🏠 Local Government Area • Ogun State • Ogun East
Sagamu Local Government Area
Ogun State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Sagamu
Known for the Sagamu Remo people, rubber and cocoa. Home to Olabisi Onabanjo University.
Sagamu 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 Sagamu LGA is Sagamu.
The headquarters of Sagamu Local Government Area is Sagamu. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Sagamu is 121601.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Sagamu Local Government Area had a population of 298,000 people.
Sagamu 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.
Sagamu 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.
Sagamu 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.