🏠 Local Government Area • Ondo State • Ondo North
Ose Local Government Area
Ondo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Ifon
Known for the Ose people and cocoa, rubber farming. Border LGA with Edo State.
Ose 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 Ose LGA is Ifon.
The headquarters of Ose Local Government Area is Ifon. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Ifon is 342301.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Ose Local Government Area had a population of 133,000 people.
Ose 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.
Ose 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.
Ose 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.