Onna
LGA
Onna is located in Nigeria
Onna
Onna
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 4°39′0″N 7°52′0″E / 4.65000°N 7.86667°E / 4.65000; 7.86667
Country Nigeria
StateAkwa Ibom State
Government
 • ChairmanJoshua T. Ndoho
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Onna is a Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Its name comes from an acronym of the names of the four predominant clans in the area: Oniong, Nnung Ndem, Awa Afaha and Awa.[1]

Onna has a population of about 295,000 people worldwide. Onna is bounded by the east by Eket, west by mpat enin and south to eastern Obolo and Ibeno. Onna has no proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, the people of Onna are predominantly farmers. Onna has hosted various oil company while search is ongoing for more oil discovery. Currently the state government is doing its best to claim neighbouring community ancestral lands & draw it boundary toward the Atlantic Ocean, so as to enhance & benefit from the PIB bill sign by the Federal government. Then write is story as follow below: Host to exon Mobil Nigeria, oil exploration is ongoing in communities such as Ukpana, Akpabom, Ikot Abasi, Ikwe etc. Another host to the Utapette, Atabrikang and Ibioto oil fields. All these host claiming communities are in ibeno & eastern obolo.The local government is also home to a number of highly intellectual population who have made numerous impact in the community, nationwide and in the diasporas.

Awa Iman in Onna is the hometown of His Excellency, governor Udom Emmanuel former Governor of Akwa ibom state 2015- 2023. Udom Emmanuel become the governor of Akwa Ibom State in 2015 after taking over from his predecessor, senator Godswill Akpabio on the platform of the people's democratic party, PDP his successor is Pastor Umo Eno, Incumbent Governor of Akwa ibom state.

Villages in Onna

  • Abat *Ikwe
  • Ikot Akpatek *Ikot Annang *Ikot Edor
  • Ikot Ebidang
  • Ikot Ebekpo
  • Ndon Eyo
  • Mkpok
  • Okat
  • Ukpana
  • Mkpaeto
  • Ikot Esor
  • Ikot Eko Ibon
  • Okom
  • Ikot Ndudot
  • Ikot Ebiere
  • Ikot Udo
  • Ikot Nkan
  • Ikot Ndua Iman
  • Ikot Obong Ishiet
  • Ikot Akpan Eshiet
  • Atiamkpat
  • Awa Iman
  • Nnung Oku
  • Ntan Ide Ekpe
  • Awa ndon
  • Awa Atai
  • Ikot Abasi oniong
  • Ikot Mbong
  • Afaha Ikot Edem Udo
  • Afaha Ikot Akpan Mkpe
  • Afaha Atai
  • Afaha Ikot Nkan
  • Abak Ishiet
  • Ikot Ese Ishiet
  • Ini- Ikwe
  • Ini- Edor

Monarch

The traditional stool is occupied by Royal Fathers known as Paramount Rulers. The current Paramount Ruler is His Royal Majesty, Edidem Raymond Timothy Inyang (born June 13, 1947), who assumed the throne in 2017 upon the death of his predecessor His Eminence Edidem Akpabio Udo Ukpa. .

Oil and gas industry

Onna is an oil and gas producing local government area[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Onna Local Government Area". www.manpower.com.ng. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  2. ↑ Ukpong, Cletus (29 January 2017). "SPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria's oil-rich communities abandoned in shocking poverty despite huge wealth". www.premiumtimesng.com.
  3. ↑ Dr. E. A. Akpofure. "Oil Spillage in Nigeria's Niger Delta". www.waado.org. Urhobo Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-04-11.


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