Ohaji/Egbema

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Ohaji/Egbema
LGA
CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
State Imo State
Time zone UTC+1 (WAT)
National language Igbo
Ohaji/Egbema

Ohaji/Egbema is an oil-rich Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. It is headquartered in Mmahu-Egbema. Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area as presently constituted was created by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida's administration in the August 27, 1991 presidential proclamation, created out of the former Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta L.G.A . Ohaji/Egbema comprises three political districts: Ohaji East, Egbema North, and Ohaji West. The Ohaji-Egbema local government has seventeen autonomous communities, namely Egbema, Umuagwo, Oloshi, Umunkwaku, Obile, Obitti, Mgbirichi/Alakuru, Opuoma, Assa, Awarra, Ikwerede, Umuokanne, Obiakpu, Ohaba, Obosima, Mmahu, and Obuomadike. [1]

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The postal code of the area is 464. [2]

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. [3]

Egbema Power Station

A Power Plant project was initiated at Mmahu Egbema in 2006 under President Olusegun Obasanjo [4] to ameliorate the sufferings of many Imo State communities. To ensure resumption of work at the power project abandoned for more than five years, [5] 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 ten months.

The power plant, planned for an installed capacity of 380.7MW (ISO) and 338MW (Net), [6] when completed would act as an enabler for industrialization and creation of jobs in Imo State. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ohaji/Egbema LGA". Awarra Court Area, Ohaji/Egbema LGA. 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  2. ↑ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  3. ↑ "HISTORICAL AND BACKGROUND OF Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area". egelevictor.wordpress.com. EgeleVictor. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  4. ↑ "Egbema Generation Company Limited". nipptransactions.com. National Integrated Power Project (NIPP Transactions), Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  5. ↑ "Okoracha Displeased With State Of Egbema Power Station Project". channelstv.com. Channels, Nigeria. July 2, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
  6. ↑ "Egbema Power Plant". ndphc.net. Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), Nigeria. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  7. ↑ "Imo Urges Ohaji/Egbema Communities To see Power Plant As Development". dailyindependentnig.com. Daily Independent, Nigeria. Retrieved 2015-11-29.


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