🏠 Local Government Area • Ekiti State • Ekiti South
Ikere Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ikere-Ekiti
Known for the Ogoga of Ikere kingdom and Federal Polytechnic Ikere. Major educational and cultural centre.
Ikere Local Government Area is located in Ekiti State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ekiti South senatorial district. The headquarters of Ikere LGA is Ikere-Ekiti.
The headquarters of Ikere Local Government Area is Ikere-Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ikere-Ekiti is 362001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ikere Local Government Area had a population of 161,000 people.
Ikere 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.
Ikere 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.
Ikere Local Government Area is in the Ekiti South 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.