Hon. Fred Ofume The Executive chairman of Ika South Local Government Area, Hon. Fred Ofume, has presented a budget of #2,449,504,880.00 (Two Billion, Four Hundred and Forty Nine Million, Five Hundred and Four Thousand Naira) for the year 2017, before the legislative arm of the council. According to a breakdown of the budget, total recurrent expenditure is #2,148,204,88.00 while total capital expenditure is #301,300,000.00.  Speaking during the budget presentation, Hon. Ofume said the current economic crunch in Nigeria has a deeper cut in Delta state as a result of the activities of Vandals which he noted has also indirectly affected Ika South Local Government, hence the budget of  #2,449,504,880.00 in 2017 as against #2,939,970,150 , in 2016. He disclosed that the council is not leaving any stone unturned, particularly in the area of boosting her revenue, an action...

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The death of Pa Frederick Ngozi Okobia, has been announced in Owa Alero, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State, who died after a brief illness on March 17, 2017 at the age of 79 years.  Burial arrangement as announced by the family is contained in the invitation. Click on the invitation to enlarge.

Asiwe Emeke is his name, he hails from Owa Ekei in ika North East local government area. He is  aspiring to be the chairman of Ika North East  Local Government Council at the expiration of the present chairman, He is pleading for support.

OLD BOY DONATES HOSTEL AT AGBOR A member of St. Columba's/Gbenoba Grammar School Old Boys Association, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagu, has donated a modern hostel to the school. The hostel solely funded by the Executive Director, of Zenith International Bank, is fitted with state of the arts facilities. The official commissioning of the structure was supervised by Mr. Chiedu Ebie, Commissioner of Basic and Secondary Education, who represented  Gov Ifeanyi Okowa. The event was preceded by  football match amongst past students of the school founded in the late 50s. Though the only male school in Agbor metropolis was in 2011 handed over to the Catholic Mission, old students of the school have refused to  withdraw support.

THE ABAVO CLAN UNION PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THE ASABA GAME AND THE POLITICAL DESPERATION TO INFLUENCE AN OUTCOME. By Smart Ajaja. My passionate appeal to the people of Abavo before they make another terrible mistake that would take them back to Egypt is that they should vehemently oppose any manipulative idea and attempt by a few disgruntled self-serving political opportunists from Abavo and their cohorts operating from Asaba to put the leadership of the Abavo Clan Union in the hands of wolves and Trojan Horses in their evil mission to hijack Abavo for their personal benefits. These ignoble men were the same group of people who benefited, remained criminally silent or went underground when Mr. Uche Irenumma, the ignominiously dethroned illegitimate ex-Obi of Abavo brought a rogue Islamic sect with alleged ties to Boko Haram and Al-Quaeda as a result of his greed for money in his failed desperate and deluded satanic effort to force a change in Abavo's customs and tradition, ...

THE ORIGIN OF AGBOR DEIN-OF-AGBOR. Agbor is one of the oldest vibrant towns in Nigeria, but may have been disadvantaged and eclipsed over the years by the world famous city of Benin, which is only 40 miles away and Asaba, two major towns in between which it is located, as they served as terminuses for east-bound ferry travellers. So much was not recorded about Agbor. The History of Agbor Kingdom like those of other African ancient kingdoms, empires and peoples, is based largely on oral tradition. Various oral accounts on the origin of Agbor and Ika people exist but the most credible being that “Ogunagbon” and his followers, who founded Agbor, came from Benin and first settled in “Ominije”, presently located in today’s Agbor-Nta. Following what can best be described as personal crisis between two princes in Benin and subsequent settlement of this dispute as agreed to by the chiefs and elders of Benin determined by casting of lot, led to one of the princes settling in what became know...

Old Students of St. Columba's /Gbenoba Grammar School, joined one of their own, Mr. Conatus Agbam, as he gave his late mother, Mrs. Celina Agbam, her final passage rites. The after- burial reception which held inside the prestigious school attracted very senior old students of the school and friends. Old students of Baptist Girls' High School, Agbor, joined the wife of Donatus, an old student of the premier female school established in 1946. Old students at event include, Mr. G. O. Ibe, Chief Festus Koyeme, Mr. Maciah Okoh, Barr Emmanuel Eboma, Mr. Peter Idion, Mr. J. O. Dibie, amongst others. Sir Steve Omojafor, Suny  Anumele and Dr. E. U .Tibi, were also at the event. Mrs. Celina Agbam died at the age of eighty years.

PRESS RELEASE. Our attention has been drawn to a very crude and dangerous trend of politics that is presently permeating our political landscape in Ika North East. Certain class of politicians who are said to be nursing ambition for the position of the Local Government Council Chairman in Ika North East are reportedly going about with the slogan that the governor has commissioned them to run for the office of the council boss and as such the position is not vacant for any other person to contest in the emerging council elections. Such first class fallacy and shameful dependency on the office and person of the governor for electoral victory is not only unpatriotic, but a patent reflection of the innate desire of such politician to occupy public office by all means possible. A politician, who knows his onion and has deliverables, will prefer to run election on the basis of his credibility and capacity to deliver the dividends of democracy rather than tout his success on his self-acc...

The Delta state commissioner for basic and secondary education, Mr. Chiedu Ebie has urged youth corpers serving in the schools to leave an enduring legacy that they would be remembered for after their National Youth Service.  Mr. Chiedu Ebie was speaking at the Dein Secondary school, Ime-Obi Agbor,  while commissioning 20 pieces of 3 seater class room chairs, school uniforms, waste disposal items and writing materials, donated to the school by a serving youth corper in the school, Corper Grace Obemeata Aloye.  The commissioner who was ably represented by a senior officer in the Education Ministry, Mrs. Nkechi Ekosi, said he was highly pleased with such donation from a youth corper and commended the corper on behalf of the Delta state government, for assisting Government in making sure that the students in the schools have a conducive environment for learning. He disclosed that the quality of the items was worth over N250,000.    Mr. Chiedu Ebie further advis...

There was a wide jubilation by the residents of Agbor in Ika south Local Government Area, comprising the elders, chiefs and youths of the area, as the executive chairman of the Ika South council, Hon. Fred Ofume, recovered 7051.579 square meters of land used as abattoir (popularly known as Musa slaughter), allegedly acquired dubiously in the GRA, Agbor, along Abraka/Uromi road by one Mr. Alex Ikpeazu with forged documents.  The people who trouped out en mass to witness the demolition of the illegal structures used as markets thanked God for the rescue mission and commended the LGA chairman for his giant strides.  The Chairman stressed the determination of his administration to reclaim all government lands acquired illegally by private persons in Government Reservation Area (GRA), without the consent and approval of the Council.  He emphasized that the demolition would be a continuous process and promised to resettle all the traders in the abattoir who were affected by...

The Ika south council chairman, Hon. Fred Ofume has ordered the demolition of alleged illegally acquired plots of government land, being used as Cattle market in Agbor by one Mr. Alex Ikpeazu.  Details shortly.....  

THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF IKA PEOPLE Ika communities mostly comprise the following: Agbor, Owa, Umunede, Mbiri, Abavo, Orogodo, Otolokpo, Igbodo, Ute-Okpu, Ute-Ugbeje, Idumuesah, Akumazi, Ekpon (Edo State), Igbanke (Edo State), Inyelen Edo State). The Ika people are specifically located in the North-West of Delta State but some like Igbanke, Inyelen and Ekpon are presently located in Edo State. Other Ika communities found in Edo State are Owanikeke, Owa-Riuzo Idu and Igbogili. Specifically, Ika people occupy Ika North East and Ika South Local Government Areas of Delta State and a land area of about 117.45 square kilometres. Since the 2006 population census did not stipulate the official figure for ethnic groups, the total population figure of the Ika people remains officially unknown. The dialect of Ika people is Igboid group (Williamson, 1968). This according to him is because it has no noticeable difference from the general Igbo language spoken within the Anioma area only w...

Hon. Sunny Ogwu has refuted rumours making the rounds that he is one of those aspiring for House of Assembly position in Ika South.  Ogwu stated this while reacting to a recent publication indicating that he is aspiring for the position. He disclosed that he had no intention to run for any election and that if he intends to do so, he would declare publicly by himself and urged rumour mongers to desist from spreading false information in order not to heat up the system negatively.

IKA SOUTH ASPIRANTS FOR 2019 HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY POSITION, UNDER THE PDP PLATFORM.

PAUL ALIKA CONGRATULATES CHUKY DANDY ON HIS DEFECTION TO PDP. An aspirant of the Delta state House of Assembly position for Ika South Constituency, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Mr. Paul Alika, has congratulated the member representing Ika south constituency in the Delta state House of Assembly, Hon. Festus Okoh (Chuky Dandy) on his defection from the Accord party to the PDP.  Mr. Alika in a statement released, described the defection as a wise decision adding that together, they would achieve maximum results in subsequent general elections.  IKA NETWORK gathered that Mr. Paul Alika is also aspiring to contest for the position of House of Assembly in 2019. Paul Alika Credit: Ika weekly.