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Lagos State

Lagos State of Nigeria

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Lagos State State nickname: Centre of Excellence
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Date Created	May 27, 1967
Capital	Ikẹja
Official language	English
Area	3,475.1^[1]km² Ranked of 36
Population - 2006 Census¹ - 1991 Census - Density (2006)	Ranked 2nd of 36 9,013,534^[2] 5,725,116 2,594/km²




Website	http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng
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Lagos State is an administrative region of Nigeria, located in the southwestern part of the country. The smallest of Nigeria's states, Lagos State is the second most populous state after Kano State,^[2] and arguably the most economically important state of the county,^[3] containing Lagos, the nation's largest urban area.

Contents

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§ 1 History

§ 2 Government

§ 2.1 Administrative Divisions and Local Government Areas

§ 4 People

§ 7 See also

[edit] History

Lagos State was created on May 27, 1967 by virtue of State (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree No. 14 of 1967, which restructured Nigeria’s Federation into 12 states. Prior to this, Lagos Municipality had been administered by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs as the regional authority, while the Lagos City Council (LCC) governed the City of Lagos. Equally, the metropolitan areas (Colony Province) of Ikeja, Agege, Mushin, Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry were administered by the Western Region. The State took off as an administrative entity on April 11, 1968 with Lagos Island serving the dual role of being the State and Federal Capital. However, with the creation of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja in 1976, Lagos ceased to be the capital of the State which was moved to Ikeja. Equally, with the formal relocation of the seat of the Federal Government to Abuja on 12 December 1991, Lagos ceased to be Nigeria’s political capital. Nevertheless, Lagos remains the center of commerce for the country.

[edit] Government

Main article: Politics of Lagos State

Since its creation in 1967, the state has been administered by a governor and a House of Assembly. Since December 2007, Yoruba has been the official language of debate and discussion for the House of Assembly.

[edit] Administrative Divisions and Local Government Areas

Lagos State is divided into 5 Administrative divisions, which are further divided into 20 Local Government Areas, or LGAs:^[2]

§ Badagry Division

§ Ajeromi-Ifelodun

§ Amuwo-Odofin

§ Badagry

§ Ojo

§ Epe Division

§ Epe

§ Ibeju-Lekki

§ Ikeja Division

§ Agege

§ Alimosho