Itu, Akwa Ibom

Itu is located in the south east of Nigeria and is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The Local Government Area occupies a landmass of approximately 606.1 0 square kilometres. It is bounded in the North and North-East by Odukpani in Cross River State and Arochukwu in Abia State, in the West by Ibiono Ibom and Ikono Local Government Areas, in the South and South East by Uyo and Uruan Local Government Areas, respectively.[1][2][3]

Itu
LGA
Itu
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 5°10′0″N 7°59′0″E
Country Nigeria
StateAkwa Ibom State
Government
 • TypeDemocratic
Population
 (2006)
 • Total127,033
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

National Assembly Representative

Henry Okon Archibong

Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Representative

'KufreAbasi Edidem

Paramount Ruler

Edidem Edet Akpan Inyang

Council Chairman
  • Barr. Etetim Akpabio Onuk

Politics

Politics in Itu is dominated by the people from the central part of Ibiaku Itam, with the highly endorsed political party being PDP (Peoples Democratic Party)

Notable people from Itu

Itu has produced many prominent people for Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria as a whole, including:-

References
  1. Editor, Online (2017-03-01). "Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Ebonyi Fail to Reach Consensus on Boundary Disputes". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2017-03-22.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. Cross River and Akwa Ibom State Population Bulletin 1983-90: 1963 Population of Cross River and Akwa Ibom State. Statistics Division, Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning. 1985-01-01.
  3. Local Governments in Akwa Ibom State. Special Duties Department, Military Administrator's Office. 1996-01-01.
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