Orumba North

Orumba North is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, East-central Nigeria.

Orumba North
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Anambra State
Population  (2006)
• Total	172,405
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Towns

The 16 major towns that make up the local government are as follows;

• Awgbu,
• Omogho,
• Ndiokpalaeze,
• Ndiokolo,
• Amaetiti,
• Ndiokpalaeke,
• Okoh,
• Nanka,
• Ndiukwuenu,
• Awa,
• Ndikelionwu,
• Ajalli,
• Ufuma,
• Amaokpala,
• Ndiowu, and
• Okpeze.

It is a region with markedly fertile land for agriculture with prominent products around rice, yam, cassava, and palm oil. Most of the population are subsistence farmers and traders. There is also a large student community as a result of the presence of a Federal Polytechnic located at Okoh.

Schools

Here is the list of secondary schools in Orumba North Local Government Area:

• Community High School, Nanka
• Community Secondary School, Nanka
• Community Secondary School, Oko
• Community Secondary School, Ndikelionwu
• Community Secondary School, Ndiowu
• Community Secondary School, Ufuma
• Community Secondary School, Enugwuabor Ufuma
• Community Secondary School, Awgbu
• Community High School, Awgbu
• Awgbu Grammar School, Awgbu
• Community Secondary School, Ajali
• Community Secondary School, Omogbo
• Community Secondary School, Awa

Notable people

Notable people from Orumba Local Government Area include:

• Professor Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike, educationist and author who hails from Ndikelionwu where he is now a traditional King.
• Professor Humphrey Nwosu, from Ajali town, Chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON)
• Dr. Alex Ekwueme, from Okoh town, a scion of the Royal House of Okoh, politician, architect and former Vice-president of Nigeria.

Ufuma is particularly popular in the South Eastern part of Nigeria because it had offered sanctuary to fleeing Biafran warlords during the final days of the Nigerian-Biafran conflict.

References

• LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN ANAMBRA STATE dated July 21, 2007; accessed October 4, 2007