Port Harcourt Local Government Area (PHALGA) is a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

of Rivers State in southern Nigeria. It is one of the 23 local government areas created for the state. Its administrative seat is located in Port Harcourt. Although the local government consists of two different ethnic groups the Ikwerre and Obulom (Abuloma).

Geography

Port Harcourt local government area is included in the

Greater Port Harcourt Greater Port Harcourt (also called Greater Port Harcourt City) is a metropolitan area currently under construction in Rivers State, Nigeria. It comprises the local government areas of Port Harcourt, Oyigbo, Okrika, Ogu–Bolo, Obio-Akpor, Ikwer ...

region. It is situated southeast of Ahoada and about northwest of Bori. It is bounded to the south by Okrika, to the east by Eleme, to the north by Obio-Akpor and to the west by Degema. It has a total size of 109 square kilometres (42 sq mi).

Towns, urban communities and neighbourhoods

* Azuabie Town * Abuloma * Agip * Amadi Ama *

Borokiri Borokiri (also spelled Borikiri) is a neighborhood of the city of Port Harcourt situated just south of Old GRA in Rivers State, Nigeria. It lies at latitude 4.749° N and longitude 7.035° E. The neighborhood is bounded by Ahoada Street to th ...

* Bundu Ama * D-line * Diobu * Eagle Island * Elekahia * Fimie Ama * Marine Base *

New GRA The New Government Reserved Area (New GRA) is an upper middle class mixed-use neighborhood of Port Harcourt, the capital and largest city in Rivers State. Geography New GRA is bordered by D-line and Diobu to the south, Rumueme to the west, Ru ...

* Nkpogu * Nkpolu Oroworukwo * Ogbunabali *

Old GRA The Old Government Reserved Area (Old GRA) is a neighborhood of the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State in Nigeria. It was primarily inhabited by European settlers during colonial times and was then referred to as the ''European quarters''. Old ...

* Old Port Harcourt Township * Oroabali * Oroada * Orochiri * Orogbum * Orolozu * Oromeruezimgbu * Oroworukwo * Oromineke * Ozuboko Ama *

Rebisi Rebisi is a traditional kingdom of the Ikwerre people in what is today Nigeria. It is located in Port Harcourt (local government area) and comprises the localities of Oroabali, Orolozu, Orogbum, Oroworukwo, Orochiri, Oromeruezimgbu and Oroada. As a ...

* Rumukalagbor * Rumuobiekwe * Rumuwoji * Tere-Ama * Okuru-Ama

Demographics

The total population in the area was last recorded at 638,360 people in 2011 from 538,558 in 2006.

Government

The local government area is part of the

Rivers East Senatorial district Rivers East senatorial district is one of the three senatorial districts in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is currently represented by George Thompson Sekibo (from the People's Democratic Party). District profile The Rivers East senatorial district has ...

consisting 20 electoral wards. The Mayor, who is the highest-ranking official in the Port Harcourt local government is elected by popular vote and presides as both head of wards and head of the local government council.

Wards

* Abuloma-Amadi Ama (20) * Diobu (ward) * Elekahia (ward) * Mgbundukwu (1) * Mgbundukwu (2) * Nkpolu Oroworukwo (ward) * Nkpolu Oroworukwo (2) * Ochiri-Rumukalagbor * Ogbunabali (ward) * Oroabali (ward) * Orogbum (ward) * Oromineke-Ezimgbu * Oroworukwo (ward) * Port Harcourt Township * Port Harcourt Township VI * Port Harcourt VII * Rumuobiekwe (ward) * Rumuwoji (1) * Rumuwoji (2) * Rumuwoji (3)

List of mayors of Port Harcourt

The following list shows the mayors of Port Harcourt: * Ezeonyekaibeya Orji Ogbu *

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* Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa *

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* Chimbiko Akarolo *

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Education

Tertiary

Rivers State University Rivers State University (RVSU or RSU), formerly Rivers State University of Science and Technology (UST or RSUST), is a university located in the Diobu (Mile III) area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. As of 2021, the vice chancello ...

currently has its main campus at Nkpolu Oroworukwo, although plans are in progress to relocate the institution to a new 524-acre (212 ha) site within the Greater Port Harcourt urban centre.

Primary and secondary

Many private schools including some government schools are located in and around this area. Primary education in many cases starts at the age of 4 for majority of Riverians. Students spend five or six years in primary school and graduate with a school leaving certificate. At the secondary level, students spend six years, that is 3 years of JSS (Junior Secondary School), and 3 years of SSS (Senior Secondary School). The following are primary (elementary) and secondary schools (high schools) operating within the Port Harcourt local government area: * Staff School Abuloma *

Baptist High School Baptist High School, often abbreviated as BHS, is a prominent Single-sex education, all-boys secondary school in Nigeria. The school is located in the Borokiri neighbourhood of Port Harcourt, Rivers State and was founded in the late 1940s. BHS w ...

Bereton Montessori Nursery and Primary School Bereton Montessori Nursery and Primary School is a Private school, private, mixed-sex education school in Rivers State, Nigeria. The school has campuses in Old GRA, Port Harcourt, Old GRA and Stadium Road in Port Harcourt. As its name suggests, th ...

Emarid College Emarid College is a private co-educational Christian institution. Emarid College was founded in September 1992. The school has its campuses in both Port Harcourt city and Igwuruta in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìj ...

Faith Baptist College Faith Baptist College (FBC) is a private, Christian, coeducational secondary school. It is located in the Old GRA neighborhood of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It is owned and operated by the Faith Baptist Church of the Nigerian Ba ...

Government Comprehensive Secondary School Government Comprehensive Secondary School (GCSS) is the premier comprehensive secondary school in Nigeria. It is located in the Borokiri neighbourhood of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria. The school was established through the ...

* Graceland International School, Elekahia *

Greenoak International School Greenoak International School (GIS) is a private primary and secondary school located in New GRA, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The school caters for children of all nationalities from 5 through to 16 years of age. GIS Primary was founded in Sept ...

Holy Rosary College Holy Rosary College (previously known as ''Holy Rosary Secondary School''), is a Roman Catholic, all-girls secondary school in Old GRA, a neighborhood of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria. History It was established in 1956 a ...

* Halle College * Methodist Girls High School * Federal Government Girls College, Abuloma *

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* St. Mary's Catholic Model High School *

Starlets Academy Starlets Academy is a school located in Old GRA, Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria. It has both a secondary and primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Afri ...

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Stepping Stone Educational Centre Stepping Stone Educational Centre is a private school for boys and girls located in the neighbourhood of D-line in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It offers pre-elementary, elementary, junior high school, and senior high school level education. H ...

Tantua International Group of Schools Tantua International Group of Schools is a private, coeducational day and boarding school located in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It is situated within Elekahia Housing Estate, directly adjacent to the Liberation Stadium on stadium road Rumuomasi. ...

* Doic Early Learning Centre, Elekahia *

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Notable people

* Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike, current Governor of Rivers State *

Emmanuel C. Aguma Emmanuel Chinwenwo Aguma (died 10 August 2018) was a Nigerian politician and lawyer from Rivers State, a long-term member People's Democratic Party. He was the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice in the state. Between 2000 and 2002 Aguma ...

, lawyer, Attorney General of Rivers State * Chibuike Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State *

Worgu Boms Worgu Boms (born 31 March 1968) is a Nigerian lawyer and a former Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice. Education Boms went to State School Elekahia, Port Harcourt and Government Secondary School, Eneka. He had his tertiary e ...

, lawyer * Agbani Darego, model and fashion designer * Finidi George, soccer player *

Chinyere Igwe Chinyere Emmanuel Igwe (born 18 September 1965) is a politician of the People's Democratic Party from Rivers State, Nigeria. He is the current Commissioner of Urban Development, having been sworn in on 18 December 2015. He is also a former membe ...

, political figure *

Patience Jonathan Dame Patience Faka Jonathan (''née'' iwari)(born 25 October 1957) is a Nigerian civil servant who served as the First Lady of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015 and second lady of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. She is the wife of former president and Vice p ...

(born 1957), former First Lady of Nigeria *

Austin Opara Austin Adiele Opara , (born 29 August 1963) is a Nigerian politician of the People's Democratic Party. He was raised in Diobu, Port Harcourt and is of the Ikwerre tribe. Education Opara has a Higher National Diploma and a Bachelor of Science in ...

, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria * Joseph Yobo, soccer player

References

{{Rivers State Local Government Areas in Rivers State