Tai
About
Tai is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State in Nigeria. It covers an area of 159 square kilometres and had a population of 117,797 at the 2006 Census. It forms part of the Eleme/Tai/Oyigbo federal constituency of the House of Representatives and the Rivers South East senatorial district of the Nigerian Senate. Its local government headquarters is at Sakpenwa, and the area is home mainly to Ogoni people who speak the Tee and Baan languages. Farming and, to a lesser degree, fishing are the main occupations, and the area has many oil wells operated largely by Shell Nigeria.
History
The Tai LGA was created in 1996. In the April 2007 elections the LGA recorded a reported 99.6% turnout for the Governorship election. In February 2009 the chairman of Tai Local Government Area was Barry Mpigi. Hon. Dike Matthew Nenubari later served first as caretaker and was then elected chairman in 2024.
Source: Wikipedia: Tai, Nigeria
Key Facts
State
Rivers State
Headquarters
Sakpenwa
Chairman
Hon. Matthew Nenubari Dike
Established
1996
Area
159 km²
Population
117,797 (2006 Census)