Orumba North

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Country Nigeria Time zone WAT (UTC+1)		State Anambra State

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

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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

Orumba North Wikipedia

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