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Ikorodu is a city in Lagos State, Nigeria. [1] It is located to the north-east of Lagos, along the Lagos Lagoon and shares boundary with Ogun State.With a population of over 1 million inhabitants, Ikorodu is currently the 12th largest city in Nigeria and growing at a rate of 5.26% annually, it is projected to reach 1.7 million inhabitants by 2035, [2] [3] It is the 2nd largest local government ...
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]
The creation of Lagos State in 1967 composed basically five main divisions, namely Lagos Colony, Badagry, Epe, Ikeja and Ikorodu. This bring about the delimitation of Ikorodu division into two constituencies with Ikorodu central, Ikorodu north and Ikorodu west as constituency I and Imota, Igbogbo, Ijede communities as constituency II.
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Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967, [39] which restructured Nigeria into a federation of 12 states. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Before the issuance of this Decree, Lagos city , which was the country's capital had been administered directly by the Federal Government through ...
The Lagos East senatorial district in Lagos State, Nigeria covers the local government areas of Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Ikorodu, Kosofe, and Somolu. [1] The senator currently representing the district is Tokunbo Abiru of the All Progressives Congress who was elected with 87.2% of the vote in 2020. [2] [3]
A map showing the 16 LGAs making up Lagos Metropolitan Area. In terms of administration, Lagos is not a single municipality and therefore has no overall city administration. [53] The geographical city limits of Metropolitan Lagos comprise 16 of the 20 Local Government Areas of Lagos State.
Each LGA is further subdivided into a minimum of ten and a maximum of twenty wards. A ward is administered by a councillor, who reports directly to the LGA chairman. The councillors fall under the legislative arm of the Local Government, the third tier of government in Nigeria, below the state governments and the federal government.