Ogu–Bolo

Ogu/Bolo
LGA
Nickname(s): Ogu Apu Tonye Mie
Motto(s): Unity, Service and Development
Country Nigeria
State Rivers State
Date created 1st October 1996
Seat Ogu
GovernmentOne of the 24 designated Urban Towns carved out in 1987 by the Rivers State Government
 • Type local government
 • Chairman Rev. Francis Ada Ebenezer Onye[1]
Area
 • Total 34 sq mi (89 km2)
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)

Ogu–Bolo (also spelled Ogu/Bolo) is a Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ogu.

It has an area of 89 km² and a population of 74,683 at the 2006 census. This is an area belonging to the Ogu–Bolo people.

The postal code of the area is 504.[2]

Villages

Satellite villages and fishing settlements include: Tende Ama, Ada Ama I, Ada Ama II, Tamuno Ama (Ofunguru Ama), Yude Ama, New Ogu (Kporo Ama), Chuku Ama, Nemieboka Ama, Igafe Ama, Tendefe Ama, Olobulo Ama, Brown Ama, Afaka Ama, Agakien Ama, Daso Ama, Owukiri Ama, Omodarani Ama, Piri Ama, Ogobo Ama, Iwomabie Ama, Ogweinbie Ama, Owupele Ama, Fombo Ama, Siere Ama, Ogugu-Chuku Ama, Igbikiyemieari Ama, Tububie Ama, Orubie Ama, Anigoboka Ama, Atubonacheofoin-a Ama, Nyanabo Ama, Ogonotoru Ama, Ilanga/Yikabo Ama, Febie Ama, Amabara Ama, Adufe Ama, Chuku Ama II, Ikikafipiri Ama, Olomusoko Ama, Ikpokiri I, Ikpokiri II, Ikpokiri III (Wharf), Tombikuku, Owugono, Ibiorika Kiri, Ibiebele Kiri, Orabere Kiri, Yikabo Kiri, Gream Kiri, Odo Kiri, Abereniboye Kiri, Adokiye kiri, Owuapuigbiki Kiri, Kulo Kiri, Sani Kiri, Apanatibo Kiri, IpiangbafibumoKiri, Bumo Kiri, Semenibipi/Iyo Kiri, Ichi Kiri, Adolphus Nemieboka Kiri, Niniapukiri, Agakien Kiri, Otobipi Kiri, Mbi Kiri, Fulobele Kiri, Mgbemgbeboko (Fubara Kiri) and others in the Eastern Niger Delta.

Leading people

  • Traditional ruler = HRH King Nicholas Dickson Ibiebele Nimenibo Loko IX
  • Most prominent War Canoe House = Loko Royal War Canoe House headed by Chief Josiah Atemie-Loko
  • Prominent War Canoe Houses and Chiefs = AMGBARA War canoe House Chief Amb. SMK TARIBO
  • Other current leaders & prominent persons:
    • Senator George Thompson Sekibo
    • Evans Bipi (House of Assembly)
    • Boma Iyaye (Commissioner)
    • DIG Helen Alli Adeyemi (Police)
    • Prominent Academician - Pastor, Assoc. Professor Williams Aminadokiari Samuel Abomaye-Nimenibo, Ph.D Economics

References

  1. ↑ "Ogu/Bolo Caretaker Chairman Inaugurates Committee Members". nationalnetworkonline.com. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  2. ↑ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  • Abomaye-Nimenibo,W.A.S.; Abomaye-Nimenibo, Comfort Tamunobarasinpiri; Minabere, Harry Abomaye-Nimnibo (2017): The Socio-Economic Dilemma And Challenges Of Population Growth Of Ogu Urban Town As A Nigerian Rural Community; Global Journal of Management and Business Research, E. Marketing, Volume 17, Issue 4, Version 1.0; December 23, 2017.

Abomaye-Nimenibo, Williams Aminadokiari Samuel(2018):The Socio-Economic and Pathological Effects of Youth Unemployment in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Authority Area of Rivers State, Nigeria; Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: E Economics, Volume 18, Issue 3 Version 1.0 Year 2018; Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN:0975-587X



[1]Assoc. Prof Abomaye-Nimenibo, W.A.S.

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