Abia State is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, it is bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Enugu, and Ebonyi, Imo State to the west, Cross River State to the east, Akwa Ibom State to the southeast, and Rivers State to the south.
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Abia State is the 32nd largest in area and 27th most populous with an estimated population of over 3,720,000 as of 2016.
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Economically, Abia State is based around the production of crude oil and natural gas along with agriculture, mainly of yams, maize, taro, oil palm, and cassava.
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Abia State occupies about 6,320 square kilometres, it us bounded on the north and northeast by the states of Enugu, and Ebonyi.
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The most important rivers in Abia State are the Imo and Aba Rivers which flow into the Atlantic Ocean through Akwa Ibom State.
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Abia State was created on the 27th of August, in the year 1991, during the government of General Ibrahim Babangida.
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Abia State is known as one of the constituent states of the Niger Delta region.
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The Abia State has its capital at Umuahia while the commercial city of the state is Aba.
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Abia State is an Igbo speaking state and are found under the Igbo ethnic group.
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Oil giant, Shell, holds most of the licenses for the wells in the Abia State, and has concentrated on the estimated 50 wells that are considered high-yield.
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However, the Abia State has complained of poor funding from its oil revenue federal allocation.
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Abia State Government says it would relocate traders in part of Ariaria International Market Aba to safer areas of the market as part of measures to checkmate the menace of flooding in the market.
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Nearest airport to Abia State is Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport, it is an hour drive to Umuahia and Aba.
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Abia State Government is led by a democratically elected Governor who works closely with members of the state's House of Assembly.
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At statehood in 1991, Abia was ruled by Ibrahim Babangida-appointed Military Administrator Frank Ajobena before Ogbonnaya Onu was elected governor later that year under the Third Nigerian Republic.
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