🏠 Local Government Area • Jigawa State • Jigawa North West
Roni Local Government Area
Jigawa State · North West Zone · Headquarters: Roni
Small agricultural LGA known for millet and groundnut farming in northwestern Jigawa.
Roni Local Government Area is located in Jigawa State, in the North West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Jigawa North West senatorial district. The headquarters of Roni LGA is Roni.
The headquarters of Roni Local Government Area is Roni. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Roni is 721401.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Roni Local Government Area had a population of 100,000 people.
Roni 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.
Roni Local Government Area is in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Jigawa State is in the North West zone and has its capital at Dutse. Jigawa State has 27 Local Government Areas in total.
Roni Local Government Area is in the Jigawa North West senatorial district of Jigawa 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.