🏠 Local Government Area • Ondo State • Ondo North
Akoko North East Local Government Area
Ondo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ikare-Akoko
Contains Ikare-Akoko, a major commercial city. Known for Akoko people, cocoa and kola nut.
Akoko North East Local Government Area is located in Ondo State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ondo North senatorial district. The headquarters of Akoko North East LGA is Ikare-Akoko.
The headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government Area is Ikare-Akoko. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ikare-Akoko is 342001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Akoko North East Local Government Area had a population of 183,000 people.
Akoko North East 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.
Akoko North East Local Government Area is in Ondo State, Nigeria. Ondo State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Akure. Ondo State has 18 Local Government Areas in total.
Akoko North East Local Government Area is in the Ondo North senatorial district of Ondo 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.