🏠 Local Government Area • Benue State • Benue South
Ogbadibo Local Government Area
Benue State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Otukpa
Known for clay pots, yam farming and the Idoma people cultural heritage.
Ogbadibo 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 Ogbadibo LGA is Otukpa.
The headquarters of Ogbadibo Local Government Area is Otukpa. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Otukpa is 972401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ogbadibo Local Government Area had a population of 119,543 people.
Ogbadibo 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.
Ogbadibo 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.
Ogbadibo 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.