Warri South West

Warri South West is a Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria. It was created in 1997 and has its headquarters in Ogbe Ijoh an Ijaw community. It has an estimated land area of 1,722 km² and a population of 116,681 from the census of 2006 but this population has grown since then.

Warri South West
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Delta State
Headquarters	Ogbe ijaw
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Warri Southwest is home to the Itsekiri and Ijaw ethnic groups in Delta State. The Itsekiris inhabit Ugborodo, Bateren, Ogidigben, Madangho. while the Ijaws who are the majority inhabit Ogbe-ijoh, Gbaramatu, Isaba and Diebiri and other communities.

Politically, the Itsekiris currently have six wards (Aja-udaibo, Akpakpa, Madangho, Ogidigben, Orere and Ugborodo), whereas the Ijaws have four wards (Gbaramatu, Isaba, Ogbe-ijoh and Oporoza). This LGA boasts of some of the largest proven oil and gas reserves in Delta State and the Niger Delta.

Operation has commenced in the Phase one the Escravos Gas to Liquid project and in March 2015 another $16 Billion gas project was commissioned. In addition, the Nigerian Maritime University is located in Okerenkoko, with take-off Campus at Kurutie.

In the presence of the wealth of natural resource, the LGA has suffered huge impact of resource extraction and communal disputes but in the past years it has emerged a state place for business and development.

The postal code of the area is 332.[1] [2]

References

1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
2. "Warri South West L.G.A Polling Units/Wards". Media Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

See also

• Warri