🏠 Local Government Area • Akwa Ibom State • Akwa Ibom South
Eket Local Government Area
Akwa Ibom State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Eket
Oil city hosting ExxonMobil operations. Major industrial and commercial centre in southern Akwa Ibom.
Eket Local Government Area is located in Akwa Ibom State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Akwa Ibom South senatorial district. The headquarters of Eket LGA is Eket.
The headquarters of Eket Local Government Area is Eket. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Eket is 531101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Eket Local Government Area had a population of 140,927 people.
Eket Local Government Area was created in 1976 as part of the national local government reforms. Nigeria has had several rounds of LGA creation — 1976, 1991, and 1996 — which expanded the total from 301 to the current 774 LGAs.
Eket Local Government Area is in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Akwa Ibom State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Uyo. Akwa Ibom State has 31 Local Government Areas in total.
Eket Local Government Area is in the Akwa Ibom South senatorial district of Akwa Ibom State. This district is represented by a senator in the Nigerian National Assembly. Each senatorial district in Nigeria comprises several LGAs and elects one senator for a four-year term.