🏠 Local Government Area • Ogun State • Ogun West
Egbado South Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ilaro
Contains Ilaro, a major commercial city in western Ogun. Known for palm oil and cassava.
Egbado South 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 Egbado South LGA is Ilaro.
The headquarters of Egbado South Local Government Area is Ilaro. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ilaro is 112001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Egbado South Local Government Area had a population of 235,000 people.
Egbado South 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.
Egbado South 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.
Egbado South 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.