5-521: Eleme is a local government area in Rivers State , Nigeria . It is part of the Port Harcourt metropolitan city. Eleme has its headquarters in the town of Ogale . It covers an area of 138 km and at the 2006 Census had a population of 190,884. The Eleme people are Eleme's main indigenous ethnic group. Eleme LGA has two districts- Nchia and Odido and both administered under
10-470: A Paramount Ruler popularly known as Oneh Eh-Eta. Under it you have the traditional rulers and the chiefs whose affairs is to oversee smaller units of the traditionals. The ten major towns includes: Local government areas of Nigeria Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs), each administered by 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
15-437: A famous town with numerous industries. Eleme LGA is made up of numerous rivers and tributaries and has a total size of 138 square kilometers. The local government region experiences 3,250 mm of precipitation annually, with an average temperature of 25 degrees Celsius. Eleme has ten major towns or principalities which they refer to as The Ten Kingdoms. Each of these towns has numerous clans, subclans and villages headed by
20-647: 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 the state governments and the federal government. The functions of local governments are detailed in the Nigerian constitution and include
25-701: The Crown of the Oneh Eh Eleme ( King Of Eleme .) As explained in a book edited by Imelda Icheji Lawrence Udoh and others, the Eleme language , of the Cross-River branch of the larger Niger-Congo language family, is the main spoken language. Eleme has two of Nigeria's four, as of 2005, petroleum refineries and one of Nigeria's busiest seaport and the largest seaport in West Africa located at Onne ,
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