🏠 Local Government Area • Ekiti State • Ekiti East
Ilejemeje Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Iye-Ekiti
Smallest LGA in Ekiti, known for the Iye kingdom and cocoa farming. Remote LGA in eastern Ekiti.
Ilejemeje Local Government Area is located in Ekiti State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ekiti East senatorial district. The headquarters of Ilejemeje LGA is Iye-Ekiti.
The headquarters of Ilejemeje Local Government Area is Iye-Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Iye-Ekiti is 363101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ilejemeje Local Government Area had a population of 42,000 people.
Ilejemeje Local Government Area was created in 1996 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.
Ilejemeje 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.
Ilejemeje Local Government Area is in the Ekiti East 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.