Eziorsu is an autonomous community on the South bank of the Oguta Lake, southeastern Nigeria. Its one of the foremost territories that witnessed western or European expedition during colonization and used as a gateway by the British to advance the Igboland further.
[1] As at the 1991 census in Nigeria, the population of Eziorsu was estimated at 14,560. It is one of the Oil and Gas producing communities in Imo State, being the second largest producing community in Oguta L.G.A after Izombe. The community promised to continue to protect and support Addax Petroleum at all times, especially as the Company remained the best partner to the communities in terms of best practices in corporate social responsibility.[2]
Located in the equatorial rainforest region, it is enormous importance to the state, being major stable food producers in the state, producing yam, cassava, maize, palm oil etc.
^Okonkwo, Uche Uwaezuoke (2011). "The Aro, Host Communities And Continuities In Intergroup Suspicion In The Oguta Area Since Pre Colonial Times" (PDF). Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences. 2 (4): 7. ISSN 2229-5313.
^This Day Live, Nigeria (December 4, 2012). "Addax Petroleum Partners Imo Communities". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.[permanent dead link]
Eziorsu is an autonomous community on the South bank of the Oguta Lake, southeastern Nigeria. Its one of the foremost territories that witnessed western...
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