor</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Otti" title="Alex Otti">Alex Otti</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Labour Party (Nigeria)">LP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_Abia_State" title="Deputy Governor of Abia State">Deputy Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ikechukwu_Emetu" title="Ikechukwu Emetu">Ikechukwu Emetu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Labour Party (Nigeria)">LP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abia_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Abia State House of Assembly">Abia State House of Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senators</a></th><td class="infobox-data">C: <a href="/wiki/Austin_Akobundu" title="Austin Akobundu">Austin Akobundu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>) N: <a href="/wiki/Orji_Uzor_Kalu" title="Orji Uzor Kalu">Orji Uzor Kalu</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>) S: <a href="/wiki/Enyinnaya_Abaribe" title="Enyinnaya Abaribe">Enyinnaya Abaribe</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Grand_Alliance" title="All Progressives Grand Alliance">APGA</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian House of Representatives">Representatives</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly_delegation_from_Abia#The_9th_National_Assembly_(2019–2023)" title="Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Abia">List</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6,320 km2 (2,440 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">32</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (2022 est)<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,143,100</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Abians</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">GDP (PPP)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">2021</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$22.83 billion<a href="#cite_note-C-GIDD_GDP-3">[3]</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">18th of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$5,351<a href="#cite_note-C-GIDD_GDP-3">[3]</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">9th of 36</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+01">UTC+01</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">WAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">440001</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dialing Code</th><td class="infobox-data">+234</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:NG" title="ISO 3166-2:NG">NG-AB</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> <a href="/wiki/Ibibio_language" title="Ibibio language">Ibibio</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2022)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.622<a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-4">[4]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style>medium · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">10th of 37</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abiastate.gov.ng/">abiastate.gov.ng</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Abia State (<a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a>: Ọra Abia) is a <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">state</a> in the <a href="/wiki/South_East_(Nigeria)" title="South East (Nigeria)">South-East geopolitical zone</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>. The state is bordered to the northwest by <a href="/wiki/Anambra_State" title="Anambra State">Anambra</a> State and to the northeast by the states of <a href="/wiki/Enugu" title="Enugu">Enugu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ebonyi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ebonyi">Ebonyi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">Imo State</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State">Cross River State</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom State</a> to the southeast, and <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a> to the south. Abia is the only Southeastern state that has boundaries with the other four Southeastern states in Nigeria.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> It takes its name from the acronym for four of the state's most populated regions: Aba, Bende, Isuikwuato, and Afikpo (Afikpo was later joined with a part of Enugu state to create Ebonyi state in 1996).<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> The state capital is <a href="/wiki/Umuahia" title="Umuahia">Umuahia</a> while the largest city and commercial centre is <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Nigeria" title="Aba, Nigeria">Aba</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Abia is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_area" title="List of Nigerian states by area">32nd largest state by area</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population" title="List of Nigerian states by population">the 27th most populous</a> with an estimated population of over 3,727,347 as of 2016.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Geographically, the state is divided between the <a href="/wiki/Niger_Delta_swamp_forests" title="Niger Delta swamp forests">Niger Delta swamp forests</a> in the far south and the drier <a href="/wiki/Cross%E2%80%93Niger_transition_forests" title="Cross–Niger transition forests">Cross–Niger transition forests</a> with some savanna in the rest of the State. Other important geographical features are the <a href="/wiki/Imo_River" title="Imo River">Imo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aba_River_(Nigeria)" title="Aba River (Nigeria)">Aba Rivers</a> which flow along the Abia's western and southern borders, respectively. Modern-day Abia State has been inhabited for years by various ethnic groups, but it is predominantly inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Igbo_people" title="Igbo people">Igbo people</a>. In the pre-colonial period, what is now Abia State was a part of <a href="/wiki/Arochukwu" title="Arochukwu">Arochukwu</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Aro_Confederacy" title="Aro Confederacy">Aro Confederacy</a> before the confederacy was defeated in the early 1900s by <a href="/wiki/British_troops" class="mw-redirect" title="British troops">British troops</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Aro_War" title="Anglo-Aro War">Anglo-Aro War</a>. After the war, the British incorporated the area into the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Nigeria_Protectorate" title="Southern Nigeria Protectorate">Southern Nigeria Protectorate</a> which later merged into <a href="/wiki/British_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nigeria">British Nigeria</a>; after the merger, Abia became a centre of anti-colonial resistance with the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_War" title="Women's War">Women's War</a> that started in <a href="/wiki/Oloko" title="Oloko">Oloko</a>. After independence in 1960, Abia was part of the post-independence <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Region,_Nigeria" title="Eastern Region, Nigeria">Eastern Region</a> until 1967 before the region was split and it became part of the <a href="/wiki/East_Central_State" title="East Central State">East Central State</a>. Less than two months afterwards, the former Eastern Region attempted to secede in the three-year long <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War" title="Nigerian Civil War">Nigerian Civil War</a> with Abia as a part of the secessionist state of <a href="/wiki/Biafra" title="Biafra">Biafra</a>. At the war's end and for the reunification of Nigeria, the East Central State was merged as one until 1976 when Imo State (including now-Abia) was formed by the <a href="/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed" title="Murtala Muhammed">Murtala Muhammed</a> regime. Fifteen years afterwards, Imo State was divided with eastern Imo being broken off to form the old Abia State; but in 1996, part of Abia's northeast was removed to form a part of the new <a href="/wiki/Ebonyi_State" title="Ebonyi State">Ebonyi State</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Economically, Abia State is based around the production of <a href="/wiki/Crude_oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Crude oil">crude oil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> along with agriculture, mainly cultivation of <a href="/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)" title="Yam (vegetable)">yams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taro" title="Taro">taro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oil_palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil palm">oil palm</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cassava" title="Cassava">cassava</a>. It has a high concentration of medium-scale manufacturing clusters in the city of <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Nigeria" title="Aba, Nigeria">Aba</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> With its fast growing population and industrialization, Abia has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index#2019" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">joint-eighth highest</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">Human Development Index</a> in Nigeria.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Azumini_Blue_River_in_Abia_state,_Nigeria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Azumini_Blue_River_in_Abia_state%2C_Nigeria.jpg/220px-Azumini_Blue_River_in_Abia_state%2C_Nigeria.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Azumini_Blue_River_in_Abia_state%2C_Nigeria.jpg/330px-Azumini_Blue_River_in_Abia_state%2C_Nigeria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Azumini_Blue_River_in_Abia_state%2C_Nigeria.jpg/440px-Azumini_Blue_River_in_Abia_state%2C_Nigeria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Azumini Blue River in Abia state, Nigeria</figcaption></figure> Abia State occupies about 4902 square kilometres. It is bounded on the north and northeast by the states of <a href="/wiki/Enugu" title="Enugu">Enugu</a> for about 25 km, and <a href="/wiki/Ebonyi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ebonyi">Ebonyi</a> for 70 km (43 miles), <a href="/wiki/Cross_River_State" title="Cross River State">Cross River State</a> for about 52 km (partly across Cross River) and <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom State</a> for 151 km (94 miles) to the east and southeast respectively, <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a> to the south and west for 87 km (54 miles), <a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">Imo State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anambra_State" title="Anambra State">Anambra</a> to the west for to the west in the vicinity of the Imo River) for about 18 km and about 104 km respectively. The southernmost part of the State lies within the <a href="/wiki/Niger_Delta_Swamp_Forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Niger Delta Swamp Forests">Niger Delta Swamp Forests</a>, while the rest of the state, lies within the <a href="/wiki/Cross%E2%80%93Niger_transition_forests" title="Cross–Niger transition forests">Cross–Niger transition forests</a>.<a href="#cite_note-EB-13">[13]</a> The southern portion gets <a href="/wiki/Rain" title="Rain">heavy rainfall</a> of about 2,400 millimetres (94 in) per year and it is intense between the months of April through October.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> The most important rivers in Abia State are the <a href="/wiki/Imo_River" title="Imo River">Imo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aba_River_(Nigeria)" title="Aba River (Nigeria)">Aba Rivers</a> which flow into the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> through Akwa Ibom State.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environmental_Issues">Environmental Issues</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Environmental Issues">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Solid_waste">Solid waste</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Solid waste">edit</a>]</div> Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) deals with the collection, storing, treatment and disposal of <a href="/wiki/Solid_waste" class="mw-redirect" title="Solid waste">solid waste</a>, to ensure that it does not affect humans, living things and the environment at large. There are factors that influences the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_solid_waste" title="Municipal solid waste">Municipal solid waste</a> generation such as income level, local climatic condition, <a href="/wiki/Urbanization" title="Urbanization">urbanization</a> and economic development.<a href="#cite_note-:1-16">[16]</a> MSW in Aba, Abia State is classified into; <ol><li>Domestic waste (waste from households, food centers, markets, and commercial premises)</li> <li>Industrial waste (excluding toxic waste that requires special handling)</li> <li>Institutional waste (waste from government establishments, schools, hospitals and recreational facilities</li></ol> In recent times, it was reported that aba and Umuahia generates up to two hundred and seventy truckloads of domestic and commercial waste daily. This information was made known to the public by Governor Alex Otti during his inauguration speech after taking the baton of government from the former governor, <a href="/wiki/Okezie_Ikpeazu" title="Okezie Ikpeazu">Okezie Ikpeazu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate">edit</a>]</div> Aba experiences a warm and gloomy <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">wet season</a> as well as a scorching and oppressive dry season. The <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperature</a> rarely drops below 61 °F (16 °C) or rises over 91 °F (33 °C) throughout the entire year, fluctuating between 68 and 88 °F (20 and 31 °C).<a href="#cite_note-:2-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> The beach/pool score indicates that the best time of year to visit Aba for hot-weather activities is from late November to early February.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> In Aba, the <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">rainy season</a> is warm and <a href="/wiki/Cloud" title="Cloud">cloudy</a>, the dry season is hot and largely gloomy, and the climate is uncomfortable all year long. The average annual temperature ranges from 68 °F to 88 °F, with occasional exceptions when it falls below 61 °F or rises over 91 °F.<a href="#cite_note-:2-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Since Aba experiences so small seasonal temperature variations, talking about the hot and cold seasons isn't very helpful.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_population">History and population</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History and population">edit</a>]</div> Abia State is one of the thirty-six States in Nigeria, and has about seventeen <a href="/wiki/Local_government_area" title="Local government area">Local Government Areas</a>, out of the 774 Local Government Areas that make up the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Republic of Nigeria">Federal Republic of Nigeria</a>. Abia State was created on the 27th of August 1991, during the government of General <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida" title="Ibrahim Babangida">Ibrahim Babangida</a>. The State is located in the south-eastern part of Nigeria. Abia state was created out of Imo State, and the two sister states share boundaries. Abia State is known as one of the constituent states of the Niger Delta region. The state has its capital at <a href="/wiki/Umuahia" title="Umuahia">Umuahia</a> while the commercial city of the state is Aba. Abia State is also referred to as God's own state. The name "Abia" is an abbreviation of four of Abia state's densely populated regions <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Abia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aba, Abia">Aba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bende,_Nigeria" title="Bende, Nigeria">Bende</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isuikwuato" title="Isuikwuato">Isuikwuato</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Afikpo" title="Afikpo">Afikpo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Igbo_people" title="Igbo people">Igbo people</a>, who are one of the indigenous peoples of the South-eastern part of Nigeria, make up 95% of the population. Their traditional language, <a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a>, is in widespread use. <a href="/wiki/Ibibio_language" title="Ibibio language">Ibibio</a> is spoken as a minority language, especially in <a href="/wiki/Arochukwu" title="Arochukwu">Arochukwu</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> English is also widely spoken and serves as the official language in governance and business. In Abia State over 3 million people are mainly <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> According to there are 689,668 Catholics (2020) in the Umuahia Diocese (1958) with 70 parishes under Bishop Michael Kalu Ukpong (2022) and Aba Diocese (1990) with 90 parishes under Bishop <a href="/wiki/Augustine_Echema" title="Augustine Echema">Augustine Ndubueze Echema</a> (2019), both suffragans of Archdiocese of Owerri.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure_and_economy">Infrastructure and economy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Infrastructure and economy">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">Crude oil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">gas</a> production is a prominent activity, as it contributes over 39% of the State's <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-30">[30]</a> However, the indigenous oil companies – through the Marginal Fields Programme (MFP) – have not found it easy to attract the requisite funding and infrastructural capacity, to explore some of the marginal oil fields which are about 50 in the State.<a href="#cite_note-www.channelstv.com-31">[31]</a> The manufacturing sector only accounts for 2% of the <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-30">[30]</a> The industrial centre of the state is in <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Abia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aba, Abia">Aba</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Textile" title="Textile">textile</a> manufacturing, <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical">pharmaceuticals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soap" title="Soap">soap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plastic" title="Plastic">plastics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cement" title="Cement">cement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Footwear" title="Footwear">footwear</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cosmetics" title="Cosmetics">cosmetics</a>.<a href="#cite_note-EB-13">[13]</a> In addition to the above, Abia State Government has just built a 9,000 capacity multipurpose International Conference Centre in Umuahia. This edifice of international standard was built by Governor <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Orji" title="Theodore Orji">T.A Orji</a>, to enhance tourism as well as boost the state economy, through hosting of major International and Local events. Representing 27% of the GDP,<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-30">[30]</a> agriculture – which employs 70%<a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-30">[30]</a> of the state workforce – is the second economic sector of Abia. With its adequate seasonal rainfall, Abia has much <a href="/wiki/Arable_land" title="Arable land">arable land</a> that produces <a href="/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)" title="Yam (vegetable)">yams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potato" title="Potato">potatoes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cashew" title="Cashew">cashews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plantain_(cooking)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plantain (cooking)">plantains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taro" title="Taro">taro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cassava" title="Cassava">cassava</a>.<a href="#cite_note-EB-13">[13]</a> <a href="/wiki/Oil_palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil palm">Oil palm</a> is the most important <a href="/wiki/Cash_crop" title="Cash crop">cash crop</a>.<a href="#cite_note-EB-13">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oil_and_gas_exploration">Oil and gas exploration</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Oil and gas exploration">edit</a>]</div> There are over 100 <a href="/wiki/Oil_well" title="Oil well">oil wells</a> and 3 installed flow stations in Abia State.<a href="#cite_note-www.channelstv.com-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-www.vanguardngr.com-32">[32]</a> There is also an associated gas plant, Abia/NNPC gas plant.<a href="#cite_note-www.vanguardngr.com-32">[32]</a> As of 2012, boundary Commission said it returned 42 oil wells from neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a> to Abia.<a href="#cite_note-www.vanguardngr.com-32">[32]</a> This would have meant Abia was r fourth largest oil-producing state in the country.<a href="#cite_note-www.vanguardngr.com-32">[32]</a> Oil giant, <a href="/wiki/Shell_Nigeria" title="Shell Nigeria">Shell</a>, holds most of the licenses for the wells in the State, and has concentrated on the estimated 50 wells that are considered high-yield.<a href="#cite_note-www.channelstv.com-31">[31]</a> The state produced 36,000 barrels of crude oil per day; "Imoturu produces 23,000 barrels per day and Isimili flow station produces over 8,000 barrels of crude oil per day.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Then four oil wells in Izaku go to Obigo flow station. About 30 oil wells from my village go to Umuri, and about eight oil wells from Umurie go to Afam", said Samuel Okezie Nwogu, Chairman of Abia State Oil Producing Development Area Commission (ASOPADEC). However, the State has complained of poor funding from its oil revenue federal allocation.<a href="#cite_note-www.vanguardngr.com-32">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Raw_Materials_in_Abia_State">Raw Materials in Abia State</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Raw Materials in Abia State">edit</a>]</div> Aside oil and gas deposits, the following solid minerals are also found across Abia State: <ul><li>Gold</li> <li>Lead/Zinc</li> <li>Limestone</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">Salt</a></li> <li>Kaolin</li> <li>Limestone <a href="#cite_note-:0-34">[34]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="University_and_colleges">University and colleges</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: University and colleges">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ab%E1%BB%8Ba_State_University_Mountain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ab%E1%BB%8Ba_State_University_Mountain.jpg/220px-Ab%E1%BB%8Ba_State_University_Mountain.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ab%E1%BB%8Ba_State_University_Mountain.jpg/330px-Ab%E1%BB%8Ba_State_University_Mountain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Ab%E1%BB%8Ba_State_University_Mountain.jpg/440px-Ab%E1%BB%8Ba_State_University_Mountain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="4160" /></a><figcaption>Abịa State University</figcaption></figure> There are six universities in the state: the federal-owned <a href="/wiki/Michael_Okpara_University_of_Agriculture" title="Michael Okpara University of Agriculture">Michael Okpara University of Agriculture</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> at <a href="/wiki/Umudike" title="Umudike">Umudike</a>,<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> the state-owned <a href="/wiki/Abia_State_University" title="Abia State University">Abia State University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Uturu" title="Uturu">Uturu</a>,<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> the privately-owned <a href="/wiki/Gregory_University" title="Gregory University">Gregory University</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> in <a href="/wiki/Uturu" title="Uturu">Uturu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhema_University" title="Rhema University">Rhema University</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Abia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aba, Abia">Aba</a>, Spiritan University in <a href="/wiki/Umu_Nneochi" class="mw-redirect" title="Umu Nneochi">Umu Nneochi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clifford_University" title="Clifford University">Clifford University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Owerrinta" title="Owerrinta">Owerrinta</a>, and Nigerian British University in Asa.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Other higher institutions of learning includes: Uma Ukpai Polytechnic, Asaga-Ohafia, <a href="/wiki/Abia_State_College_of_Education_(Technical)" title="Abia State College of Education (Technical)">Abia State College of Education (Technical)</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arochukwu" title="Arochukwu">Arochukwu</a>, Abia State College Of Health Sciences and Management Technology in <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Nigeria" title="Aba, Nigeria">Aba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temple_Gate_Polytechnic" title="Temple Gate Polytechnic">Temple Gate Polytechnic</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Nigeria" title="Aba, Nigeria">Aba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abia_State_Polytechnic" title="Abia State Polytechnic">Abia State Polytechnic</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> and the National Institute for Nigerian Languages, Aba, a federally-owned inter-university centre for the study and development of Nigerian Languages. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Transportation">edit</a>]</div> The nearest airport to Abia is <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mbakwe_Cargo_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport">Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport</a> (Owerri Airport), it is an hour drive to <a href="/wiki/Umuahia" title="Umuahia">Umuahia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Abia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aba, Abia">Aba</a>. It is two hours' drive to <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_International_Airport" title="Port Harcourt International Airport">Port Harcourt International Airport</a>. <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_Airport" title="Akwa Ibom Airport">Akwa Ibom Airport</a> (<a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom State</a>) can also serve would-be visitors. The distance between Uyo (Akwa Ibom) and <a href="/wiki/Umuahia" title="Umuahia">Umuahia</a> (Abia) is: 73.28 kilometres (45.53 mi). The <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport" title="Rail transport">rail transport</a> is also available in the state very effective. <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Abia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aba, Abia">Aba</a> is connected to <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt">Port Harcourt</a> by rail. Umuahia is connected to Aba and <a href="/wiki/Enugu_State" title="Enugu State">Enugu</a> by rail.<a href="#cite_note-EB-13">[13]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Coastal" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal">coastal</a> parts of the State are equally accessible using boats and canoes. Federal Highways are; <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A3_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A3 highway (Nigeria)">A3</a> northeast from <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt">Port Harcourt</a> (Rivers State) via Umuahia, <a href="/wiki/Umuokpara" title="Umuokpara">Umuokwara</a> (Imo State) and across the north of Abia State again via Lokpauku to <a href="/wiki/Enugu_State" title="Enugu State">Enugu State</a>,</li> <li>F103 east from <a href="/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_State" title="Akwa Ibom State">Akwa Ibom</a> via Ikot Ubo to <a href="/wiki/Oron_people" title="Oron people">Oron</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F104_highway_(Nigeria)" title="F104 highway (Nigeria)">F104</a> from Aba via Azumini, Etinam, and Ndiya to F103 at Ikot Ubo,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F107_highway_(Nigeria)" title="F107 highway (Nigeria)">F107</a> from Umuahia via Bende to F234 in Ohafia,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F108_highway_(Nigeria)" title="F108 highway (Nigeria)">F108</a> from Arochukwu, in the southeast, via Ikot Okpora and Orira to A4,</li> <li>F112 the Okigwe-Afikpo road east from <a href="/wiki/Imo_State" title="Imo State">Imo State</a> via Okigwe to <a href="/wiki/Ebonyi_State_International_Airport" title="Ebonyi State International Airport">Ebonyi State</a>.</li></ul> Other major roads includes; <ul><li>Southeast from Okigwe to Amiyi-Uhu (Ogboro Junction) to Amaba</li> <li>The Ahaba-Umunekwu east and south from Amaba as the Ohafia-Ogo Ubi-Agu Eze Rd to join the Umuahia-Ohafia Rd,</li> <li>The Umuahia Rd south to Akwa Ibom,</li> <li>The Obohia-Azumini Rd east to Akwa Ibom,</li> <li>North from A3 at Uzuaku to Owaza (Rivers State),</li> <li>The Asa-Akwere-Obohia Rd west from A3 at Obehie Junction to Owaza</li> <li>The Eberi-Umu Uyo Rd southwest from A6 at Umuvo to Rivers State.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Religion">edit</a>]</div> The residents of Abia state are predominantly <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Churches">Churches</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Churches">edit</a>]</div> Umuahia Catholic Diocese (1958) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dumuh.html">[1]</a> with 70 parishes is under Bishop Michael Kalu Ukpong (2022) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bukpong.html">[2]</a> and Aba Diocese (1990) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dabaa.html">[3]</a> with 90 parishes under Bishop Augustine Ndubueze Echema (2019) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bndec.html">[4]</a>, both suffragans of Owerri Archdiocese. The Aba Province of Anglican Church of Nigeria led by Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Nwaobia" title="Isaac Nwaobia">Isaac Nwaobia</a> (2019) comprises the nine Dioceses of <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Aba" title="Anglican Diocese of Aba">Aba</a> led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Christian_Ugwuzor" title="Christian Ugwuzor">Christian Ugwuzor</a> (2011), <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Aba_Ngwa_North" title="Anglican Diocese of Aba Ngwa North">Aba Ngwa North</a> (2007) led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Kanu" title="Nathan Kanu">Nathan Kanu</a> (2009), <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Arochukwu/Ohafia" title="Anglican Diocese of Arochukwu/Ohafia">Arochukwu/Ohafia</a> led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Onuoha" title="Johnson Onuoha">Johnson Onuoha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Ikwuano" title="Anglican Diocese of Ikwuano">Ikwanuo</a> led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Chigozirim_Onyegbule" title="Chigozirim Onyegbule">Chigozirim Onyegbule</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Isiala-Ngwa" title="Anglican Diocese of Isiala-Ngwa">Isiala Ngwa</a> led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Temple_Nwaogu" title="Temple Nwaogu">Temple Nwaogu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Isiala-Ngwa_South" title="Anglican Diocese of Isiala-Ngwa South">Isial-Ngwa South</a> (2007) led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Nwaobia" title="Isaac Nwaobia">Isaac Nwaobia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Isikwuato" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Diocese of Isikwuato">Isikwuato</a> (2005) led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Manasses_Chijiokem_Okere" title="Manasses Chijiokem Okere">Manasses Chijiokem Okere</a> (2013), <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Ukwa" title="Anglican Diocese of Ukwa">Ukwa</a> (1994) led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Kelechi_Eze" title="Samuel Kelechi Eze">Samuel Kelechi Eze</a> (2004), and <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Umuahia" title="Anglican Diocese of Umuahia">Umuahia</a> led by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Obijuru_Ibeabuchi" title="Geoffrey Obijuru Ibeabuchi">Geoffrey Obijuru Ibeabuchi</a> (2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://anglican-nig.org/our-provinces/ecclesiastical-province-of-aba/">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Languages">Languages</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Languages">edit</a>]</div> Below is a list of Languages of Abia State organised by the LGA:<a href="#cite_note-e22-43">[43]</a> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>LGA</th> <th>Languages </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arochukwu" title="Arochukwu">Arochukwu</a></td> <td>Igbo, Ibibio </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Umuahia_South" title="Umuahia South">Umuahia South</a></td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Umuahia_North" title="Umuahia North">Umuahia North</a></td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikwuano" title="Ikwuano">Ikwuano</a></td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isuikwuato" title="Isuikwuato">Isuikwuato</a></td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ukwa_West" title="Ukwa West">Ukwa West</a></td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aba South</td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aba North</td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Isiala Ngwa North</td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Isiala Ngwa South</td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Obingwa" title="Obingwa">Obingwa</a></td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Umu-Nneochi" class="mw-redirect" title="Umu-Nneochi">Umunneochi</a></td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ugwunagbo</td> <td>Igbo </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ukwa East</td> <td>Igbo </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Politics">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Abia_State_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Abia State Government">State Government</a> is led by a democratically elected <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Abia_State" title="Governor of Abia State">Governor</a> who works closely with members of the state's <a href="/wiki/Abia_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Abia State House of Assembly">House of Assembly</a>. The capital city of the state is <a href="/wiki/Umuahia" title="Umuahia">Umuahia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> and there are 17 local government areas in the state. <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Renovated_Abia_State_House_of_Assembly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Renovated_Abia_State_House_of_Assembly.jpg/300px-Renovated_Abia_State_House_of_Assembly.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Renovated_Abia_State_House_of_Assembly.jpg/450px-Renovated_Abia_State_House_of_Assembly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Renovated_Abia_State_House_of_Assembly.jpg/600px-Renovated_Abia_State_House_of_Assembly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="544" /></a><figcaption>Abia State House of Assembly, Nigeria</figcaption></figure> At statehood in 1991, Abia was ruled by <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Babangida" title="Ibrahim Babangida">Ibrahim Babangida</a>-appointed Military Administrator <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ajobena" title="Frank Ajobena">Frank Ajobena</a> before <a href="/wiki/Ogbonnaya_Onu" title="Ogbonnaya Onu">Ogbonnaya Onu</a> was <a href="/wiki/1991_Abia_State_gubernatorial_election" title="1991 Abia State gubernatorial election">elected</a> governor later that year under the <a href="/wiki/Third_Nigerian_Republic" title="Third Nigerian Republic">Third Nigerian Republic</a>. Onu governed for nearly two years before <a href="/wiki/Sani_Abacha" title="Sani Abacha">Sani Abacha</a> ended the Third Republic and reinstated full military rule. Under the Abacha regime, three more Military Administrators (<a href="/wiki/Chinyere_Ike_Nwosu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinyere Ike Nwosu">Chinyere Ike Nwosu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Temi_Ejoor" title="Temi Ejoor">Temi Ejoor</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Moses_Fasanya" title="Moses Fasanya">Moses Fasanya</a>) were appointed before Abacha's death and the accession of <a href="/wiki/Abdulsalami_Abubakar" title="Abdulsalami Abubakar">Abdulsalami Abubakar</a>. Abubakar appointed one more Military Administrator, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Obi" title="Anthony Obi">Anthony Obi</a>, before starting the transition to democracy in 1998. In 1999, Nigeria returned to democracy, and <a href="/wiki/Orji_Uzor_Kalu" title="Orji Uzor Kalu">Orji Uzor Kalu</a> was <a href="/wiki/1999_Abia_State_gubernatorial_election" title="1999 Abia State gubernatorial election">elected</a> governor on the platform of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">People's Democratic Party</a>. Consequently, he was sworn in on 29 May 1999. In 2003, when it was time for fresh elections, Kalu re-contested on the platform of the PDP and <a href="/wiki/2003_Abia_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2003 Abia State gubernatorial election">got a second mandate</a> to govern (the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Nigeria" title="Constitution of Nigeria">Constitution of Nigeria</a> limits Governors to two terms in office). At the end of Kalu's term in 2007, <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Orji" title="Theodore Orji">Theodore Orji</a> (<a href="/wiki/Progressive_Peoples_Alliance" title="Progressive Peoples Alliance">PPA</a>) defeated <a href="/wiki/Onyema_Ugochukwu" title="Onyema Ugochukwu">Onyema Ugochukwu</a> (PDP) in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Abia_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2007 Abia State gubernatorial election">2007 gubernatorial election</a>, to become Abia's next Governor. In 2011, Theodore Orji defected from the PPA to the PDP before being <a href="/wiki/2011_Abia_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2011 Abia State gubernatorial election">re-elected</a> for another four-year term later that year. In 2015, <a href="/wiki/Okezie_Ikpeazu" title="Okezie Ikpeazu">Okezie Ikpeazu</a> (PDP) was <a href="/wiki/2015_Abia_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2015 Abia State gubernatorial election">voted in</a> as the ninth Governor of Abia State.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> Four years later, he won <a href="/wiki/2019_Abia_State_gubernatorial_election" title="2019 Abia State gubernatorial election">re-election</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Uchechukwu_Sampson_Ogah" class="mw-redirect" title="Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah">Uche Ogah</a> of the <a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">All Progressives Congress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Otti" title="Alex Otti">Alex Otti</a> of <a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Grand_Alliance" title="All Progressives Grand Alliance">APGA</a> to be sworn in as Governor for a second term on 29 May 2019.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> In Abia State, 70 percent of politicians belong to the PDP.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 2023, Alex Otti of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Labour Party (Nigeria)">Labour Party Nigeria</a> (LP) emerged as the eleventh governor of the state having defeated the candidate of the PDP in a fiercely contested race.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Electoral system">edit</a>]</div> The electoral system of each state is selected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two -third of the State local government Areas. If no candidate passes threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government Areas.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Government_Areas">Local Government Areas</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Local Government Areas">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Abia_State" title="List of villages in Abia State">List of villages in Abia State</a></div> Abia State is made up of seventeen (17) <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">Local Government Areas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> They are: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 10em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aba_North" title="Aba North">Aba North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aba_South" title="Aba South">Aba South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arochukwu" title="Arochukwu">Arochukwu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bende,_Abia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bende, Abia">Bende</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikwuano" title="Ikwuano">Ikwuano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiala_Ngwa_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Isiala Ngwa North">Isiala Ngwa North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiala_Ngwa_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Isiala Ngwa South">Isiala Ngwa South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isuikwuato" title="Isuikwuato">Isuikwuato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obi_Ngwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Obi Ngwa">Obi Ngwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohafia" title="Ohafia">Ohafia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osisioma_Ngwa" title="Osisioma Ngwa">Osisioma Ngwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugwunagbo" title="Ugwunagbo">Ugwunagbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukwa_East" title="Ukwa East">Ukwa East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukwa_West" title="Ukwa West">Ukwa West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umuahia_North" title="Umuahia North">Umuahia North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umuahia_South" title="Umuahia South">Umuahia South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umu_Nneochi" class="mw-redirect" title="Umu Nneochi">Umu Nneochi</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditional_rulers">Traditional rulers</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Traditional rulers">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Title</th> <th>Ethnic Group</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Class</th> <th>LGAs</th> <th>Palace </th></tr> <tr> <td>Eze OHA 4th of Aba</td> <td>Ngwa</td> <td>Raymond D Ogbonna</td> <td></td> <td>Aba South</td> <td>Eziukwu Aba Autonomous Community </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ochiudo 1 Aba Ukwu</td> <td>Ngwa</td> <td>Jonathan U. oguejiofor (JP): Justice of Peace of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abia State</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> Oru 1 of Oru Onyerubi</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Oboro_(Nigeria)" title="Oboro (Nigeria)">Oboro</a></td> <td>Eze Ralph Ukachi Ogbonna</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ikwuano" title="Ikwuano">Ikwuano</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ndoro_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ndoro (town)">Oru Oboro Autonomous Community</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Osimiri III Aba</td> <td>Ngwa</td> <td>Eze (Barrister) Sunday Emejiaka</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aba_South" title="Aba South">Aba South</a></td> <td>Aba </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eze Aro</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Arochukwu" title="Arochukwu">Arochukwu</a></td> <td>Mazi Ogbonnaya Vincent Okoro (Eze Aro III)</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arochukwu" title="Arochukwu">Arochukwu</a></td> <td>Oro Arochukwu </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ugwumba 1 Ndida Ozaar</td> <td>Asa / Asa</td> <td>Eze Samuel Chukwuemeka Agu</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ukwa_West" title="Ukwa West">Ukwa West</a></td> <td>Umuebulungwu, Ndida Ozaar Autonomous Community </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ike 1 Ikeisu</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Isu_people" title="Isu people">Isu</a></td> <td>Augustine O. Igwe (Ike I)</td> <td>?</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arochukwu" title="Arochukwu">Arochukwu</a></td> <td>Ikeisu (Utugiyi) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ezeala III Ngwa</td> <td>Ngwa</td> <td>Eze Edward Enwereji</td> <td>?</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osisioma_Ngwa" title="Osisioma Ngwa">Osisioma Ngwa</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ugo Oha (Eze) Etiti Mgboko Umuanunu</td> <td>Ngwa</td> <td>Ngozi Ibekwe</td> <td>1</td> <td>Obi ngwa</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eze Ukwu 1 Ngwa-Ukwu</td> <td>Ngwa</td> <td>Benard Enweremadu</td> <td>1</td> <td>Isiala Ngwa</td> <td>Ngwa Ukwu Kingdom. The ancestral home of Ngwa Land. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nya 1 Nunya</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / Oguduasaa</td> <td>M.E. Ihevume</td> <td>?</td> <td>Isuikwuato</td> <td>Nunya Autonomous Community </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ossah-Ibeku (Eze) Umuahia<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / Osaa</td> <td>Nze Hope Onuigbo</td> <td>X</td> <td>X</td> <td>Umuahia Amibo, Nsukwe </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eze Uturu</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Uturu" title="Uturu">Uturu</a></td> <td>A.E. Ude</td> <td>?</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isuikwuato_Local_Government_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Isuikwuato Local Government Area">Isuikwuato</a></td> <td>Uturu </td></tr> <tr> <td>Igbojiakuru (Eze) Alayi</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Alayi" title="Alayi">Alayi</a></td> <td>Ukeje Philip</td> <td>?</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bende,_Nigeria" title="Bende, Nigeria">Bende</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alayi" title="Alayi">Ndi Elendu, Amaeke Alayi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Awu (Eze) Isuamawu</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Isuikwuato" title="Isuikwuato">Isuikwuato</a></td> <td>Surveyor Chris E Aboh, FNIS</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isuikwuato_Local_Government_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Isuikwuato Local Government Area">Isuikwuato</a></td> <td>Eluama Isuama </td></tr> <tr> <td>Enachioken Abiriba</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Abiriba" title="Abiriba">Abiriba</a></td> <td>Kalu Kalu Ogbu</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohafia" title="Ohafia">Ohafia</a></td> <td>Abiriba </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ohanyere I Ohiya</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Umuahia" title="Umuahia">Umuahia</a></td> <td>Eze Abel E. Uhuegbu</td> <td>?</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Umuahia_South" title="Umuahia South">Umuahia South</a></td> <td>Umueze, Ohiya </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eze Ohanyere I Ahiaba Ubi</td> <td>Ngwa</td> <td>Eze D.O. Ogbuisi</td> <td>?</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isiala_Ngwa_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Isiala Ngwa North">Isiala Ngwa North</a></td> <td>Abia </td></tr> <tr> <td>EZE TOWE 1 Umutowe.</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> /</td> <td>Eze G. C Onwuka</td> <td>?</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Umuahia_South" title="Umuahia South">Umuahia South</a></td> <td>Abia </td></tr> <tr> <td>Okaa Omee I Amaikwu, Abia</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> /</td> <td>Uche Nwamarah</td> <td>?</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Umuahia_South" title="Umuahia South">Umuahia South</a></td> <td>Abia </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ezeudo II Amaitolu Ovungwu Auto. Comm.</td> <td>Ngwa</td> <td>Eze Prof. <a href="/wiki/Emeka_Joseph_Otagburuagu" title="Emeka Joseph Otagburuagu">Emeka Joseph Otagburuagu</a></td> <td>?</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isiala_Ngwa_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Isiala Ngwa South">Isiala Ngwa South</a></td> <td>Abia </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Ehi II" Ehi na Uguru Auto. Comm, Umuguru</td> <td>Ngwa</td> <td>Eze E. E. Eluwa</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isiala_Ngwa_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Isiala Ngwa South">Isiala Ngwa South</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Ochi 1" Ochi na Isuochi. Comm, Umunneochi</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igbo_language" title="Igbo language">Igbo</a> / <a href="/wiki/Umu_Nneochi" class="mw-redirect" title="Umu Nneochi">Umu Nneochi</a></td> <td>HRM EZEKWESIRI</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Umu_Nneochi" class="mw-redirect" title="Umu Nneochi">Umu Nneochi</a></td> <td>Abia </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_tourism">Culture and tourism</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Culture and tourism">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Inside_View_Amakama_living_Tree_with_a_Wooden_Cave_in_Abia_State,_Nigeria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Inside_View_Amakama_living_Tree_with_a_Wooden_Cave_in_Abia_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg/220px-Inside_View_Amakama_living_Tree_with_a_Wooden_Cave_in_Abia_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Inside_View_Amakama_living_Tree_with_a_Wooden_Cave_in_Abia_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg/330px-Inside_View_Amakama_living_Tree_with_a_Wooden_Cave_in_Abia_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Inside_View_Amakama_living_Tree_with_a_Wooden_Cave_in_Abia_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg/440px-Inside_View_Amakama_living_Tree_with_a_Wooden_Cave_in_Abia_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2730" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Inside View Amakama living Tree with a Wooden Cave in Abia State, Nigeria</figcaption></figure> Tourist destinations include: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arochukwu" title="Arochukwu">Arochukwu</a>, which is associated with slave trade.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></li> <li>Azumini Blue River waterside<a href="#cite_note-Abia_State_Current_Affairs-52">[52]</a></li> <li>The Amakama wooden cave; a hollow tree that can accommodate up to twenty people.<a href="#cite_note-Abia_State_Current_Affairs-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></li> <li>Caves located in the north, ranging from Umunneochi to Arochukwu.</li> <li>Traditional festivals and dances</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_War_Museum,_Umuahia" title="National War Museum, Umuahia">National War Museum, Umuahia</a> and <a href="/wiki/C._Odumegwu_Ojukwu" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Odumegwu Ojukwu">Ojukwu</a> Bunker in Umuahia</li> <li>Museum of Colonial History in Aba<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></li> <li>Akwete” cloth weaving at Ukwa-East LGA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohafia" title="Ohafia">Ohafia</a> War Dancers<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a></li> <li>Amafor-Isingwu biannual Iza aha ceremony<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></li> <li>Ekpe Festival in Umuahia<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Abia_State&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable people">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abai_Ikwechegh" title="Abai Ikwechegh">Abai Ikwechegh</a> – Jurist<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acho_Nwakanma" title="Acho Nwakanma">Acho Nwakanma</a> – Former Deputy Governor of Abia State</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adaobi_Tricia_Nwaubani" title="Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani">Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani</a> – novelist and essayist<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Wabara" title="Adolphus Wabara">Adolphus Wabara</a> – Former Senate President of Nigeria.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akwaeke_Emezi" title="Akwaeke Emezi">Akwaeke Emezi</a> – novelist<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Mascot_Ikwechegh" title="Alex Mascot Ikwechegh">Alex Mascot Ikwechegh</a>, politician, businessman and philanthropist<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexx_Ekubo" title="Alexx Ekubo">Alexx Ekubo</a>, Nollywood actor and Top Model<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Otti" title="Alex Otti">Alex Otti</a> – Banking Expert and Present Governor of Abia State.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvan_Ikoku" title="Alvan Ikoku">Alvan Ikoku</a>, OBE educationist (1900–1971)<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anya_Oko_Anya" title="Anya Oko Anya">Anya Oko Anya</a>, technocrat and academic<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Nwosu" title="Ashley Nwosu">Ashley Nwosu</a> – Former Nigerian Actor<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arunma_Oteh" title="Arunma Oteh">Arunma Oteh</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> – Former World Bank Vice President and Treasurer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azubuike_Ihejirika" title="Azubuike Ihejirika">Azubuike Ihejirika</a> – Lt. General and former Chief of Army Staff<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azubuko_Udah" title="Azubuko Udah">Azubuko Udah</a> – Former Deputy-Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketmouth" title="Basketmouth">Basketmouth</a> – comedian<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Kalu" title="Benjamin Kalu">Benjamin Kalu</a> – politician and member of the House of Representatives<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blessing_Nwagba" title="Blessing Nwagba">Blessing Nwagba</a> – Female Politician<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bright_Chimezie" title="Bright Chimezie">Bright Chimezie</a> – Highlife Musician<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchi_Atuonwu" title="Buchi Atuonwu">Buchi Atuonwu</a> – Gospel Artiste<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Eze" title="Chelsea Eze">Chelsea Eze</a> – award-winning Nollywood actress<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chidi_Imoh" title="Chidi Imoh">Chidi Imoh</a> – Athlete<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chijioke_Nwakodo" title="Chijioke Nwakodo">Chijioke Nwakodo</a> – Politician<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chika_Chukwumerije" title="Chika Chukwumerije">Chika Chukwumerije</a> – Olympic Taekwondo Medalist (Beijing 2008); 3-time Olympian; first Black African Olympic Medalist in the Martial Arts.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chika_Okeke-Agulu" title="Chika Okeke-Agulu">Chika Okeke-Agulu</a> – Art historian.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinedu_Ikedieze" title="Chinedu Ikedieze">Chinedu Ikedieze</a> – award-winning Nollywood actor,<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinedum_Enyinnaya_Orji" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji">Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji</a> – Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinweizu_Ibekwe" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinweizu Ibekwe">Chinweizu Ibekwe</a> – Renowned essayist, poet, and journalist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinyere_Almona" title="Chinyere Almona">Chinyere Almona</a> – business executive<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinyere_Kalu" title="Chinyere Kalu">Chinyere Kalu</a> – Nigeria's first female pilot.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Agomo" title="Chioma Agomo">Chioma Agomo</a> – Professor of Law</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Onyekwere" title="Chioma Onyekwere">Chioma Onyekwere</a> – Nigeria's Discus Champion.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chioma_Toplis" title="Chioma Toplis">Chioma Toplis</a> – Nollywood Actress.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chisom_Chikatara" title="Chisom Chikatara">Chisom Chikatara</a> – Professional Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christy_Ucheibe" title="Christy Ucheibe">Christy Ucheibe</a> – Female Nigerian Professional Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuku_Wachuku" title="Chuku Wachuku">Chuku Wachuku</a> – Statesman and former Director-General of Nigeria's NDE: National Directorate of Employment<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Kanu" title="Christopher Kanu">Christopher Kanu</a> – Former Nigerian Professional Footballer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Osondu" title="Christopher Osondu">Christopher Osondu</a> – Former Navy Captain and Military Administrator of Cross River State</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chukwuemeka_Ngozichineke_Wogu" title="Chukwuemeka Ngozichineke Wogu">Chukwuemeka Ngozichineke Wogu</a> – Former Minister of Labour and Productivity</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ohiagu" title="Clifford Ohiagu">Clifford Ohiagu</a> – Politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Kanu_(politician)" title="Daniel Kanu (politician)">Daniel Kanu</a> – Nigerian-American Politician.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dike_Chukwumerije" title="Dike Chukwumerije">Dike Chukwumerije</a> – Award-winning Novelist, Poet, Public Speaker and Spoken-word artiste.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> Listed on 100 most influential Africans.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebitu_Ukiwe" title="Ebitu Ukiwe">Ebitu Ukiwe</a> – former Military Vice President; Former Governor of Niger and Lagos States.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ejike_Asiegbu" title="Ejike Asiegbu">Ejike Asiegbu</a>- Nollywood Veteran actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ejikeme_Ikwunze" title="Ejikeme Ikwunze">Ejikeme Ikwunze</a> – Sports Journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Ugolee" title="Emma Ugolee">Emma Ugolee</a> – Media Personality and Author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Acho" title="Emmanuel Acho">Emmanuel Acho</a> – Former American Football Player; Analyst at Fox Sports 1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emeka_Ananaba" title="Emeka Ananaba">Emeka Ananaba</a> – Former Deputy Governor of Abia State</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eni_Njoku" title="Eni Njoku">Eni Njoku</a> – pioneer Vice Chancellor, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Lagos" title="University of Lagos">University of Lagos</a> and first black Vice Chancellor, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nigeria" title="University of Nigeria">University of Nigeria</a> Nsukka.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enyinnaya_Abaribe" title="Enyinnaya Abaribe">Enyinnaya Abaribe</a> – Senator and former Deputy Governor<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucharia_Oluchi_Nwaichi" title="Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi">Eucharia Oluchi Nwaichi</a> – Environmental biochemist, Soil Scientist, and Toxicologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezinne_Kalu" title="Ezinne Kalu">Ezinne Kalu</a>, Female Basketballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_Nmecha" title="Felix Nmecha">Felix Nmecha</a> – Professional Football Player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortunatus_Nwachukwu" title="Fortunatus Nwachukwu">Fortunatus Nwachukwu</a> – Catholic Prelate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ezeh" title="Francis Ezeh">Francis Ezeh</a> – Professional Football Player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Onyeka" title="Frank Onyeka">Frank Onyeka</a>— Professional Football Player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godswill_Obioma" title="Godswill Obioma">Godswill Obioma</a> – Former National Examination Council Registrar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifu_Ennada" title="Ifu Ennada">Ifu Ennada</a> – Actress, Fashion Designer, and Former Big Brother Naija Housemate.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iheanacho_Obioma" title="Iheanacho Obioma">Iheanacho Obioma</a> – Politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IK_Ogbonna" title="IK Ogbonna">IK Ogbonna</a>, Nollywood Actor and Top Model<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ike_Ibeabuchi" title="Ike Ibeabuchi">Ike Ibeabuchi</a>, Professional Boxer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ike_Nwachukwu" title="Ike Nwachukwu">Ike Nwachukwu</a>, military officer, former state governor, diplomat, former senator and former chairman of the governing board of <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Institute_of_International_Affairs" title="Nigerian Institute of International Affairs">Nigerian Institute of International Affairs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikechi_Uko" title="Ikechi Uko">Ikechi Uko</a>- Renowned travel consultant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikechukwu_Uche" title="Ikechukwu Uche">Ikechukwu Uche</a> – Former Nigerian Professional Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikeogu_Oke" title="Ikeogu Oke">Ikeogu Oke</a> – Author, Journalist, and Award-winning Poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Nwaobia" title="Isaac Nwaobia">Isaac Nwaobia</a> – Anglican Bishop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivy_Uche_Okoronkwo" title="Ivy Uche Okoronkwo">Ivy Uche Okoronkwo</a> – First Female Deputy Inspector General of Police<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Martins" title="J. Martins">J. Martins</a>, Afro-pop artiste<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaja_Wachuku" title="Jaja Wachuku">Jaja Wachuku</a> – First Minister of Foreign Affairs in Nigeria, First indigenous Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria and first Nigerian Permanent representative to the UN.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Irukwu" title="Joe Irukwu">Joe Irukwu</a> – Nigeria's First Professor of Insurance.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Kachi_Benson" title="Joel Kachi Benson">Joel Kachi Benson</a>, documentary film maker.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Godson" title="John Godson">John Godson</a> – Polish lawmaker and philanthropist.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Aguiyi-Ironsi" title="Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi">Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi</a> – Nigeria's Military Officer and former Head of State.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josaiah_Ndubuisi_Wachuku" title="Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku">Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku</a> – Former Eze of Ngwa land.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Kalu" title="Joyce Kalu">Joyce Kalu</a> – Nollywood Actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalu_Uche" title="Kalu Uche">Kalu Uche</a> – Former Nigerian Professional Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalu_Idika_Kalu" title="Kalu Idika Kalu">Kalu Idika Kalu</a> – former Finance Minister and politician<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalu_Ikeagwu" title="Kalu Ikeagwu">Kalu Ikeagwu</a> – Movie Actor and Writer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalu_Ndukwe_Kalu" title="Kalu Ndukwe Kalu">Kalu Ndukwe Kalu</a> – Political scientist and Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science and National Security Policy at Auburn University</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelechi_Emeteole" title="Kelechi Emeteole">Kelechi Emeteole</a> – Former Nigerian Professional Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Omeruo" title="Kenneth Omeruo">Kenneth Omeruo</a> – Nigerian Professional Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Ejiofor" title="Linda Ejiofor">Linda Ejiofor</a> – Nollywood Actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lukas_Nmecha" title="Lukas Nmecha">Lukas Nmecha</a> – Professional Football Player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mao_Ohuabunwa" title="Mao Ohuabunwa">Mao Ohuabunwa</a>, industrialist and politician<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lazarus" title="Mary Lazarus">Mary Lazarus</a> – Nollywood Actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Okpara" title="Michael Okpara">Michael Okpara</a> – premier of Nigeria's Eastern Region from 1959 to 1966<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ezuruonye" title="Mike Ezuruonye">Mike Ezuruonye</a> – Award-winning Nollywood actor.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Raw" title="Mr Raw">Mr Raw</a> – <a href="/wiki/Igbo_rap" title="Igbo rap">Igbo rap</a> music pioneer<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Kanu" title="Nathan Kanu">Nathan Kanu</a> – Anglican Bishop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ndubuisi_Kanu" title="Ndubuisi Kanu">Ndubuisi Kanu</a> – Former Governor of Lagos State and old Imo State.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkechi_Blessing_Sunday" title="Nkechi Blessing Sunday">Nkechi Blessing Sunday</a> – Nollywood actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkechi_Justina_Nwaogu" title="Nkechi Justina Nwaogu">Nkechi Justina Nwaogu</a> – Two Time Senator Abia Central Senatorial District and Immediate Past Pro Chancellor University of Calabar.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkiru_Sylvanus" title="Nkiru Sylvanus">Nkiru Sylvanus</a> – Awarding winning Nollywood actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nnamdi_Kanu" title="Nnamdi Kanu">Nnamdi Kanu</a> – founder of the <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_People_of_Biafra" title="Indigenous People of Biafra">Indigenous People of Biafra</a> (IPOB), a separatist group.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nnamdi_Udoh" title="Nnamdi Udoh">Nnamdi Udoh</a> – Aeronautical Engineer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ndubuisi_Ekekwe" title="Ndubuisi Ekekwe">Ndubuisi Ekekwe</a> – Notable Inventor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nnenna_Elendu_Ukeje" title="Nnenna Elendu Ukeje">Nnenna Elendu Ukeje</a> – Female Politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nwabueze_Nwokolo" title="Nwabueze Nwokolo">Nwabueze Nwokolo</a> – British Lawyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nwankwo_Kanu" title="Nwankwo Kanu">Nwankwo Kanu</a> – Two-time African Footballer of the year and <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal FC</a> legend.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OC_Ukeje" title="OC Ukeje">OC Ukeje</a> – Lagos-based Multiple Award Winning Nollywood actor<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogbugo_Kalu" title="Ogbugo Kalu">Ogbugo Kalu</a> – Renowned Army Officer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oji_Umozurike" title="Oji Umozurike">Oji Umozurike</a>, professor of law<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ojo_Maduekwe" title="Ojo Maduekwe">Ojo Maduekwe</a> – Former Nigerian Politician.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okechukwu_Enelamah" title="Okechukwu Enelamah">Okechukwu Enelamah</a> – former Minister for Trade and Investment (2015–2019)<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okezie_Ikpeazu" title="Okezie Ikpeazu">Okezie Ikpeazu</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> – Former Abia State Governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olu_Oguibe" title="Olu Oguibe">Olu Oguibe</a> – Professor of art at the University of Connecticut and senior fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oluchi_Onweagba" title="Oluchi Onweagba">Oluchi Onweagba</a> – International model and first winner of M-Net Face of Africa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onwuka_Kalu" title="Onwuka Kalu">Onwuka Kalu</a> – Business Mogul and co-founder of Fidelity Union Merchant Bank</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onyema_Ogbuagu" title="Onyema Ogbuagu">Onyema Ogbuagu</a> – Medical Researcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onyema_Ugochukwu" title="Onyema Ugochukwu">Onyema Ugochukwu</a> – First Executive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orji_Uzor_Kalu" title="Orji Uzor Kalu">Orji Uzor Kalu</a> – chairman, SLOK Group; Former State Governor and one time Founder of <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Peoples_Alliance" title="Progressive Peoples Alliance">Progressive People's Alliance (PPA)</a>; Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Atuma" title="Pascal Atuma">Pascal Atuma</a> – Canadian-Nigerian actor, screenwriter, film producer, director and CEO/Chairman TABIC Record Label. born in Ikwuano Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Ojigwe" title="Pascal Ojigwe">Pascal Ojigwe</a> – Nigerian former professional footballer and Abia State Commissioner of Sports.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Agbai_Ogwuma" title="Paul Agbai Ogwuma">Paul Agbai Ogwuma</a> – former Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruggedman" title="Ruggedman">Ruggedman</a>, Afro-Rap artiste.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a><a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2Shotz" title="2Shotz">2Shotz</a>, AfroRap Artiste<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Acho" title="Sam Acho">Sam Acho</a> – ESPN Sports Analyst and Veteran American Football Player.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Ohuabunwa" title="Sam Ohuabunwa">Sam Ohuabunwa</a> – Founder of Neimeth Pharmaceutical and Former President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Achilefu" title="Samuel Achilefu">Samuel Achilefu</a> – Notable Inventor<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Chukwueze" title="Samuel Chukwueze">Samuel Chukwueze</a> – Nigeria National Team football player<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Kalu" title="Samuel Kalu">Samuel Kalu</a> – Nigerian Professional Footballer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Mba" title="Sunday Mba">Sunday Mba</a> – Nigerian Professional Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Orji" title="Theodore Orji">Theodore Orji</a> – former State Governor and a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uche_Jombo" title="Uche Jombo">Uche Jombo</a>, award-winning Nollywood actress.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uche_Chukwumerije" title="Uche Chukwumerije">Uche Chukwumerije</a> – 3-time Senator of Fed Rep of Nigeria; Former Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture; Former Biafran Minister of Information; Publisher Afriscope Magazine.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uche_Elendu" title="Uche Elendu">Uche Elendu</a> – Nollywood actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uche_Okechukwu" title="Uche Okechukwu">Uche Okechukwu</a> – former Nigerian Team footballer<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uchechukwu_Sampson_Ogah" class="mw-redirect" title="Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah">Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah</a> – Businessman and Politician<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uchenna_Ikonne" class="mw-redirect" title="Uchenna Ikonne">Uchenna Ikonne</a> – Academic and Public Administrator<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uchenna_Kanu" title="Uchenna Kanu">Uchenna Kanu</a> – Female Nigerian Professional Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ude_Oko_Chukwu" title="Ude Oko Chukwu">Ude Oko Chukwu</a> – Deputy Governor of Abia State</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Ugochukwu" title="Ugo Ugochukwu">Ugo Ugochukwu</a> — Professional motorsports racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Ukpai" title="Uma Ukpai">Uma Ukpai</a> – Evangelist.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urum_Kalu_Eke" title="Urum Kalu Eke">Urum Kalu Eke</a> — Former GMD FirstBank Holdings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzo_Asonye" title="Uzo Asonye">Uzo Asonye</a> – Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzodinma_Iweala" title="Uzodinma Iweala">Uzodinma Iweala</a> – US-based medical doctor and author of the book <a href="/wiki/Beasts_of_No_Nation" title="Beasts of No Nation">Beasts of No Nation</a>.<a 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