Oyigbo
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Oyigbo Obigbo |
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| LGA | |
| Nickname(s): OY | |
 Oyigbo
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| Coordinates: 4°52′41″N 7°7′42″E / 4.87806°N 7.12833°E | |
| Country | Nigeria |
| State | Rivers State |
| Date created | 1991 |
| Seat | Afam |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
Oyigbo (also Obigbo) (Igbo: Obi Igbo) is a town 30 kilometers from the port city of Port Harcourt and a Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. It is a satellite of Port Harcourt.
Sir Precious Oforji was elected Chairman of the Oyigbo LGA in 2008. HRH EZE MIKE NWAJI was installed the traditional of Obigbo since 1998 to date.
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) operates an oil well in the LGA. Eastern Network Gas Pipeline (Alscon pipeline) passes through Obigbo in the north. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the Rivers State Government under Gov. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi pledged to work together to restore production activities at the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC operated Obigbo Gas Plant. On November 1, 2013, citing considerable health and safety risk to people, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC), JV shut down Obigbo gas plant over encroachment on the right-of-way of gas pipelines. And on June 28, 2015, SPDC JV’s announced that its Afam VI located in Okoloma village of Ogbigbo has delivered 20million MWh electricity into national grid and created over 150 jobs.
The Oyigbo people are of Igbo extraction.
Coordinates: 4°52′41″N 7°7′42″E / 4.87806°N 7.12833°E
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