🏠 Local Government Area • Benue State • Benue North West
Makurdi Local Government Area
Benue State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Makurdi
Contains Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Home to Benue State University and the River Benue bridge.
Makurdi Local Government Area is located in Benue State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Benue North West senatorial district. The headquarters of Makurdi LGA is Makurdi.
The headquarters of Makurdi Local Government Area is Makurdi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Makurdi is 970001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Makurdi Local Government Area had a population of 300,377 people.
Makurdi 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.
Makurdi 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.
Makurdi Local Government Area is in the Benue North West 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.