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31-490: Umu-Nneochi or Umunneochi is a Local Government Area (LGA) in Abia State , Nigeria . Officially known as "Nneochi", Umunneochi is made up of three major septs : Umuchieze, Nneato, and Isuochi. The major towns of Umunneochi are Umuelem, Ndiawa, Amuda, Umuaku, Achara, Lomara, Ngodo-ukwu, Lokpaukwu, Leru, Lomara Lokpanta, Lekwesi and Mbala. These towns have been repeatedly reorganized. The paramount traditional ruler of isuochi

62-653: A normal tropical climate with two distinct seasons. Spiritan University owned by the Catholic Church is located in Ngodo Isuochi in Umunneochi LGA. There are also other public and private schools in the local government. 5°59′09″N 7°24′08″E  /  5.9857°N 7.4023°E  / 5.9857; 7.4023 This Abia state , Nigeria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Local Government Area The phrase

93-566: A population of 163,928, according to the 2006 Nigeria National Census. The major occupations include agriculture and granite , quorite, and laterite mining and trading. The main agricultural food crops are cassava , yam , black beans, and cocoyam . The cash crops are palm nuts and cashew nuts . Pottery is another occupation. Nigeria's biggest cattle market is in the Lokpanta area. The cultivation of agricultural food crops such cassava , yam, black beans , cocoyam , as well as black-smitting,

124-507: Is Eze G I Ezekwesiri, the Ochi 1 of Isuochi, while the federating autonomous communities are governored by Ndi-Eze. Umunneochi headquarters is in the administrative town of Nkwoagu, Isuochi. Nkwoagu is also the administrative capital, which in ancient and modern times were political and administrative rallying points for the Umunneochi autonomous communities. Umunneochi occupies 368 km with

155-746: Is also the Treasurer, Minister for Climate Action, Minister for Economic Development and Minister for Tourism. The position of Chief Minister is analogous to the Premier in the Australian states. Barr is the longest serving Chief Minister in ACT history, as well as the longest serving current Premier or Chief Minister in Australia, having taken the post in December 2014. The ACT Labor Party has been in power since 2001, although with

186-518: Is largely for this reason that the term "local government area", or simply "LGA", is favoured over the term "municipality", the use of which could easily lead to confusion. In recent years changes to the structures of local government have given rise to new official designations, while other terms have fallen out of favour. In the mid-1990s the state government of Victoria amalgamated almost all municipalities, abolishing many cities and shires, all towns and all but one borough. Queenscliff, south of Melbourne,

217-468: Is now the only place in Australia that is officially a borough. Meanwhile, many "rural cities" were formed in largely rural areas where the core town is large enough, in terms of population, to be considered a city. In many such cases that town had previously been governed by a now defunct city council. Restructuring of local government in New South Wales and Queensland in the following decade gave rise to

248-428: Is the main occupation within the local government. Additionally, they take part in regional stone mining activities with a focus on stones , clay , and pottery production . With a total area of 368 square kilometers and an average temperature of 27 degrees Celsius , Umunneochi LGA is quite large. The LGA experiences two distinct seasons, the dry and the wet, with an estimated average wind speed of 10 km/h. It has

279-632: Is used as a generalised description in the United Kingdom to refer to a variety of political divisions such as boroughs , counties , unitary authorities , and cities , all of which have a council or similar body exercising a degree of self-government. Each of the United Kingdom's four constituent countries has its own structure of local government, for example Northern Ireland has local districts; many parts of England have non-metropolitan counties consisting of rural districts; London and many other urban areas have boroughs; there are three islands councils off

310-743: The 2016 election . There has only been one majority government in the history of the Legislative Assembly, with Labor winning 9 of 17 seats at the 2004 election . As with the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly , the ACT Legislative Assembly lacks the full powers of a state legislature. Section 122 of the Constitution of Australia provides that the Commonwealth Parliament "may make laws for

341-400: The 2024 Australian Capital Territory election , 10 Labor members, 9 Liberal members, 4 Green members, 1 Independent for Canberra member, and 1 Fiona Carrick Independent member are projected to be elected, with Labor to hold power in a minority government. As of 2024 Members of the Legislative Assembly are paid a base salary of $ 188,798, while additional remuneration is provided depending on

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372-550: The Hare-Clark method, which was introduced for the 1995 election . As of this change, the Legislative Assembly had 17 members, elected from three electorates. Brindabella and Ginninderra elected five members, and the now-defunct electorate of Molonglo elected seven. On 30 April 2002, the ACT Electoral Commission made a submission to the ACT Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on Legal Affairs, which inquired into

403-532: The Hare-Clark system , a variation of the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation . Members of the Legislative Assembly vote to elect a Chief Minister . In practice, Chief Minister is the leader of whichever party is able to form government . The Chief Minister, in turn, selects ministers to form a cabinet . The leader of the second-largest party in the Assembly usually becomes

434-635: The House of Assembly (also known for a period as the Legislative Assembly), which existed from 1976 to 1986, but had no executive power, with a principal function of advising the Commonwealth on matters relating to the Territory. At its inception, the Assembly was elected by a modified d'Hondt system, the ACT comprised one electorate, electing seventeen members to the Assembly. A 1992 referendum supported

465-642: The Leader of the Opposition . Election dates for the Assembly are fixed in legislation, with elections held on the third Saturday in October every four years (until 1997, elections were held in February). The term of the Assembly was increased in 2004 from three to four years. The last election was held on Saturday the 19th of October, 2024, with the next election expected to be held on 21 October 2028. Electing five members to

496-507: The Assembly, Brindabella contains the town centre and all of the suburbs of Tuggeranong . It also includes all of the ACT which is south of the Murrumbidgee River , thus making it the largest electorate by area. It used to exclude the whole of the suburb of Kambah . Electing five members to the Assembly, Ginninderra contains the town centre and all of the suburbs of Belconnen excluding Giralang and Kaleen . Its southern boundary

527-680: The Australian Capital Territory (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly ) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building on Civic Square, close to the centre of the city of Canberra . Unlike the legislatures of the other mainland states and territories, the Assembly also has the functions of a local council;

558-705: The Federal Government again threatened to overrule the ACT Stanhope Government's anti-terror legislation, which was not consistent with other state laws. In 2011 the Federal Parliament passed a private senator's bill which removed this power in respect to both the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The ACT is unique among Australian states and self-governing territories, as it has no vice-regal post exercising authority as

589-487: The additional office or role the member holds. The current Legislative Assembly was created by four acts of the Commonwealth Parliament in 1988, including the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 . The first election was held on 4 March 1989 and the assembly first sat on 11 May that year. Until this point, the ACT had been directly administered by the Commonwealth Government. It replaced

620-419: The appropriateness of the size of the Legislative Assembly for the ACT, and options for changing the number of members and electorates. The Electoral Commission recommended increasing "the size of the Legislative Assembly to three electorates each returning seven members, giving a total of 21 members". In 2014, the Assembly voted to expand the number of members to the present 25, with the change taking effect at

651-427: The city of Canberra has no other local government. It replaced the House of Assembly when the ACT was granted self-government in 1986. Voters had previously rejected self government in a 1978 plebiscite. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, elected from five electorates ― Brindabella , Ginninderra , Kurrajong , Murrumbidgee and Yerrabi ― each having five members. Members are elected for four-year terms by

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682-486: The coast of Scotland; while the rest of Scotland and all of Wales are divided into unitary authority counties, some of which are officially designated as cities. As such the term local government area is a convenient generic label referring to all of these authorities and the areas within their control. The term is particularly common in Australia where it is synonymous with "municipality". Local government authorities across

713-770: The country have similar functions and powers, but have different official designations in different states, and according to whether they are urban or rural. Most urban municipalities in all states are "cities". Many in Western Australia are officially "towns", even within the Perth metropolitan area. Many rural areas in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia are "shires", while rural areas in South Australia have "district councils", and those in Tasmania officially use

744-596: The exception of 2004-2008, have served in minority or coalition governments with the support of the ACT Greens. At the 2020 Australian Capital Territory election , 10 Labor members, 9 Liberal members and 6 Greens members were elected. Following the expulsion of Elizabeth Kikkert from the Canberra Liberals party room on 10 September 2024, the Liberals presently have 8 members, with Kikkert becoming an independent. At

775-523: The government of any territory" surrendered by any State to the Commonwealth. The Governor-General, on the advice of the Executive, previously had the power to override laws passed by the Assembly. Although this was rare in practice, the Civil Unions Act 2006 , which allowed same-sex couples to enter into "civil unions" was overruled following concerns that the civil unions mimicked marriage. In July 2006,

806-726: The municipal designations of "region" and "area", for example, the Sunshine Coast of Queensland was formerly divided into several shires, but is now governed by a single Sunshine Coast Regional Council . "Local government area" is also an official designation in The Gambia and Nigeria . List of countries where "local government area" is an official designation: Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Opposition (9)   Liberal (9) Crossbench (6)   Greens (4)   Independents for Canberra (1)   The Legislative Assembly for

837-526: The representative of the monarch, such as a governor or an Administrator . The functions vested in a state Governor or territorial Administrator as nominal head of the Executive—commissioning government, proroguing parliament and enacting legislation—are exercised by the Assembly itself and by the Chief Minister. Instead of vice-regal or regal assent, a Bill passed by the ACT Legislative Assembly

868-494: The suburbs of Evatt , Lawson and McKellar . Molonglo was an electorate of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly that was contested from the 1995 election to the 2012 election, it covered Inner North Canberra , Inner South Canberra , Weston Creek and most of the suburbs of Woden and Gungahlin . It was a 7-seat electorate. The current Chief Minister is Andrew Barr, who

899-524: The suburbs of the Molonglo Valley , Weston Creek , Woden Valley and also includes the suburbs of Deakin , Yarralumla , Forrest and Red Hill . It used to also include the whole of the suburb of Kambah . Electing five members to the Assembly, Yerrabi contains all the suburbs of Gungahlin as well as the Belconnen suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen and the village of Hall . It used to also include

930-440: The title "municipality". Due to the Australian Capital Territory's small size it has no local government and is instead overseen by the ACT Legislative Assembly . Areas Towns Municipalities Shires Shires Towns Regional councils Rural cities Municipalities/municipal councils District councils Regional councils Towns Aboriginal councils Municipalities Rural cities Boroughs Shires Towns Shires It

961-476: Was the Molonglo River prior to the 2016 election. It used to exclude the suburbs of Evatt , Lawson and McKellar . Electing five members to the Assembly, Kurrajong contains all the suburbs of Inner North Canberra , Inner South Canberra and Oaks Estate . It used to include the suburbs of Deakin , Yarralumla , Forrest and Red Hill . Electing five members to the Assembly, Murrumbidgee contains all

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