Ogbia is a
Local Government Area of
Bayelsa State
Bayelsa is one of the states in the South-South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta region. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation. Yena ...
in the
Niger Delta
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region of
Nigeria
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. Its headquarters is in the town of Ogbia in the south of the area at .
It has an area of 695 km and a population of 179,926. It is well known for its historic value to the today
Nigerian
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state
economy
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mainstay, i.e., its
oil industry
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, being the local government area encompassing
Oloibiri the first place
oil
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was discovered on Sunday 15 January 1956.
The
postal code
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of the area is 562.
Ogbia is also the name of a subgroup of the
Ijaw nation. The Ogbia people, speak the
Ogbia language, a unique Ijaw dialect. The Ogbia people who inhabit the Ogbia local
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...
of
Bayelsa
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have close kinship and language ties with the Okoroma people of
Nembe
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local government of
Bayelsa
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; the Odual people of
Abua/Odual local government of
Rivers state
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as well as the
Ogbogolo people of
Ahoada
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-West in
Rivers state
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.
The present political
headquarters of the Ogbia people, is Ogbia town; a town conceptualized and founded in 1972 by the Ogbia brotherhood. It also serves as the local government
headquarters.
The inhabitants of Ogbia land are mainly
fishermen
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Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishers and fish farmers. Fishers may be professional or recreati ...
and farmers. Former Nigerian president
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
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was born in
Otuoke, Ogbia. The first civilian governor of the old
Rivers state
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, Chief
Milford Obiene Okilo was also from Emakalakala in Ogbia. According Alagoa (2009) King Amakiri, the first king of modern
Kalabari kingdom
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(1669-1757) came from Emakalakala in Ogbia.
''Ogbia Communities/Town
*Ogbia
*Imiringi
*Elebele
*Kolo 1
*Kolo 2
*Kolo 3
*Emeyal 1
*Emeyal 2
*Otuasega
*Oruema
*Emakalakala
*Eboh
*Obeduma
*Akipelai
*Otuagbagi
*
Otuoke
*Otakeme
*
Oloibiri
* Abobiri
* Opume
* Otuogori
*
Idema
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*Otuokpoti
*
Anyama
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Villages in the sub- ...
*Onuebum
*Ewema
*Otuabulla 1
*Otuabulla 2
*Ologi
*Otuedu
*Okodi
*Ayakoro
*Otuobhi
References
Local Government Areas in Bayelsa State
Ijaw states
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