Okwagbe is a town in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Okwagbe is an Urhobo town. It is a two-in-one town with two sub regions namely: Okwagbe Inland and Okwagbe Waterside. It is a commercial town located on the right bank of River Forcados almost midway between Bomadi and Burutu. It has the largest local market in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It has a population of about 250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand).
Map of Okwagbe, Nigeria
In the government of the town, each of the two sub regions that make up the town has a chairman and an eldest man who are the authorities in the town who administer it in a democratic setting, holding town Assembly in their town halls. Sometimes they hold the Assembly together. The eldest men and the chairmen are assisted by Vice Chairmen, Spokesmen, Secretaries, Treasurers and others elected in a town Assembly. The town is famous for the production of fish, palm oil and palm kernel, cassava, rubber and the distilling of gin. It is undergoing urbanization very fast. It has two large government schools and over five private ones. It has a large government secondary school with a population of over 2000 with a catchment area of more than seven communities spread up to 12 kilometers. It also has up to four private secondary schools. It has three clinics and health centers. It has a police post and an army post. The hospitality of the people, the commercialization and security of the town as well as the abundant opportunities for investment in it has attracted many people to settle in the town.
Okwagbe is 98% Christian while the 2% believe in African traditions which, of course is fast going into extinction. Okwagbe also has some traditional religious festivals which is celebrated annually by those who believe in it. Okwagbe is less fetish.
In the 2012 flood that ravaged the entire nation of Nigeria, Okwagbe had her fair share. It was submerged in water to about 65% of the entire community(Inland & Waterside). St. Vincent's College Okwagbe served as the first settlement site for flood victims, housing not only Okwagbe indigenes but people from the surrounding communities.
Okwagbe is known for its peaceful co-existence with her neighbours. However, no Okwagbe indigene is known nationally in the political space. There is a total relegation in terms of appointing her indigenes into the national political appointive positions.