1. Ebonyi State is one of the poorest states in southern Nigeria, sharing that position with Ekiti
2. It is highly agrarian, and draws a lot of similarities with its equally agrarian neighbor to the North, Benue
3. Ebonyi state is one of the food baskets in Nigeria
4. It can feed the entire south East if its agricultural potentials are harnessed properly
5. It has loads of beaches and natural salts
6. It is quite scenic, a property that should be harnessed for ecotourism
7. It is a highly cultural/conservative society
8. It has 3 federal [Federal College of Agriculture Ishiagu, new Federal University in Ikwo, and Akanu Ibiam Fed Poly Unwana) and one State university(EBSU)] institutions of higher learning
9. Most villages, even the remote ones, have electricity
10. Ebonyi is pristine and almost untainted, far from the madness in places such as Aba, Onitsha and Lagos
11. It produced the first and only governor of Eastern Nigeria
12. It produced a Senate President (Anyim)
13. It produced a Secretary to the Fed govt (Anyim)
14. Any agricultural investor should run there for land acquisition. Someone I know just moved his farm from Ibadan to Ebonyi
15. Many of its inhabitants can almost pass for Middle belters, in terms of looks
16. Its inhabitants are strong and unforgiving warriors (e.g., Ezza and Izzi)
17. Large rice and yam farms, and rice processing factories strut the landscape
18. It has one of the highest stone quarry sites in Nigeria, competing with Ondo, Ibadan, and Plateau in this area.
19. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have rice farming and processing development projects going on in Ebonyi
20: The Fed College of Agriculture Ebonyi is one of the few, if not the only place in Nigeria where you can receive a Diploma in Bee farming (Apiculture)

Let me regale you with a variety of rural Ebonyi photos

Ebonyi rural

Rural Ebonyi

Ebonyi quarry

Ebonyi rice

hand-made mounds for yam/cassava and farmland

Ndibe beach

Unwana Beach

Another beach

Oil palm

Cassava processing

op how sure are you about no 9 ie the one about the remotest village having electricity?was akanu ibiam a premier of the then eastern nigeria?i do not doubt the remaining points though.

asha 80: op how sure are you about no 9 ie the one about the remotest village having electricity?was akanu ibiam a premier of the then eastern nigeria?i do not doubt the remaining points though.

Akanu Ibiam was not a premier, he was a Governor of the Eastern region when Zik was Governor-General of Nigeria
On electricity, of course there could be some very remote places without light but most have. Don't forget that they have produced a senate president and now a sec of the fed govt. They have something, albeit modest, to show for it. Let me show you a few examples of villages

I have some Ebonyians as friend, they are hard-working people. But they have horrible sides too(but I won't mention them).

Oferekpe beach. Ebonyi beaches also are used for non-leisure activities

frederal: I have some Ebonyians as friend, they are hard-working people. But they have horrible sides too(but I won't mention them).

They are very stubborn and dogged. On a good day you do not want to make them angry.

Some of the best palm wines are made in Ebonyi

Salt Lakes. These are smaller ones. Larger ones are in Uburu (where Ogbonnaya Onu, current ANPP Chairman hails from)

Abakaliki Yams

modernized abakaliki rice mill. They are getting there slowly

Abakaliki rice

Adejoro74: modernized abakaliki rice mill. They are getting there slowly

who is managing these mills?government or private?

asha 80: who is managing these mills?government or private?

Private (local cooperatives)

More Abakaliki rice mills

Remote Ebonyi villages with electricity

Mining in Ebonyi
http://www.wildernessproject.org/apprentice_ecologist/showphoto.php?photo=1041

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God bless you for this exposition.Ebonyi state is richly endowed just that they are regretably neglected by powers that be,but i know of a sure that one daythey will rise!

Very nice. Ebonyi still have alot of agricultural potentials that are yet to be utilized.

Forget all the imported rice in Nigeria ( most have terrible taste) , Abakaliki rice is one of the most tasty rice in the world. Its taste can be favourably compared to Basmati rice variety.
I equally like the flat landscape of the state with its lush green fields.

We need exposures like these.

Am from Imo state have been to Edo and Anambra hope to visit their someday.