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Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs), each administered by a local government council [1] consisting of a chairman, who is the chief executive, and other elected members, who are referred to as councillors. Each LGA is further subdivided into a minimum of ten and a maximum of twenty wards.
Nigeria is a federation of thirty-six states and one Federal Capital Territory, which are divided into 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in total. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A clickable map of Nigeria showing its 36 states and the federal capital territory.
The military and the Nigerian state, 1966–1993: a study of the strategies of political power control. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. ISBN 978-1-59221-568-3. Solomon Akhere Benjamin (1999). The 1996 state and local government reorganizations in Nigeria. Ibadan: Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research. ISBN 978-181-238-9.
The devolution of power between the states and the federal government helps the functionality of Nigeria. [83] 774 local governments oversee the collection of local taxes, education, health care, roads, waste, and planning. [82] The local government look after the affairs of the common men and women in the Nigeria society.
This is a list of villages and settlements in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria organised by local government area (LGA) and district/area (with postal codes also given). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] By postal code
Category: Local Government Areas of Nigeria. 10 languages. ... Local Government Areas in Kaduna State (23 C, 24 P) Local Government Areas in Kano State (1 C, 45 P)
Lagos state is made up of five administrative divisions, namely, Ikorodu, Ikeja, Epe, Badagry, and Lagos Island, with Ikeja being the Capital. The five divisions consist of a total of 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). [1] [2] [3]
Category: Local government in Nigeria by state. ... Local government in Rivers State (2 C, 3 P) This page was last edited on 30 March 2015, at 16:34 (UTC). ...