🏠 Local Government Area • Bayelsa State • Bayelsa East
Ogbia Local Government Area
Bayelsa State · South South Zone · Headquarters: Otuoke
Birthplace of President Goodluck Jonathan. Home to Otuoke community and significant oil infrastructure.
Ogbia Local Government Area is located in Bayelsa State, in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Bayelsa East senatorial district. The headquarters of Ogbia LGA is Otuoke.
The headquarters of Ogbia Local Government Area is Otuoke. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Otuoke is 563101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ogbia Local Government Area had a population of 140,000 people.
Ogbia Local Government Area was created in 1991 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.
Ogbia Local Government Area is in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Bayelsa State is in the South South zone and has its capital at Yenagoa. Bayelsa State has 8 Local Government Areas in total.
Ogbia Local Government Area is in the Bayelsa East senatorial district of Bayelsa 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.