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Orogwe is a community in
Bethesida Specialist Hospital offering world class medical services and periodic free medicare. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, disclosed that the free medicare outreach was part of the social services of the hospital designed to bring specialist treatment and professional medical advice to the grassroots.
Orogwe is made up of the following village heads; Umueze, Ubah, Umuafom, Umunjanwoke, Amato and Umunnomo. Culturally, they are noted for Uri Opi and Okorosha masquerade dances. The present square for the Okorosha dance group of Amato called Ama Mbutu was a rendezvous where church services used to hold for St Marks Church before it moved to the Eke Orogwe axis of today.
Orogwe is predominantly a christian community.Christianity in Orogwe was founded by a returned freed slave named Ojure who was a CMS Missionary from Bonny Island sent by his church to a meeting at Onitsha but recognized his village for which he was subsequently sent to begin Christian activities there from which St Marks Anglican Church was eventually planted. St Marks Anglican Church became the mother church for other Anglican churches in Ndegwu,Amakohia-Ubi,Agwa,Akabo,Ejemekwuru,Ogbaku and Oguta.At a time all these Anglican churches were part and parcel of the revered Orogwe Parish of the Anglican Diocese of Owerri.Orogwe Archdeaconry is the presently the most senior Archdeaconry of the Anglican Diocese of Owerri. The present Diocese on the Lake Oguta is an extract from the former Orogwe parish or later Orogwe Achdeaconry.
File:Eke Orogwe Market.jpg, Eke Orogwe market
File:View of Eke Orogwe Market Across the Owerri Onitsha Road.jpg, View of Eke Orogwe Market Across the Owerri Onitsha Road
File:Orogwe Umunwoha Judiciary - Customary court.jpg, Orogwe Judiciary Court
Owerri West
Owerri West is a Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Umuguma. Owerri West Local Government is administered under the terms of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Elections to the office ...
local government of Imo state
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in Nigeria
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.
History
Orogwe is a member of the famous and legendary Umuoha Ofo Ise autonomous community; one of the five sons of the legend Oha in the thenIgbo
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* Igbo people, an ethnic group of Nigeria
* Igbo language, their language
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* Ibo (disambiguation)
* Igbo mythology
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* Igbo-Ukwu, a ...
land of eastern Nigeria.
Culture and landmarks
The spoken language isIgbo
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and the population is predominantly Christian.
The Onitcha-Owerri express road cuts across the community 7 km before the famous control-post roundabout in Owerri Municipal
Owerri Municipal is a Local Government Area in Imo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the city of Owerri. It has an area of 58 km² and a population of 127,213 according to the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 460. Owerri city s ...
. The community is bounded by the following neighbouring communities; Ndegwu
Ndegwu is a community in the Owerri West Local Government area of Imo State.
The community is subdivided into five villages which includes; Umuekerekpu, Umuahum, Umuezu, Umuomara and Umuogwuta. Each of these villages has at least eight kindreds. ...
in the west, Ohii in the east, Ogbaku in the north and Irette in the south.
Notable institutional landmarks are Prisima hotel, Eke Orogwe market, the community primary and secondary schools, Protocol IT Academy, St. Mark's Anglican church Orogwe, Chelsea lodge hotel, Orogwe community primary health centre and customary court, and the Okpokija petrol filling station etc.
Bethesida Specialist Hospital offering world class medical services and periodic free medicare. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, disclosed that the free medicare outreach was part of the social services of the hospital designed to bring specialist treatment and professional medical advice to the grassroots.
Orogwe is made up of the following village heads; Umueze, Ubah, Umuafom, Umunjanwoke, Amato and Umunnomo. Culturally, they are noted for Uri Opi and Okorosha masquerade dances. The present square for the Okorosha dance group of Amato called Ama Mbutu was a rendezvous where church services used to hold for St Marks Church before it moved to the Eke Orogwe axis of today.
Orogwe is predominantly a christian community.Christianity in Orogwe was founded by a returned freed slave named Ojure who was a CMS Missionary from Bonny Island sent by his church to a meeting at Onitsha but recognized his village for which he was subsequently sent to begin Christian activities there from which St Marks Anglican Church was eventually planted. St Marks Anglican Church became the mother church for other Anglican churches in Ndegwu,Amakohia-Ubi,Agwa,Akabo,Ejemekwuru,Ogbaku and Oguta.At a time all these Anglican churches were part and parcel of the revered Orogwe Parish of the Anglican Diocese of Owerri.Orogwe Archdeaconry is the presently the most senior Archdeaconry of the Anglican Diocese of Owerri. The present Diocese on the Lake Oguta is an extract from the former Orogwe parish or later Orogwe Achdeaconry.
Economy
The locals are predominantly peasant farmers, comprising a population of about 10,000 people. Some of the educated locals have migrated to Nigerian urban cities and overseas for greener pastures and to actualise their career dreams.Politics
The community is governed by the laws of the federal republic of Nigeria and government of Imo state. The community has a president general at the helm of affairs of the community development union. The currentEze
Eze (pronounced ) is an Igbo word which means King. Such words as Igwe and '' Obi'', plus others, are used by Igbo people as titles of respect and homage to the Eze. Igwe is derived from the Igbo word ''Igwekala'' or ''Eluigwekala'', "the sky or ...
of Orogwe community is Eze Oha II Emma Ike Ejiogu.
References
{{Populated places of Imo State Populated places in Imo State