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30-685: Abam is a brother clan to Ohafia, as both Abam and Ohafia share a common ancestry, culture, dialect etc.The progenitor of the people of Abam is known as Onyerubi Atita . As a people, Abam clan in Abia state is sometimes referred to as Abam Onyerubi . Historically, Abam people were fierce and dreaded warriors. They gloried in war conquests, and participated much in mercenary and military policing duties across Eastern Nigeria. They were contracted across Igboland and beyond for defence purposes, on behalf of communities that were under oppression or annihilation from their neighbouring or far away enemies. Abam warriors were

60-455: A large expanse of fertile land, which makes it a food basket of Abia State. With Palm plantations, Rubber Plantations, Rice paddies, Cassava farms, Cocoa plantations, and others, covering much of the landscape. It is a place with so much peace and hospitality to its indigenes and visitors alike. Its sons and daughters, doing exploits across the globe. Communities in Abam Abam in Abia state

90-563: A regional military power bloc that the whole of Igbo land dreaded. Sometimes, these power bloc of warrior clans were utilised and exploited by the Aro people for their own Aro territorial expeditions across Southern Nigeria. It is speculated that without the Abam warriors and other neighbouring Warrior clans like the Abam, that there would have not been an Aro confederecy. Abam people were not just warriors, but were also hardworking farmers and traders. Abam has

120-616: A second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government Areas. Notable places. Four points by Sheraton Ikot Ekpene. It's a hotel located at the heart of Ikot Ekpene town. Four Points by Sheraton Ikot Ekpene has an outdoor swimming pool, fitness center, a terrace and restaurant in Ikot Ekpene, with free WiFi access as well. Akwa Ibom state has one of Nigerians international stadiums situated in Uyo which

150-663: Is a community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. It is one of over 20 communities in Abam Clan. It is bordered by Ozu Abam , Ndi Ojugwo Abam, Amaeke Abam, Amuru Abam, Umuhu and Amanta Abriba . It is among the five biggest communities in Abam Clan, blessed with a massive land mass, a beautiful landscape and a thriving population. Historically, the people were warriors and farmers. Later some became Civil Servants, Merchants, Academicians and Politicians. Many rivers, streams and springs cross

180-470: Is led by a democratically elected governor who works closely with the state house of assembly. The capital city of the state is Uyo. The electoral system of each state is selected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two -third of the State local government Areas. If no candidate passes threshold,

210-468: Is made up of 27 villages. Some of the villages are: • Ndiebe Abam • Ozu Abam • Idima Abam • Amaeke Abam • Ndi Oji Abam • Amelu Abam • Amuru Abam • Amaogbu Abam • Atan Abam • Ndi-Okereke Abam • Ndi-Ojugwo Abam • Ndi-Inya Abam • Ndi-Mmeme Abam • Ndi-Agwu Abam and others. Migratory Descendants There are other communities, towns and clans in other parts of Eastern Nigeria , that trace their ancestry to Abam, largely due to

240-803: Is not clearly stated. In the pre-colonial period, what is now Akwa Ibom State was divided into various city-states like the Ibom Kingdom and Akwa Akpa before they later became a British protectorate in 1884 as a part of the Oil Rivers Protectorate . Prior to the British colonization, no central government had existed among the people of what is now Akwa Ibom State. The various ethnic peoples were largely organized into clan communities, based on kinship and relations. Several Scottish missionaries went to Calabar in 1848, and Ibono in 1887. The British government did not attempt to establish more control over

270-565: Is tropical with significant rainfall and a short dry season. Politics in Akwa Ibom State are dominated by the three main ethnic groups: the Ibibio , Annang , and Oro . Of these three, the Ibibio remain the majority and have held sway in the state since its creation. The list of ministries in Akwa Ibom State include the following: Akwa Ibom State consists of thirty-one (31) local government areas . They include: The main ethnic groups of

300-593: The Biafran forces as they were mainly non-Igbos. At the war's end and the reunification of Nigeria, the South-Eastern State was reformed until 1976 when it was renamed Cross River State . Eleven years later, Cross River State was divided on 23 September 1987, by the Military Administration of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida . This division resulted in the creation of the state of Akwa Ibom, Uyo

330-700: The Church of Nigeria is Prince Asukwo Antai (2014). Like their Efik neighbors of Cross River State , people of Akwa Ibom speak various dialects of the Ibibio-Efik languages , which belong to the Benue–Congo language family, forming part of the Niger–Congo group of languages with close affinity to the Igbos with whom they share some language and cultural similarities due to many centuries of inter-tribal relationships between

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360-533: The Igbos of Arochukwu kingdom even before the advent of the colonial Europeans . The following table lists languages of Akwa Ibom State, and the local government areas in which they are spoken: The Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Education is tasked with monitoring the education sector of the state. The current part of Akwa Ibom State that was within the former Calabar Kingdom , was the first site of Western education in Nigeria. The Hope Waddell Training Institute

390-416: The seventeenth highest Human Development Index in the country in large part due to years of systemic corruption. Akwa Ibom State's economy is based on the production of crude oil and natural gas . It produces the most oil of any state in the country. It includes the following oil- producing Local Government Areas: Ibeno , Mbo , and Eastern Obolo . Key minor industries are based on agriculture;

420-718: The British actually gained formal control of the area before incorporating the protectorate (now renamed the Niger Coast Protectorate ) into the Southern Nigeria Protectorate which later merged into British Nigeria ; after the merger, much of modern-day Akwa Ibom became a centre of anti-colonial resistance during the Women's War and political activism through the Ibibio State Union. After independence in 1960,

450-625: The area of now-Akwa Ibom was a part of the post-independence Eastern Region until 1967 when the region was split and the area became part of the South-Eastern State . Less than two months afterwards, the Igbo -majority former Eastern Region attempted to secede as the state of Biafra ; in the three-year long Nigerian Civil War , now-Akwa Ibom was hard-fought over in the prelude to the Invasion of Port Harcourt while people from Akwa Ibom were persecuted by

480-565: The area until 1904. In that year, they organized the Enyong Division, encompassing the area of the current state of Akwa Ibom, with headquarters at Ikot Ekpene , a predominately Annang city. Noted Africanist Kaanan Nair, noted this city as the cultural and political capital of the Annang and Ibibio peoples . The greater Southeast was largely dominated by the majority Igbo people . The creation of Enyong Division encouraged collaboration among

510-534: The area. Igwu River empties into the Atlantic Ocean through Akwa Ibom , and flows through Ndiebe Abam. The area features favourable weather and fertile soil, yielding bountiful agricultural produce. The most notable agricultural produce are Cassava, Oil Palm, and Rice. Akwa Ibom State Akwa Ibom State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria . It borders Cross River State to

540-533: The closely related Ibibio , Annang , and Oron peoples in the North-East , North-West , and Southern zones of the state, respectively. Economically, Akwa Ibom State is based around the production of crude oil and natural gas as highest oil-producing state in the country. Key minor industries involve agriculture as the state has substantial cocoyam , yam , and plantain crops along with fishing and heliciculture . Despite its vast oil revenues, Akwa Ibom has

570-675: The east, Rivers State and Abia State to the west and north-west, and to the south by the Atlantic Ocean . The state takes its name from the Qua Iboe River which bisects the state before flowing into the Bight of Bonny . Akwa Ibom was split from Cross River State in 1987 with her capital Uyo and with 31 local government areas . Of the 36 states , Akwa Ibom is the 30th largest in area and fifteenth most populous , with an estimated population of nearly 5.5 million as of 2016. Geographically,

600-466: The numerous minority ethnic groups in the area. They created the Ibibio Welfare Union, later renamed Ibibio State Union. This social organization was first established as a local development and improvement forum for educated African persons and groups who in 1929 were still excluded from the colonial administration. It was dominated by British colonists and their appointees. In the early 1900s,

630-480: The people. "There are 20 languages spoken as first languages in Akwa Ibom State." However, comparing different sources show there are slightly over 20 languages. They are as follows (in alphabetical order) with the LGAs in which they are spoken: One research however claims to "have identified just about 10 languages", claiming that some languages are dialects of others, though the criteria for classification as dialects

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660-482: The pioneers of the popular Ikpirikpi Ogu, also known as Abam War Dance, that was adapted by the Ohafia clan as Ohafia War Dance and to Abriba clan as Abriba War Dance. Abam was not alone in having a sophisticated military culture. Other clans around Abam also developed this culture just like the Abam. Clans like Ohafia, Abriba, Edda, Alayi, Igbere, Ututu etc also developed this warrior culture and they all, including Abam built

690-1394: The resettlements of these Abam people to those areas, after their war exploits, or mercenary services, or farm land expansions there. Some of them are: • Umuhu Town in Bende LGA of Abia State. • Ndoro Oboro community in Ikwuano LGA of Abia State. • Ogbuegbulle Oboro community in Ikwuano LGA of Abia State. • Abba clan in Imo State . • Osuh clan in Imo state ( Anara Town in Isiala Mbano LGA of Imo state, Eziama Obiato Community in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo state, and other Osuh clan communities) • Ariam/Usaka clan in Ikwuano LGA of Abia State. • Oloko clan in Ikwuano LGA of Abia State. • Abam Ubakala community in Umuahia South LGA of Abia State. • Abam Azia community in Ihiala LGA of Anambra State . • Abam-Ama Okrika Town in Rivers State , and many others. Ndiebe Abam Ndiebe Abam

720-477: The state has substantial cocoyam , yam , and plantain crops, along with fishing and heliciculture . Despite its vast oil revenues, Akwa Ibom ranks as seventeenth among the states List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index#2019 in the Human Development Index . Years of systemic corruption have resulted in such revenues being diverted from improving infrastructure, education and welfare of

750-535: The state include: Ibibio , Anaang , Oro and Obolo . The people of Akwa Ibom are predominantly Christians. 976,791 Catholics (2020) in the two dioceses of Uyo [1] (1989) with 74 parishes under Bishop John Ebebe Ayah (2014), and Ikot Ekpene (1963) with 53 parishes under Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh (2010), both suffragans of the Archdiocese of Calabar . The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Uyo within

780-616: The state is divided between the Central African mangroves in the coastal far south and the Cross–Niger transition forests in the rest of the state. Other important geographical features are the Imo and Cross rivers which flow along Akwa Ibom's eastern and western borders respectively while the Kwa Ibo River bisects the state before flowing into the Bight of Bonny . In the southeast corner of

810-702: The state is the Stubb Creek Forest Reserve , a heavily threatened wildlife reserve that contains declining crocodile , putty-nosed monkey , red-capped mangabey , and Sclater's guenon populations along with potentially extirpated populations of African leopard and Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee . Offshore, the state is also biodiverse as there are large fish populations alongside various cetacean species , including bottlenose dolphins , pantropical spotted dolphins , humpback whales , and killer whales . Modern-day Akwa Ibom State has been inhabited by various ethnic groups for hundreds of years, primarily

840-450: The time) are typical annual totals for Akwa Ibom. The Akwa Ibom region regularly has tropical monsoons . All year long, there are high temperatures and a lot of rain. The region of Akwa Ibom has an average yearly temperature of 60 degrees and 672 inches of precipitation. The average humidity is 80% and the UV-index is 7. It is dry for only 52 days of the year. The climate of Akwa Ibom

870-419: Was chosen as the state capital in order to encourage development in all regions of the state. Akwa Ibom has a tropical monsoon climate (Classification: Am) and is 42.58 meters (139.7 feet) above sea level. The city's average annual temperature is -0.99% lower than Nigeria's averages at 28.47 °C (83.25 °F). 342.56 millimeters (13.49 inches) of precipitation and 294.37 rainy days (80.65% of

900-677: Was founded at Calabar in 1895, and the Methodist Boys' High School, Oron in 1905. Other top schools, such as the Catholic seminaries Holy Family College at Abak and Regina Coeli College in Essene , were also soon founded. Some educational institutes in the state today are: Federal highways Other major highways include: Airports: Victor Attah International Airport (2009) 24 km southeast of Uyo has services to Abuja and Lagos, and Eket Airstrip for domestic flights. The State government

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