🏠 Local Government Area • Benue State • Benue South
Agatu Local Government Area
Benue State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Obagaji
Riverine LGA along River Benue, known for fishing and rice farming. Affected by farmer-herder conflicts.
Agatu Local Government Area is located in Benue State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Benue South senatorial district. The headquarters of Agatu LGA is Obagaji.
The headquarters of Agatu Local Government Area is Obagaji. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Obagaji is 972101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Agatu Local Government Area had a population of 95,260 people.
Agatu 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.
Agatu Local Government Area is in Benue State, Nigeria. Benue State is in the North Central zone and has its capital at Makurdi. Benue State has 23 Local Government Areas in total.
Agatu Local Government Area is in the Benue South senatorial district of Benue 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.