Ukpor is a town in Anambra State, and the headquarters of Nnewi South, One of the seven local governments of Anambra South senatorial district. Consists of six political wards with a total of 81 polling units.[1]
Ukpor has a collection of villages, each coming from different quarters.[2] Ukpor is noted for its hilly topography, with one of the most notable of the hills that traditionally known as "ugwu ekwensu", which means "the devil's own hill", and presently known as Ugwuonyezuberem. In modern times, however, continuous grading of the road that crosses this hill has been reducing its height of this historic high land.[3]
Ukpor people were predominantly farmers in the past. Subsequently, the area's prominent residents became mainly traders and sundry types of business men and women.
The town's apex body, Ukpor Improvement Union (U.I.U) remains the super-structural political, social and cultural organization in the community.
The current President General of U.I.U is Hon. Ikenna Mbazulike-Amechi from Amihe, Ukpor.
Nnewi South is now known as Mbaneri by its students in higher institutions. Mbaneri means the ten towns in Nnewi South, which are Akwaihedi, Amichi, Azigbo, Ebenator, Ekwulumili, Ezinifite, Osumenyi, Ukpor, Unubi and Utuh.
- ^ INEC "Presidential election - 2023-02-25 - Presidential" INEC NIGERIA 25 February 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ Okonkwo, Akunwanne Leo Ejedoghaobi. Outline History of Ukpor: Origin of the Villages. S.l: s.n, 1983. OCLC 22421397 Google books
- ^ Rev Fr Basil Anunobi "UKPOR: Neglected for too long and now becoming the next urban town in Anambra State" ASTPA 11 August 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2024.