Imo State Executive Council (Governor, SSG, HoS, Commissioners and others), in 2009, during Governor Ikedi Ohakim administration

	TOP EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS
S/N	NAME	PORTFOLIO
1.	His Excellency Ikedi Ohakim	Executive Governor
2	Her Excellency  (Mrs) Ada Okwuonu	Deputy Governor
3	Chief Cosmas Iwu	Secretary to the State Governor
4	Dr A.M.A. Ndugbu	Head of Service
5	Chief Emma Ohakim	Chief of Staff
6	Chief Emeka Duru	Deputy Chief of Staff
7	Chief Robert Asuzu	Principal Secretary to the Governor
	COMMISSIONERS
S/N	NAME	PORTFOLIO
1	Barr. Ken Njemanze, SAN	Attorney- General &Comm. For Justice
2	George Irechukwu, FCA	Finance
3	Mrs. Anagam Ononuju	Women Affairs &Social Development
4	Chief. Chuma Nnaji	Cultural and Tourism
5	Prof. Jude Njoku	Education
6	Dr. Jeff Ojinika	Commerce and Industry
7	Chief Tony Uzoukwu	Sports &Youths Development
8	Chief Longers Anyanwu	Agriculture
9	Hon. Levi Oguike	Lands, Survey & Urban Planning
10	Dr. Amanze Obi	Information & Strategy
11	Mrs. Comfort  Chinwe Chukwu	Works & Transport
12	Dr. Aloysius Aguwa	Petroleum & Environment
13	Dr. Vin Udokwu	Health
14	Barr. Kezie Ogaziechi	Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs
15	Dr. (Mrs.) Eucharia Anyikwa	Planning & Economic Development
16	Barr. Ralph Nwosu	Public Utilities & Rural Development
	SPECIAL ADVISERS (SA)
S/N	NAME	PORTFOLIO
1	Prof. Ezeadi O. Ezeadi	Politic Affairs
2	Barr. Rex Anunobi	Revenue Generation/Mobilization
3	Hon. Jasper Ndubuaku	Inter-governmental Affairs
4	Chief Pini Jason Onyegbadu	Special Projects
5	Prince Victor Ibenye-Ugbala	Special Duties 1
6	Barr. C. I. Anyanwu	BPPI/Budget Monitoring
7	Sir George Egu	Security
8	Hon. Nicholas Amaefule	Poverty Alleviation
9	Chief Longinus  T. Ogideh	Imo Municipal Transport Services (IMTS)
10	Rt. Hon. Nnaemeka Maduagwu	Assembly Liaison
11	Mr. Kevin Agbaegbu	Special Events Management
12	Barr. Willy Amadi	Sanitation/ Transport
13	Mrs. Louisa Aguiyi-Ironsi	Special  Duties 11
14	Mr. Kerian Onwuzurike	Finance & Accounts  Monitoring
15	Dr. Peter Ukaigwe	Science & Technology
16	Dr. Ethelbert Okere	Public Enlightenment /Documentary
17	Barr. Steve Asimobi	Electoral Matters
18	Mr. Tito Asekhame	Housing  Development
19	Chief Bony Ebili	Inter-Part Relations
20	Mr. Bright Nwelue	Protocol/Public Affairs
	SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANTS (SSA)
S/N	NAME	PORTFOLIO
1	Mrs. Ijeoma  Nwafor	Administration
2	Mr. Obi Uchendu	Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
3	Mr. Henry Onwukwe	Political
4	Mr. Golden Nwokoma	Security Zone ‘A’
5	Nze Law Biaduo	Security Zone ‘B’
6	Sankod Okoro	Security Zone ‘C’
7	Mr. Robert U. Okwuego	Admin, Cabinet Office
8	Mrs. Ibari Onyegecha Egu	Project Monitoring/Clean & Green Initiative
9	Chief Chris Onuoha	Imo Municipal Transport Service
10	Engr. Emma Ahamefule	Petroleum
11	Mr. Ambrose   C. Obioha	Youth Development
12	Chief D. D. Iwuoha	Labour Matters
13	Mrs. Dorathy Iroha	Local Government & Chieftaincy Matters
14	Mr. Charles Aguguo	Sanitation/ Transport
15	Dr. Chikwem Chijioke  Onuoha	Special Duties
16	Chief Isaac  Anyim	Special Duties (Dpty Governor’s Office )
17	Okechukwu Onyegbule	Entertainment
18	Lt. Col. Emeruwa Nkere (Rtd)	Education Dev. & Re-orientation
19	Dr. (Mrs.) Ada Afurobi	Executive Assistant to Her Excellency
20	Barr. Anselem Okorie	MDG
21	Chief Kennedy Zanders	Inter Religious Affairs
22	Augustine  Mbalari	Special Duties 11
23	Mr. Theo Ike	Passages
	BOARD OF DIRECTORS
S/N	NAME	PORTFOLIO
1	Mr. Chuck Chukuemeka	Project Director, Imo Wonderlake Resort & Conference Centre, Oguta
2	Dr. Kevin Adotama	Imo Trade Representative, USA
3	Chief Jude Nzeako	Imo Trade Representative, UK
4	Prof. Obioma Iheduru	Project Director, Imo Job Centre
5	Mr. Chima Uzobuihe	Director, ICT, Imo Job Centre
6	Mr. Steve Osuji	Acting MD/CEO, Imo Newspapers Ltd
7	Engr. Ben Ekwueme	Projects Director, Royal Oak Refinery and Petrochemical Project
8	Dr. Sam Anurigwo	Perm. Sec./ Head, Liaison Office , Abuja
9	Mr. Casmir Anyanwu	Deputy Liaison Office, Abuja
10	Barr. Austin Otuokere	Director, Liaison Office, Lagos
	CHIEF PRESS SECRETARIES
S/N	NAME	PORTFOLIO
1	Mr. Henry Ekpe	Chief  Press Secretary  to the Governor
2	Mrs. Angela Nkwo	Chief  Press Secretary to His Excellency
3	Barr. Nnawuihe Iwuala	Chief  Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor

Imo is a state in Nigeria’s South-East geopolitical zone. It’s capital and largest city is Owerri.

The state is is bordered by Abia State on the East, River Niger and Delta State to the West, Anambra State on the North, and Rivers State to the South.

Imo state comprises mostly Igbo people of Nri and Aro Kingdoms.

Name
Imo takes its name from the Imo River which flows along the state’s eastern border.

Nickname
The state’s nickname is: Eastern Heartland

Created
3 February 1976

Capital
Owerri

Population (2017 estimates)
4,927,563

Land area
5,530 km2 (2,140 sq mi)

Geographic coordinates
The state lies within latitudes 4°45’N and 7°15’N, and longitude 6°50’E and 7°25’E.

The State economy is dependent largely on agriculture, especially the production of palm oil.

Another key industry is the extraction of crude oil and natural gas, especially in Imo’s north and west.

The State has been beset by violence at various points throughout its history, most notably the anti-cult 1996 Otokoto Riots and the ongoing separatist violence from the Eastern Security Network along with other opportunistic nativist gunmen.

Despite unrest, with its fast growing population and industrialization, Imo State has one of the highest Human Development Index in Nigeria.

Imo State is administratively divided into 27 LGAs (Local Government Areas) namely:

1. Aboh Mbaise
2. Ahiazu Mbaise
3. Ehime Mbano
4. Ezinihitte Mbaise
5. Ideato North
6. Ideato South
7. Ihitte/Uboma
8. Ikeduru
9. Isiala Mbano
10. Isu
11. Mbaitoli
12. Ngor Okpala
13. Njaba
14. Nkwerre
15. Nwangele
16. Obowo
17. Oguta
18. Ohaji/Egbema
19. Okigwe
20. Onuimo
21. Orlu
22. Orsu
23. Oru East
24. Oru West
25. Owerri Municipal
26. Owerri North
27. Owerri West

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Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area in Imo State

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Oru West L.G.A. Imo State

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Orlu Local Government Area, Imo State

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Okigwe Local Government Area, Imo State

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In the pre-colonial period, what is now Imo State was a part of medieval Kingdom of Nri and the later Aro Confederacy before the latter was defeated in the early 1900s by British troops in the Anglo-Aro War. After the war, the British incorporated the area into the Southern Nigeria Protectorate which later merged into British Nigeria in 1914; after the merger, Imo became a centre of anti-colonial resistance during the Women’s War.

After independence in 1960, the area of the present-day Imo was a part of the post-independence Eastern Region until 1967 when the region was split and the area became part of the East Central State. Less than two months afterwards, the former Eastern Region attempted to secede in the three-year long Nigerian Civil War with Imo as a part of the secessionist, Igbo nationalist state of Biafra.

The area was hard fought over throughout the war with Owerri and its surrounding area exchanging hands twice before Owerri was named the Biafran capital in 1969.

The present-day Imo State was captured by federal forces in early 1970 with Operation Tail-Wind taking the city and ending the war.

At the war’s end and the reunification of Nigeria, the East Central State was reformed until 1976 when Imo State was formed.

15 years after, Imo State was divided with eastern Imo being broken off to form the new Abia State.