Port Harcourt (local government area)

Port Harcourt Local Government Area (PHALGA) is a local government area of Rivers State in southern Nigeria. It is one of the 23 local government areas created for the state. Its administrative seat is located in Port Harcourt. Although the local government consists of two different ethnic groups the Okrika(Ijaw) in the South and Ikwerre (Igbo) in the North, it has been advised that the local government be divided into two homogeneous local governments.

Port Harcourt
LGA
CountryNigeria
StateRivers State
SeatPort Harcourt
Area
 • Total109 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total638,360
 • Density5,856.5/km2 (15,168/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

Geography

Port Harcourt local government area is included in the Greater Port Harcourt region. It is situated 52 kilometres (32 mi) southeast of Ahoada and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Bori. It is bounded to the south by Okrika, to the east by Eleme, to the north by Obio-Akpor and to the west by Degema. It has a total size of 109 square kilometres (42 sq mi).[1]

Towns, urban communities and neighbourhoods
  • Azuabie Town
  • Abuloma
  • Amadi Ama
  • Borokiri
  • D-line
  • Diobu
  • Eagle Island
  • Elekahia
  • New GRA
  • Nkpogu
  • Nkpolu Oroworukwo
  • Ogbunabali
  • Old GRA
  • Old Port Harcourt Township
  • Oroabali
  • Oroada
  • Orochiri
  • Orogbum
  • Orolozu
  • Oromeruezimgbu
  • Oroworukwo
  • Oromineke
  • Rebisi
  • Rumukalagbor
  • Rumuobiekwe
  • Rumuwoji
  • Tere-Ama
  • Okuru-Ama

Demographics

The total population in the area was last recorded at 638,360 people in 2011 from 538,558 in 2006.[1]

Government

The local government area is part of the Rivers East Senatorial district consisting 20 electoral wards. The Mayor, who is the highest-ranking official in the Port Harcourt local government is elected by popular vote and presides as both head of wards and head of the local government council.[2]

Wards
  • Abuloma-Amadi Ama

(20)

  • Diobu (ward)
  • Elekahia (ward)
  • Mgbundukwu (1)
  • Mgbundukwu (2)
  • Nkpolu Oroworukwo (ward)
  • Nkpolu Oroworukwo (2)
  • Ochiri-Rumukalagbor
  • Ogbunabali (ward)
  • Oroabali (ward)
  • Orogbum (ward)
  • Oromineke-Ezimgbu
  • Oroworukwo (ward)
  • Port Harcourt Township
  • Port Harcourt Township VI
  • Port Harcourt VII
  • Rumuobiekwe (ward)
  • Rumuwoji (1)
  • Rumuwoji (2)
  • Rumuwoji (3)

List of Mayors of Port Harcourt
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The following list shows the Mayors of Port Harcourt:

  • Ezeonyekaibeya Orji Ogbu
  • Richard Okwosha Nzimiro[2]
  • Ambrose Ezeolisa Allagoa
  • Francis Umelo Ihekwaba
  • David Nembe Ayaugbokor
  • Nnamdi Wokekoro
  • Azubuike Nmerukini
  • Chimbiko Akarolo
  • Charles Paul Ejekwu
  • Soni Sam Ejekwu
  • Philip Elemuwa Orlu
  • Lawrence Ezebunwo Igwe
  • Victor Ihunwo Nyeche

Education

Tertiary

Rivers State University currently has its main campus at Nkpolu Oroworukwo, although plans are in progress to relocate the institution to a new 524-acre (212 ha) site within the Greater Port Harcourt urban centre.[3]

Primary and secondary

Many private schools including some government schools are located in and around this area. Primary education in many cases starts at the age of 4 for majority of Riverians. Students spend five or six years in primary school and graduate with a school leaving certificate. At the secondary level, students spend six years, that is 3 years of JSS (Junior Secondary School), and 3 years of SSS (Senior Secondary School).

The following are primary (elementary) and secondary schools (high schools) operating within the Port Harcourt local government area:

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Port Harcourt (local government area)". City population. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. Wolpe, Howard (1974). Urban politics in Nigeria : a study of Port Harcourt. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 148. ISBN 0520024516.
  3. "About Rivers State University of Science and Technology". Ust.edu.ng. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

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