Property in Gokana, Rivers

Created in 1991, Gokana is one of the Local Government Areas in Rivers state, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in Kpor. Gokana is divided into sixteen towns, each headed by a king. The sixteen towns are further subdivided into villages. All sixteen towns have one common ancestry.

The native Gokana week is made up of five days, Maa, Bon, Zua, SJon, Koo(pronounced cur). Koo is the official sabbath or rest day when our indigenes were to stay at home and not go to the farm. The main religions practiced here are christianity and traditional religions. The Gokana language, of the Ogonoid group of the Cross-River branch of the large Niger-Congo language family, is the main spoken language.