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Ikeja Local Government Area
Lagos State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ikeja
The administrative capital of Lagos State. Home to Government House, Lagos State Secretariat, Murtala Muhammed International Airport and the Computer Village tech market.
Ikeja Local Government Area is located in Lagos State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Lagos Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Ikeja LGA is Ikeja.
The headquarters of Ikeja Local Government Area is Ikeja. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ikeja is 100001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ikeja Local Government Area had a population of 313,196 people.
Ikeja Local Government Area was created in 1967 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.
Ikeja 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.
Ikeja Local Government Area is in the Lagos Central 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.