Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni

Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni
—  LGA  —
Country	Nigeria
State	Rivers State
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)

Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni is a Local Government Area of Rivers State in Nigeria, with its capital at Omoku. It is part of the Ogba / Ebgema / Ndoni / Ahoada West constituency of the Nigerian House of Representatives.^[1]

The Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area is inhabited by the Igbo tribes Ogba, Egbema, and Ndoni. The Egbema speak their own dialect of the Igbo language, whereas Ogba and Ndoni are not intelligible with Igbo and are considered separate Igboid languages. They are great farmers and fishermen/women and with a rich cultural history. The area has produced prominent sons and daughters, which included Hon. (Chief Victor Igwe Masi (Former Minister for Finance - Nigeria), Senator F. J. Ellah, Chief C. D. Orike, Dr. Peter Odili (former Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria),Chief Ifeanyi Odili (the Onwa of Ndoni), among others.

Mbama Mike Okiro, the Agunechemba I of Egbema, was Nigeria's first ethnic Igbo to assume the post of police Inspector General.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Ogba / Ebgema / Ndoni / Ahoada West Constituency". AfDevInfo. http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/org/org_19350.html. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
2. ^ Ossie Ezeaku (06/11/2007). "Mike Okiro - The Man And The Misplaced Logic". Nigerians In America. http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/articles/1847/1/Mike-Okiro---The-Man-And-The-Misplaced-Logic/Page1.html. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 

Coordinates: 5°20′30″N 6°39′20″E / 5.34167°N 6.65556°E / 5.34167; 6.65556