Ikot Abasi

Ikot Abasi local government area is in Akwa Ibom state, which is domiciled in the South-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The LGA is bordered by the Oruk Anan, Mkpat Enin, and Eastern Obolo LGAs and with the Atlantic ocean. Ikot Abasi LGA is made up of several towns and villages which include Ikpa Ibekwe, Ikpa Edemaya, Ukpum Okon, Ikpa Nnung Assang, Ukpum Ette, Ikot Obong, Uta Ewa, and Ikot Etetuk. The estimated population of Ikot Abasi LGA is 101,333 inhabitants with the most populous people being members of the Ibibio ethnic group. The Ibibio language is extensively spoken in the area while the religion of Christianity is widely practiced in the area. Popular landmarks in Ikot Abasi LGA include the Uta Ewa beach front and the Alscon Aluminium smelting plant.

GEOGRAPHY OF IKOT ABASI

Ikot Abasi LGA falls under the Tropical Monsoon climate and has an average temperature of 25 degrees centigrade. Ikot Abasi LGA lies on the banks of the Imo River and the area experiences two distinct seasons which are the dry and the rainy seasons with the latter lasting for much longer periods of the calendar year than the former. The average humidity level in Ikot Abasi LGA is 90 percent.

ECONOMY OF IKOT ABASI

Farming is a key feature of the economic activities undertaken by the people of Ikot Abasi LGA with crops such as cassava, yam, maize, oil palm, coconut, and rubber grown in the area. Ikot Abasi LGA is also very rich in crude oil deposits with the area hosting a number of oil wells and fields. Other important economic engagements of the inhabitants of Ikot Abasi LGA include fishing, craftsmanship and woodwork.

HISTORY OF IKOT ABASI

The present day Ikot Abasi LGA was created in 1996 after the Mkpat Enin, Eastern Obolo, Oruk Anan, and Ukanagun LGAs were carved out of it.