Amandugba (or Amanduba) is a town in the
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Local Government Area in
Imo State
Imo State ( ig, Ȯra Imo) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east. It takes its name from the Imo River which flows al ...
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The community is inhabited by
Isu people
The Isu people are a subgroup of the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria.
In the pre-colonial era, the Igbo people were protected from external invasion by the dense forests of the region, which also had the effect of encouraging diversity. Thus as wa ...
, a subgroup of the
Igbo people
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natively ) are an ethnic group in Nigeria. They are primarily found in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. A ...
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In Amauzari tradition, the town is named after Ndugba, child of
Mbama Onyeukwu.
As of September 2010, the traditional ruler of Amandugba was Eze Innocent Ikejiofor.
The community has four primary schools and one secondary technical school.
Amandugba and neighboring
Umundugba used to be one town.
Both communities have suffered from an unreliable water supply from streams and brooks that often dry up, and that are breeding grounds for malaria-carrying mosquitoes and sources of diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, guinea worm, tape worm, and night blindness. A recent project by ''Africa We Care'', a charity, has started to develop a supply based on a bore-hole.
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Towns in Imo State