Umuagwo

Coordinates: 5°18′21″N 6°56′44″E / 5.30583°N 6.94556°E

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. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo: welcome". Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  3. ↑ Charles Ogugbuaja (March 1, 2009). "States Creation Committee May Resume States Tour In March". GUARDIAN. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  4. ↑ "Umuagwo". Water Web Alliance. 2008-08-19. 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. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  6. ↑ "ACCREDITATION STATUS OF PROGRAMMES OFFERED IN POLYTECHNICS AND SIMILAR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS". National Board for Technical Education. January 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  7. ↑ Ben Duru (July 22, 2006). "Kema Chikwe and Imo Government House". Ikeibe.com. 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. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  9. ↑ "Imo Poly develops highyield cassava stems". Cassava vs Yams. 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-10-13.