Umuagwo

Umuagwo is a town in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State in Nigeria. The population is mostly Christian and Igbo-speaking. The town lies on the Otamiri River downstream from Ihiagwa and 26 km (16 mi) from Owerri on the Port Harcourt road.[1][2] Eze Tony Oguzie, Chairman of the Council of Traditional Rulers in the Orlu (Imo West) senatorial zone, is monarch of Umuagwo.[3]

Health

Umuagwo is served by the Ohaji Medical Center. The town has a busy market which does not have any toilet or sanitary conveniences and is therefore insanitary, with high risk of contamination of the foodstuffs that are sold.[4] In a 2006 study of the prevalence of Urinary schistosomiasis, a chronic parasitic disease caused by the trematode worm Schistosoma haematobium, Umuagwo was the only town in the LGA that had no cases of infection.[5]

Education

Main article: Imo State Polytechnic

The Michael Okpara College of Agriculture was established near the town in 1978, and was upgraded to become the Iwo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo in 2007.[2] It is accredited at the State level.[6] Chinwe Obaji was a lecturer at this institution before being appointed head of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education.[7] The college has researched improvements to crops, such as cassava and maize.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "THE GREAT OTAMIRI RIVER". Ihiagwa town. http://www.ihiagwa.org/otamiri.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  2. ^ a b "Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo: welcome". Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo. http://www.imopoly-edu.net/. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  3. ^ Charles Ogugbuaja (March 01.2009). "States Creation Committee May Resume States Tour In March". GUARDIAN. http://www.speakersoffice.gov.ng/news_mar_01_09_1.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  4. ^ "Umuagwo". Water Web Alliance. 2008-08-19. http://www.sanimap.net/xoops2/modules/gnavi/index.php?lid=60&cid=2. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  5. ^ Chidi G. Okoli, J. C. Anosike, M. O. E. Iwuala. Prevalence and Distribution of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Journal of American Science, 2(4), 2006. http://www.americanscience.org/journals/am-sci/0204/07-0201-okoli-am.doc. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  6. ^ "ACCREDITATION STATUS OF PROGRAMMES OFFERED IN POLYTECHNICS AND SIMILAR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS". National Board for Technical Education. JANUARY 2007. http://www.nbte.gov.ng/downloads/ACCREDITATION_STATUS_OF_PROGRAMMES.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  7. ^ Ben Duru (Saturday, July 22, 2006). "Kema Chikwe and Imo Government House". Ikeibe.com. http://cache.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=1822714513&page_url=//www.ikeibe.com/kema.htm&page_last_updated=7/28/2007+3:16:50+PM&firstName=Chinwe&lastName=Obaji. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  8. ^ I. O. Ezeibekwe, P. O. Anyaegbu (April. 2004). Performance of Maize Intercropped with Leguminous Browse Plant at Different Rates of Lime. Journal of Agriculture and Food Science, Volume 2, Number 1. http://www.imsu-jafs.info/3/texts/ezeibekwe.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  9. ^ "Imo Poly develops highyield cassava stems". Cassava vs Yams. 2009-01-26. http://neocassava.blogspot.com/2009/01/imo-poly-develops-highyield-cassava.html. Retrieved 2009-10-13.