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Senatorial district in Ebonyi State, Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ebonyi South (known historically as Afikpo Province) is one of three senatorial districts in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.[1]
Ebonyi South is made up of five (5) local government areas:
The five Local Government Areas of Ebonyi South make up two Federal constituencies namely:
Ebonyi South produced the first Governor of the Eastern Region Dr. Francis Akanu Ibiam, first lady of Nigeria Lady Uche Azikiwe, Nigeria's first minister of Education Onyiba Aja Nwachuku and more .
During the time Ebonyi south (known then as Afikpo province) was as under Abia state, the province produced the first Executive Governor of Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu who is an indigene of present-day Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Also, ABIA is an acronym for the 4 most populous and industrialized places in the state at the time. These places were:
Afikpo is now in Ebonyi State.
Ebonyi South has produced one governor of Ebonyi state since its creation, in the person of Gov. Dave Umahi. The current senator representing Ebonyi South in the is Michael Ama Nnachi of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). And only this two, Afikpo Province has once produce the President of the Senate from 2000 to 2003 who is also once the Secretary to the Government of the Federation from 2011 to 2015, also PDP Presidential Aspirant in 2023 election in the Person of Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim,[3] and so many others.
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