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Nnewi South is a Local Government Area in Anambra South Senatorial Zone of
Anambra 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 Stat ...
State,
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. Its population is approximately 1 million.
Ukpor Ukpor is the headquarters of Nnewi South Local Government Area in Anambra State, South-East Nigeria. Ukpor has a collection of villages, each coming from different quarters. Ukpor is noted for its hilly topography, with one of the most notable o ...
is the headquarters of Nnewi South.


Communities in Nnewi South

Other towns that make up the local government include: Akwaihedi, Amichi, Azigbo, Ebenator Ozulogu, Ekwulumili, Ezinifite, Osumenyi, Unubi and Utuh. The current Transition Committee Chairman of the Local Government is Hon. Chieloka Okoye, who assumed office in 2019.Izunna Okafor and Ifeanyi Okonkw
"Anambra State House of Assembly, Confirms TC Chairmen and Members"Reality Newspaper
09 October 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.


Secondary schools

Here is the list of secondary schools in Nnewi South Local Government Area: *Union Secondary School, (USS) Amichi *Community Secondary School, Amichi *Community Secondary School, Azigbo *Community Secondary School, Ebenator *Community Secondary School, Ekwulumili *Community High School, Ezinifite *Awor-Ezimuzo Community Secondary School, Ezinifite *Boys’ High School, Osumenyi *Community Secondary School, Osumenyi *Community Secondary School, Ukpor *Union Secondary School, Ukpor *Girls High School Ukpor *St Paul's Seminary, Ukpor *Boys’ Secondary School, Unubi *Premier Secondary School, Unubi *Utu High School, Utuh *Government Technical College, Utuh *Community Secondary School, Akwaihedi *St. Pauls Secondary School, Utuh


Notable people

*Ambassador Ifeanyichukwu Ifedi PhD - Former Local Government transitional Chairman, former Assistant Professor at the University of Belize, Central America and Consul General of Belize, Central America to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Consultant to MayaGita Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia *Ifedi Okwenna - Former commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources and for Science and Technology, Director General of Save Democracy Africa and Director General World Igbo Summit Group * Oliver De Coque – Nigerian guitarist and one of Africa's most prolific recording artists.


References


Ireoba Sunday, Anambra
dated 2002-01-19; accessed 2006-07-12 {{coord missing, Nigeria Local Government Areas in Anambra State Local Government Areas in Igboland