Onoh responds to Gov Bago’s comparison of Borgu LGA and South East

By Dennis Agbo

Denge Josef Onoh, a erstwhile spokesperson for President Bola Tinubu’s South East campaign, has responded to remarks by Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State that compared the landmass of Borgu Local Government Area to that of the South East region.

In a statement, Onoh provided land-area figures and said Borgu LGA covers 11,267 km². He gave the combined landmass of the 5 South East states arsenic astir 29,484 km², with the pursuing breakdown: Abia — 6,320 km²; Anambra — 4,844 km²; Ebonyi — 5,530 km²; Enugu — 7,161 km²; and Imo — 5,530 km².

“So Borgu LGA is lone astir 38 percent the size of the South East portion (11,267 km² vs. 29,484 km²). The South East is astir 2.6 times larger than Borgu LGA,” Onoh said.

Onoh besides addressed a fig attributed to Governor Bago regarding Niger State’s stock of Nigeria’s full onshore area. He noted Nigeria’s full onshore country arsenic 923,769 km² and Niger State’s country arsenic 76,363 km², which helium said is astir 8.3 percent of the nationalist full — not 11 percent.

He added that portion ample forested areas and reserves specified arsenic the Borgu Game Reserve contiguous policing challenges successful parts of Niger State, comparisons based solely connected onshore country bash not seizure differences successful colonisation density and urbanization. Onoh said the South East has an estimated colonisation of implicit 20 cardinal radical crossed 95 section authorities areas.

The station Onoh responds to Gov Bago’s examination of Borgu LGA and South East appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.