🏠 Local Government Area • Kwara State • Kwara North
Edu Local Government Area
Kwara State · North Central Zone · Headquarters: Lafiagi
Known for the Lafiagi emirate and yam, rice farming along the River Niger communities.
Edu Local Government Area is located in Kwara State, in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Kwara North senatorial district. The headquarters of Edu LGA is Lafiagi.
The headquarters of Edu Local Government Area is Lafiagi. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Lafiagi is 241101.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Edu Local Government Area had a population of 178,000 people.
Edu 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.
Edu Local Government Area is in Kwara State, Nigeria. Kwara State is in the North Central zone and has its capital at Ilorin. Kwara State has 16 Local Government Areas in total.
Edu Local Government Area is in the Kwara North senatorial district of Kwara 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.