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Announced: April 2, 2000.
Location: Upper Aba/Okpu-Umuoba Road, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria.
Telephone: 234 82-239-010
Presidency: Jerry V. Kirk, president; Gaylan S. Gallacher, first counselor; Nephi Wallace Bushman, second counselor.
Site: 6.3 acres.
Exterior finish: Namibian pearl granite.
Temple design: Classic modern.
Architects and contractors: Adeniyi Coker architescts Ltd., Marlum Nigeria Ltd.
Project manager: Russell S. Tanner.
Rooms: Celestial room, two endowment rooms, two sealing rooms and baptistry.
Total floor area: 11,500 square feet.
Dimensions: About 147 feet wide by 77 feet long.
District: 15 stakes, 11 districts in Nigeria, and 2 branches in Cameroon.
Groundbreaking, Feb. 23, 2002, with Elder H. Bruce Stucki of the Seventy presiding. Open House held June 18, 2005-July 2, 2005, excluding Sundays; total attendance: 25,095. Dedicated in four sessions on Aug. 7, 2005, by President Gordon B. Hinckley; dedication attendance: 7,415.
