🏠 Local Government Area • Ekiti State • Ekiti North
Ido-Osi Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ifaki-Ekiti
Known for Ifaki, a growing educational centre with Federal University Oye-Ekiti campus nearby.
Ido-Osi Local Government Area is located in Ekiti State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ekiti North senatorial district. The headquarters of Ido-Osi LGA is Ifaki-Ekiti.
The headquarters of Ido-Osi Local Government Area is Ifaki-Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ifaki-Ekiti is 364001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ido-Osi Local Government Area had a population of 96,000 people.
Ido-Osi 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.
Ido-Osi Local Government Area is in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Ekiti State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Ado-Ekiti. Ekiti State has 16 Local Government Areas in total.
Ido-Osi Local Government Area is in the Ekiti North senatorial district of Ekiti 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.