🏠 Local Government Area • Ogun State • Ogun Central
Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Owode
Contains Sagamu, home to Olabisi Onabanjo University. Growing commercial and real estate activities.
Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area is located in Ogun State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ogun Central senatorial district. The headquarters of Obafemi-Owode LGA is Owode.
The headquarters of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area is Owode. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Owode is 110201.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area had a population of 285,000 people.
Obafemi-Owode 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.
Obafemi-Owode 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.
Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area is in the Ogun Central 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.