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CountryFile:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
StateLagos
CreatedOctober 1, 1996
Government
 • Executive ChairmanPrince Usman Akanbi Hamzat
 • House of Representatives MemberAdeyemi Benjamin Olabinjo
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Population
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History

The Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government was created along with 183 other local governments on October 1, 1996, by General Sani Abacha, the then military head of state. It was carved out of Agege Local Government, with headquarters in Ifako, and predominantly populated by the Egba Yoruba people.[2][3]

Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government is a border suburb town as it shares border with Ogun State. The major settlements are Ogba-Ijaiye, Ifako, Oke-Ira, Iju-Ishaga, Obawole, Iju-Ogundimu, Fagba, Agege Pen Cinema, Ojokoro[4] among others.

Transport

The city is served by Agbado station,[5] located in the Local Council of Agbado-Oke Odo[6] and part of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit project.

Current Executives

Prince Usman Akanbi Hamzat - Executive Chairman

Hon. Mrs. Oluwatoyin Awoniyi Akerele - Vice Chairman

References

  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lagos State: Subdivisions". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fenske, James (1830). Land abundance and economic institutions: Egba land and slavery. The Economic History Review. p. 65. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ogunhemi, Gabriel Ogundeji (1982). Counting the Camels: The Economics of Transportation in PreIndustrial Nigeria. Nok Publishers. p. 64. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OJOKORO LCDA SEASON GREETINGS". Media 57. 2021-12-25. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
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  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Agbado-Oke Odo Local Council Development Area". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2017-05-22.

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