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Oye Local Government Area
Ekiti State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Oye-Ekiti
Home to Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE). Growing educational hub in northern Ekiti.
Oye 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 Oye LGA is Oye-Ekiti.
The headquarters of Oye Local Government Area is Oye-Ekiti. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Oye-Ekiti is 364301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Oye Local Government Area had a population of 108,000 people.
Oye 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.
Oye 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.
Oye 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.