🏠 Local Government Area • Oyo State • Ibadan North
Akinyele Local Government Area
Oyo State · South West Zone · Headquarters: Moniya
Peri-urban LGA north of Ibadan. Home to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).
Akinyele Local Government Area is located in Oyo State, in the South West geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It falls within the Ibadan North senatorial district. The headquarters of Akinyele LGA is Moniya.
The headquarters of Akinyele Local Government Area is Moniya. This is where the council secretariat, chairman's office and main government offices are located. The postal code for Moniya is 200001.
According to the 2006 National Population Census by the National Population Commission (NPC), Akinyele Local Government Area had a population of 280,000 people.
Akinyele 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.
Akinyele Local Government Area is in Oyo State, Nigeria. Oyo State is in the South West zone and has its capital at Ibadan. Oyo State has 32 Local Government Areas in total.
Akinyele Local Government Area is in the Ibadan North senatorial district of Oyo 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.