🏠 Local Government Area • Ondo State • Ondo South
Odigbo Local Government Area
Ondo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ore
Contains Ore, a major petrol depot town and truck stop on the Lagos-Benin expressway.
Odigbo Local Government Area is located in Ondo State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ondo South senatorial district. The headquarters of Odigbo LGA is Ore.
The headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area is Ore. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ore is 341301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Odigbo Local Government Area had a population of 214,000 people.
Odigbo 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.
Odigbo 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.
Odigbo Local Government Area is in the Ondo South 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.