Ogbomosho North
Ogbomosho North is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria, with its headquarters on Ilorin Road and currently headed by the chairman, Kabir Akanji. The local government serves as a home to one of Nigeria's best institution of learning, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) and its teaching hospital (LAUTECH Teaching Hospital) on Old Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road. Also, the Nigerian Training Centre for the Blind and Bowen University Teaching hospital are situated there. The Ṣọ̀ún's Palace (Ààfin Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́) is the major traditional home of the city. Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ North is the most populated local government in the city, being the city's major economic nerve and has a land mass of 235 km2.[1] It is the most populous local government in the city as at the 2006 census.
Ogbomosho North | |
|---|---|
 Ogbomosho palace | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| State | Oyo State |
| Government | |
| • Local Government Chairman and the Head of the Local Government Council | Akanji Kabir Ayoade (PDP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 91 sq mi (235 km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (WAT) |
The postal code of the area is 210.[2]
References
- Adewuyi, Kehinde; Adeyemo; Adejumo (December 2018). "Use of GIS in production of soil series map in Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria" (PDF). International Research Journal of Earth Sciences. 6 (12): 12–21. ISSN 2321-2527 – via www.isca.in.
- "Post Offices – with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
