occupations
occupations
Most of the able-bodied men and women, including the youths have migrated to the Urban areas in search of greener pastures. Due to their diligence, resilience and undaunted determination to succeed, most Ugwueme people are well established in business, trades, politics, education, various handiwork and other professional endeavours both within and outside the country
The people living in Ugwueme are mostly subsistence farmers, who cultivate food and cash crops such as yam, cassava, cocoyam and maize, cashew, oil palm and banana and raise livestock such as sheep, local breeds of chicken and the West African dwarf goats (Onyeabor, 2013).