Ihembosi is a town in

Anambra State Anambra State is a Nigerian state, located in the southeastern region of the country. The state was created on August 27, 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State to the south, Enugu State to the east and Kogi State ...

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, Located 20 miles south-east of the city of

Onitsha Onitsha ( or just ''Ọ̀nị̀chà'') is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria. A metropolitan city, Onitsha is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. ...

and 7 miles south of

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. It is under

Ekwusigo Ekwusigo is a Local Government Area in Anambra State, south-central Nigeria. Towns that make up the local government are Ozubulu, Oraifite, Ichi and Ihembosi. Schools Here is the list of secondary schools in Ekwusigo Local Government Area: * Comm ...

local government Area of Anambra State. Ihembosi shares boundaries with

Okija Okija is the largest town in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State in Southeast Nigeria. The town is the oldest of all the towns in Ihiala local government area, and one of the biggest towns in Igboland. The people of Okija are predominantly Christians. Ok ...

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and

Ozubulu Ozubulu is a larger town in Anambra State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Ekwusigo Local Government Area. The town has an official Post Office. Its neighbouring towns are Nnewi, Ukpor, Ihembosi, Okija and Oraifite. Native religion is Om ...

. The community is in Anambra South Senatorial Zone of Anambra State and has erosion challenges that have been there for many years, causing loss of lives and properties. The community also celebrates cultural activities like the New Yam festival. Ihembosi has many schools and colleges with a community library that serves the whole community. The community also has participated in as well as benefitted from different literacy and development activities.

Schools in Ihembosi

Community Secondary School, Ihembosi Central School, Ihembosi Ubahu community school Community Primary School, Ihembosi Wisdom secondary school

Community development and Engagement in Ihembosi

Ihembosi community has benefitted from different community information, development and engagement in recent years. In 2019 the Anambra State Library Board, in partnership with Gran Hermano Academy, Awka, organized Cancer work in Ihembosi in commemoration of

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celebrated every 4th of February throughout the world. The programme was taken to Ihembosi to create awareness on cancer and healthy living. In another development, Ihembosi community benefits from literacy activities organized by the

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, library organizations and

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(NGO). The secondary schools in Ihembosi joined other schools in Anambra State in a reading and spelling bee competition where they took the third position. During the 2021

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, Ihembosi Branch Library organized a literacy activities for the school children in the community. The schools and children of Ihembosi have benefitted from one of their sons Dr. Ebuka Onunkwo who donated 10 million naira for the scholarship of 10 university students from his home town Ihembosi. The senior students in Community Secondary School Ihembosi also enjoy the free education through Dr. Ebuka Onunkwo who has been paying their school fee, WAEC and NECO exam since 2009 to date. Over 600 students have benefitted from this gesture.

Erosion Menace in Ihembosi

Ihembosi is one of the communities in Anambra state that has the challenge of

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distin ...

. It is stated that erosion has taken over 12,000 hectares of land at an alarming speed. This was caused by the delay in constructing the Ihembosi – Ozubulu -Ukpor roads which were contracted in 2016 but abandoned until recently. Thus, the uncontrolled flood from the heavy rain causes heavy erosion in the community. Because of this menace, many lives have been lost while properties worth millions of naira are also lost in the erosion. The eight communities that are affected by the flood are Umuabo, Umunakwa, Uhualor, Chiekenta, Otukwe, Onucha, Ubahu and Umuohi. The members of these communities are relocating to other towns. The youngest community, Umuohi has lost 90% of its land to erosion.

References

{{Reflist Anambra, Nigeria Populated places in Anambra State