Isuikwuato

LGA and town in Abia State, Nigeria

5°32′N 7°29′E / 5.533°N 7.483°E / 5.533; 7.483Country

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Isuikwuato is a local government area in Abia State in southeastern Nigeria. The name Isu-Ikwu-Ato translates from Igbo as 'three Isu families or lineage' and refers to the three lineages descended from the Isu people, in what is now a local government area. The three brothers are Imenyi who is the eldest, Oguduasaa, his younger brother from the same mother and Isuamawo the second oldest and first from the second wife. These three major clans which also harbour various communities in each of them make up the present day Isuikwuato. It has an estimated population of over 50,000 people. Isuikwuato has natural resources such as iron ore and kaolin.^[1] Oil lines flow through Isuikwuato and there have been cases of burst pipe which have had severe effects on the local economy and environment. The major cash crops are palm oil and cassava.^[2] The soil at Isuikwuato is loose and suffers from Erosion and this left some dangerous erosion sites in the area. They lack the needed government backing to build drainages around the area to guide the flow of water without further harming the already crying soil. Blessed with hills and highlands, the town will appreciate water infrastructures because water is an important but hard resource to get in Isuikwuato. Isuikwuato is also home to Abia State University Uturu.

Isuikwuato people are predominantly Christians. Catholic, Anglicans, Presbyterians and Methodists dominate other denominations, but denominations such as Assemblies of God have increased in number.^{[citation needed]}

Localities

Amaba
Eluama: Umuebere Nkuma (Obu-Na-Ebere Nkuma), Umuebere Aja, Umuama, Ekebe, Obodo, Umusoo, Umuokogbuo, Umuerem, Ndi Ogu, Umuezeoka, Umuihe (formerly, Umu Ohu) and Igidi-Inyim
Umuasua
Ozara
Otampa

[Amiabo] Oguduasa

Acha: Agbama, Umuokombo, Etiti-Orji, Amangwu, Amachara, Ama-Ahia, Amaisisi.
Ovim: Amune, Obayi, Amake, Ohoroho, Ojonja.

Notable people

Uche Ogah, Former Minister for Mines and Steel Development
Ndubuisi Ekekwe, American Professor of Robotics
Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, former military governor of Imo State and Lagos State
Major General Ike Nwachukwu, former military governor of Imo State, Former Senator of Abia State, Former Nigerian Minister for foreign Affairs
Azubuike Ihejirika, Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR (Born 13 February 1956) from Eluobai Ovim was a Nigerian Soldier and former Nigerian Army Chief of Army Staff, COAS
Navy Captain Christopher Osondu, former appointed military administrator of Cross River State
Professor Ernest Ojukwu SAN, Nigerian Lawyer
Kelechi Emeteole, aka Caterpillar, Nigerian Footballer and coach. Former player and captain of Spartans which later became Iwuanyanwu Nationale then Heartland FC. As a player he had spells with the Nigerian National team. His coaching career included spells with Rangers, Heartland FC and El Kanemi. He died in June 2017 from complications of throat cancer ^[3]
Sunday Mba, Nigerian professional footballer.
Basketmouth, entertainer and stand up comedian.
Oluchi Onweagba, international model and first winner of M-Net Face of Africa.
Linda Ejiofor, renowned Nollywood actress
Raymond Nkemdirim, Security Expert/Former Director of Operations, DSS
([Andrew Uche]), Forensic Accountant/Expert Management Consultant
Dr. Onyike James Onyike, aka Enyi Abia, April 15, 1939-February 13, 2023. A founding father of Abia State. Member of the Executive Committee of the Abia State Movement and chairman of the subcommittee on the State Charter of Equity. Dr. Onyike was the founding host of the popular political talk show, Thinker's Corner, which ran from 1974-1978 (i.e., until he took up positions in state government. From 1976, he served as the first director of Imo State Newspapers (publisher of The Nigerian Statesman); first director of the Imo State Broadcasting Corporation; former commissioner in Imo State for local government and social development; former chairman Imo State Schools Management Board; former chairman Abia Scholarship board; former member of the Telecommunication Reform Committee of the National Council on Privatization (during the Obasanjo administration); former chairman of the board, Abia State University Teaching Hospital. Dr. Onyike was a highly regarded community leader who revitalized community celebrations and traditions (such as the Iriji festival) and development associations (such as the Eluama Development Union and the Isuikwuato Development Union) and he mentored numerous sons and daughters of Isuikwuato during his life. He provided counsel to traditional rulers within and outside Isuikwuato, and to governors of Imo and Abia States. He was the first Traditional Prime Minister of the Obuebere Autonomous Community in Eluama, Isuikwuato, a position he held until his death.