🏠 Local Government Area • Benue State • Benue South
Obi Local Government Area
Benue State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Obi
Known for yam and cassava farming by the Igede people. Important cultural LGA in southern Benue.
Obi 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 Obi LGA is Obi.
The headquarters of Obi Local Government Area is Obi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Obi is 972301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Obi Local Government Area had a population of 97,360 people.
Obi 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.
Obi 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.
Obi 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.