Country Nigeria Time zone WAT (UTC+1) | State Imo State | |
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Ohaji/Egbema is an oil-rich Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is Mmahu-Egbema. It has an area of 890 km² and a population of 182,538 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 464.
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Location
The local council lies in the south-western part of Imo State. It shares common boundaries with Owerri in the East, Oguta LGA in the North and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni in Rivers State in the South-west.
Oil and Gas Exploration
There are presence of such major Oil producing and servicing companies including Shell Nigeria, Chevron Corporation, Agip and many others in the council area.
Agriculture
Besides Oil and Gas exploration, Ohaji/Egbema is in the rich agricultural zone of Imo State. Agriculture is the mainstay of the people. Faming, Fishing, Palm Oil processing, Hunting, and animal husbandry are vigorously practiced. A good number of big companies, government agencies and voluntary organizations have established farms in the various areas of the local government. There is Adapalm (Nig) Ltd at Ohaji, Rubber Estate at Obitti, forest Reserve at Ekugba etc. These serve as tourism attraction centers for visitors to the area.
Egbema Power Station
A Power Plant project was initiated at Mmahu Egbema in 2006 under President Olusegun Obasanjo to ameliorate the sufferings of many Imo State communities. To ensure resumption of work at the power project abandoned for more than 5 years, the administration of Rochas Okorocha who showed displeasure at the state of the project visited the site in June 2015. The governor's visit was to mobilise the contractors handling the project back to site as well as ensure speedy completion of the project within 10 (ten) months. The power plant planned for installed capacity of 380.7MW (ISO) and 338MW (Net), when completed would act as an enabler for Industrialization and creation of jobs in Imo State.
Demographics
Ohaji/Egbema has the following 16 autonomous communities: Egbema, Umuagwo, Oloshi, Umunkwaku, Obile, Obitti, Mgbirichi/Alakuru, Opuoma, Assa, Awarra, Ikwerede, Umuokanne, Obiakpu, Ohoba, Obosima, Mmahu..