🏠 Local Government Area • Ogun State • Ogun East
Ijebu North Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ijebu-Igbo
Known for the Ijebu people, palm oil and cocoa farming. Important commercial centre in eastern Ogun.
Ijebu North Local Government Area is located in Ogun State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ogun East senatorial district. The headquarters of Ijebu North LGA is Ijebu-Igbo.
The headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Area is Ijebu-Igbo. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ijebu-Igbo is 121001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ijebu North Local Government Area had a population of 228,000 people.
Ijebu North 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.
Ijebu North 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.
Ijebu North Local Government Area is in the Ogun East 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.