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Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area
Lagos State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Akodo Ise
Site of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Lekki Free Trade Zone and Lekki Deep Seaport — the future industrial heartland of Lagos State.
Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area is located in Lagos State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Lagos East senatorial district. The headquarters of Ibeju-Lekki LGA is Akodo Ise.
The headquarters of Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area is Akodo Ise. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Akodo Ise is 106104.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area had a population of 117,244 people.
Ibeju-Lekki 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.
Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area is in Lagos State, Nigeria. Lagos State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Ikeja. Lagos State has 20 Local Government Areas in total.
Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area is in the Lagos East senatorial district of Lagos 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.