Akiyi

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Akiyi
Autonomous Town
Akiyi is located in Nigeria
Akiyi
Akiyi
Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 6°30′22″N 7°06′01″E / 6.50611°N 7.10028°E / 6.50611; 7.10028Coordinates: 6°30′22″N 7°06′01″E / 6.50611°N 7.10028°E / 6.50611; 7.10028
Country Nigeria
StateEnugu State
LGAUzo-Uwani
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)
Postal code
411111
ClimateAw

Akiyi is an autonomous community in Umulokpa, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area (LGA), Enugu State, Nigeria. It has Seven (7) villages namely: Enugwu, Enugwu-Uwani, Imama, Nkwelle, Ukpali, Uwani and Uwenu.[1][2]

Religion[]

Christianity, Odinana and neutralist.

Church[]

The churches in Akiyi-Umulokpa are namely:

  • Holy Cross Parish (Catholic)
  • St. Stephen's Church (Anglican)
  • Deeper Life Bible Church (Pentecostal)
  • Watchman Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movemen (Pentecostal)
  • The Lord's Chosen Charismatic Movemen (Pentecostal)etc.

Culture[]

Akiyi shares cultural traits with its neighbouring communities which are consistent with general Igbo culture. Other festivals include; the New yam festival, the Ibone (Mmanwu) festival which is held between July and September of every year. The royal highness of Akiyi-Umulokpa is Chief Engr. Vincent Ekwedigwe; Igwe Ijagwo.

Age grade system[]

Akiyi practices Republican method of governance in which power is devolved to age grades. Each age grade consists of people within three years age bracket.

Notable people[]

  • Hon. Cornell Chijioke Onwubuya (Agunkwo); Politician, Administrator, former Executive Chairman, Uzo-Uwani LGA, former SSA to former Governor Sullivan Chime on Investment Promotion and, a former Commissioner under the Executive Governor of Enugu state, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Gburugburu)
  • Hon. Charles Anumudu; Educationist, Researcher, PhD Economist
  • Oliver Odenigbo; Lecturer Dept. of Estate Management, (I.M.T) Enugu
  • Udemezue Sylverster; Legal Practitioner & Lecturer at Nigerian Law School, Lagos
  • Nwabueze Darlington C.; Economist/International Trade analyst and, a Chinese language instructor/translator

References[]

  1. ^ "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  2. ^ "Akiyi-Umulokpa, Nigeria - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". Geographic.org. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
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