5-529: Bekwarra is a Local Government Area in northern Cross River State , Nigeria . Its headquarters is Abuochiche (or Abuo Chiche); a town on the A4 highway . Other towns in the LGA are Abuagbor-Iye, Nyanya-Ulim, Nyanya-Idigwe, Gakem, Itekpa, Ugboro, Ibiragidi, Utukwe, Afrike and Ukpah, ijibor, Beten, Ugboro, Anyikang, Ebegang, Utukpuru, Ebewo, and others. It has an area of 306 square kilometres (118 sq mi), and had
10-554: A local government council consisting of a chairman, who is the chief executive, and other elected members, who are referred to as councillors. Each LGA is further subdivided into a minimum of ten and a maximum of twenty wards. A ward is administered by a councillor, who reports directly to the LGA chairman. The councillors fall under the legislative arm of the Local Government , the third tier of government in Nigeria, below
15-671: A population of 105,822 as of the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 550. The major occupation of the Bekwarra people is farming, Groundnut trading, trading, hunting and tapping of palm wine. It is known for the production of groundnut. Other crops grown in the locality include rice, maize, yam, cassava, pineapple, plantain and banana. The term “Bekwarra” is applied to the particular ethnic group, and local authorities and individuals refer to it as Bekwarra. The words 'Bekworrra' and 'Bekworrah' are still spelled out, but Bekwarra has been widely accepted because of its great consistency with
20-515: The Eastern part of Ogoja town. There are limited residential associates of other ethnic groups within this area and they appear to be a very high point of dialectal equality. Cross River State has 18 Local government This Cross River State , Nigeria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Local Government Areas of Nigeria Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs), each administered by
25-459: The vocal system used by fellows of the ethnic group and its better suitability to the people of Bekwarra during the pre-colonial era. They reside in the northern portion of Ogoja province, in the Eastern part of Nigeria, with attached borderline to the Northern part of Nigeria. They dwell in a region at a little greater than 100 square miles and its western boundary at a distance of few miles in
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