Buguma

Buguma City Asari
City
Buguma City Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 4°44′N6°52′E / 4.733°N 6.867°E / 4.733; 6.867
Country	Nigeria
State	Rivers State
Government
• Type	Local Government Council Headquarter
• Chairman/Mayor	Hon. Engr. Sule Amachree Ph.D
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
• Summer (DST)	+1 GMT
Nigerian Postal Code	504101

Buguma City is a larger town in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Asari-Toru Local Government Area and base of the Kalabari Kingdom, a Nigerian traditional state.

The town has an official post office and a big set of commercial fish ponds set up by the state government^{[ citation needed ]}. The current mayor, popularly addressed as chairman, of the LGA, which Buguma City is the headquarters, is Hon. Engr. Sule Amachree Ph.D ^[1]

It is also home to the great King Amachree of the Kalabari kingdom. ^[2]

In 1983, Buguma was designated a city by the Government of Melford Okilo and that status subsists to date. ^[3]

Notable people

• Hilda Dokubo
• Taribo West
• Tam David-West
• Rex Lawson

References

1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
2. "King of Buguma and Kalabari nation". Kalabari Nation. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
3. The Official Gazette of Rivers State of Nigeria No. 16, published in Port Harcourt on the 25th of August 1983 referred to “Buguma City Council”; the only other City Council after Port Harcourt City Council.