Abia State in the southeast zone of Nigeria, is fairly new, having been established in 1991. It is home to over 4 million people, 95% of whom are from the Ngwa indigenous clan of Igbo.

The city of Aba is known as a major commercial and industrial hub in Nigeria, renowned for its vibrant small-scale and informal manufacturing industries, including textiles, garments, shoes, leatherworks, and metal fabrication. However, most of the residents are engaged in agriculture, cultivating staple crops such as yams, rice, cassava. Oil palm is the main cash crop.

Decayed structures and a deteriorated socioeconomic infrastructure are telltale signs of a rising poverty rate, unemployment, urban deterioration, and crime in Aba.

Thanks to the overwhelming support of donors partnering with Global Humanitarian Mission, the work of Marian Missionaries Ad Reginum Dei is being solidified in the massive new 3-story seminary and chapel constructed in the heart of Aba.