🏠 Local Government Area • Ogun State • Ogun West
Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ota
Contains Ota, the industrial heartland of Nigeria. Home to Dangote, Nestle and hundreds of factories.
Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area is located in Ogun State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ogun West senatorial district. The headquarters of Ado-Odo/Ota LGA is Ota.
The headquarters of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area is Ota. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ota is 113001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area had a population of 595,000 people.
Ado-Odo/Ota 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.
Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area is in Ogun State, Nigeria. Ogun State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Abeokuta. Ogun State has 20 Local Government Areas in total.
Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area is in the Ogun West senatorial district of Ogun 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.