*33 local government areas, as listed in the First Schedule, Part I of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999. The list is constitutional, not administrative: a state may create development areas, but only an alteration of the Constitution can create a local government that draws from the Federation Account. Section 162(5)–(8) routes each council's share through a State Joint Local Government Account controlled by the state government — the arrangement the Supreme Court ruled against in Attorney-General of the Federation v. Attorney-General of Abia State & 35 Ors (11 July 2024), holding that allocations must go directly to democratically elected councils.*
The 33 councils#
- Afijio
- Akinyele
- Atiba
- Atisbo
- Egbeda
- Ibadan North
- Ibadan North-East
- Ibadan North-West
- Ibadan South-East
- Ibadan South-West
- Ibarapa Central
- Ibarapa East
- Ibarapa North
- Ido
- Irepo
- Iseyin
- Itesiwaju
- Iwajowa
- Kajola
- Lagelu
- Ogbomosho North
- Ogbomosho South
- Ogo Oluwa
- Olorunsogo
- Oluyole
- Ona Ara
- Orelope
- Ori Ire
- Oyo East
- Oyo West
- Saki East
- Saki West
- Surulere
Notes on the roster#
33 LGAs. The five Ibadan city LGAs together form the largest contiguous urban local-government cluster in West Africa by land area.
References
Sources#
- Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), First Schedule Part I
- INEC local government delimitation register
- Supreme Court of Nigeria, SC/CV/343/2024, judgment of 11 July 2024 (local government financial autonomy)