Ibiono Ibom
| Ibiono-Ibom | |
|---|---|
| LGA | |
 Ibiono-Ibom
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| Coordinates: 5°14′0″N 7°53′0″E / 5.23333°N 7.88333°ECoordinates: 5°14′0″N 7°53′0″E / 5.23333°N 7.88333°E | |
| Country |
 Nigeria
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| State | Akwa Ibom State |
| Capital | Oko Ita |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Samuel Eka |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
Ibiono-Ibom is a Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State in the south-south region of Nigeria. It has its administrative headquarters at Oko Ita.
The territorial unit and geographical area called, addressed and known as Ibiono Ibom consists of 9 clans, 33 groups, and 193 villages. It covers a total land surface of 2761.76 sq. kilometers, with a total population of 385,145.
Oko Ita is the local government headquarters of Ibiono-Ibom.
A few of many prominent towns include: Idoro, Ididep, Afaha Obio Eno, Ikot Usen, Utit Obio, and Afua, Use Ndon, Ikpanya.
Ibiono Ibom is divided into 9 Clans:
The region of the local government was created out of Itu Local government Area in December 1996.
This area is where the Scottish Missionary Mary Slessor died in 1905 and Her Cairn is beautifully located at Use Ikot Oku where she lived.
Politics in Ibiono Ibom is dominated by the people from the central part of Ibiono, with the highly endorse political party being PDP (Peoples Democratic Party)
The people are predominantly of the Christian faith.
The main ethnic group of the LGA are the Ibibio people, who speak a dialect of the Ibibio language. The Ibibio language belongs to the Benue–Congo language family, which forms part of the Niger–Congo group of languages.
Despite the homogeneity of the Ibibio, no central government existed among the people of the present day Ibiono-Ibom LGA prior to the colonial British invasion in 1904.
When Ibiono Ibom LGA was created in 1996, Oko Ita was chosen as the local government headquarters to spread development to all regions of the LGA.
The current region of Ibiono Ibom in old Itu LGA were the first set of people to encounter Western education in Akwa Ibom State with the establishment of Mary Slessor secondary school,1950 and other top flight schools such as the Ididep Science College (formerly Teachers' Training College, Ididep). Currently various institutions for post primary education have sprung up and spread across the local government.
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