Buguma Explained

Official Name:Buguma City
Native Name:Asari
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Nigeria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nigeria
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nigeria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Rivers State
Government Type:Local Government Council Headquarter
Leader Title:Chairman/Mayor
Leader Name:Hon. (Amb) Onengiyeofori George (Starboy)
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:WAT
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:+1 GMT
Coordinates:4.7333°N 58°W
Postal Code Type:Nigerian Postal Code
Postal Code:504101

Buguma City is a larger town in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Asari-Toru Local Government Area and base of the Kalabari Kingdom, a Nigerian traditional state.

The town has an official Post Office and a big set of commercial fish ponds set up by the State Government. The Current Mayor, popularly addressed as Chairman, of the LGA, which Buguma City is the headquarters, is Hon. (Amb) Onengiyeofori George (Starboy).[1]

It is also home to the great King Amachree of the Kalabari kingdom.[2]

In 1983, Buguma was designated a city by the Government of Melford Okilo and that status subsists to date.[3]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Post Offices- with map of LGA . NIPOST . 2009-10-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091007011423/http://www.nipost.gov.ng/PostCode.aspx . 2009-10-07 .
  2. Web site: King of Buguma and Kalabari nation . Kalabari Nation . 2012-01-26 .
  3. The Official Gazette of Rivers State of Nigeria No. 16, published in Port Harcourt on the 25th of August 1983 referred to “Buguma City Council”; the only other City Council after Port Harcourt City Council.