🏠 Local Government Area • Ekiti State • Ekiti North
Moba Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Otun-Ekiti
Known for the Olotun of Otun kingdom and cocoa farming. Agricultural LGA in northern Ekiti.
Moba 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 Moba LGA is Otun-Ekiti.
The headquarters of Moba Local Government Area is Otun-Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Otun-Ekiti is 364201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Moba Local Government Area had a population of 93,000 people.
Moba 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.
Moba 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.
Moba 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.