Local government areas of Nigeria - wikipedia Local government areas of Nigeria Nigeria This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Nigeria Constitution Human rights Government President ( list ) Muhammadu Buhari Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Cabinet Federal Parastatals National Assembly Senate House of Representatives Judiciary Supreme Court Subdivisions States State governors Local Government Areas Elections Recent elections Presidential : 2011 2015 2019 Parliamentary : 2011 2015 2019 Political parties Foreign relations Minister of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions of Nigeria to Nigeria Passport Visa requirements Other countries Atlas This article needs attention from an expert in Nigeria. The specific problem is : LGA and its relationship to cities, states, and wards, and the function of wards. WikiProject Nigeria may be able to help recruit an expert. ( November 2015 ) Local government areas of Nigeria Nigeria has 774 local government areas ( LGAs ). Each local government area is administered by a Local Government Council consisting of a chairman who is the Chief Executive of the LGA, and other elected members who are referred to as Councillors. Each of the areas is further subdivided into wards with a minimum of ten and a maximum of fifteen for each area. Contents 1 Functions 2 List of LGAs 3 References 4 External links Functions The functions of Local Governments are detailed in the Nigerian Constitution and include : Economic recommendations to the State ; Collection of taxes and fees ; Establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm ; Licensing of bicycles, trucks ( other than mechanically propelled trucks ), canoes, wheel barrows and carts ; Establishment, maintenance and regulation of markets, motor parks and public conveniences ; Construction and maintenance of roads, streets, drains and other public highways, parks, and open spaces ; Naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses ; Provision and maintenance of public transportation and refuse disposal ; Registration of births, deaths and marriages ; Assessment of privately owned houses or tenements for the purpose of levying such rates as may be prescribed by the House of Assembly of a State ; and, Control and regulation of out - door advertising, movement and keeping of pets of all descriptions, shops and kiosks, restaurants and other places for sale of food to the public, and laundries. List of LGAs This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. LGA contact State Website Abadam Borno State Abaji FCT Abak Akwa Ibom State ( 1 ) Abakaliki Ebonyi State Aba North Abia State Aba South Abia State Abeokuta North Ogun State Abeokuta South Ogun State Abi Cross River State Aboh Mbaise Imo State Abua / Odual Rivers State Adavi Kogi State Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Ado - Odo / Ota Ogun State Afijio Oyo State Afikpo North Ebonyi State Afikpo South ( Edda ) Ebonyi State Agaie Niger State Agatu Benue State Agwara Niger State Agege Lagos State Aguata Anambra State Ahiazu Mbaise Imo State Ahoada East Rivers State Ahoada West Rivers State Ajaokuta Kogi State Ajeromi - Ifelodun Lagos State Ajingi Kano State Akamkpa Cross River State Akinyele Oyo State Akko Gombe State Akoko - Edo Edo State Akoko North - East Ondo State Akoko North - West Ondo State Akoko South - West Ondo State Akoko South - East Ondo State Akpabuyo Cross River State Akuku - Toru Rivers State Akure North Ondo State Akure South Ondo State Akwanga Nasarawa State Albasu Kano State Aleiro Kebbi State Alimosho Lagos State Alkaleri Bauchi State Amuwo - Odofin Lagos State Anambra East Anambra State Anambra West Anambra State Anaocha Anambra State Andoni Rivers State Aninri Enugu State Aniocha North Delta State Aniocha South Delta State Anka Zamfara State Ankpa Kogi State Apa Benue State Apapa Lagos State Ado Benue State Ardo Kola Taraba State Arewa Dandi Kebbi State Argungu Kebbi State Arochukwu Abia State Asa Kwara State Asari - Toru Rivers State Askira / Uba Borno State Atakunmosa East Osun State Atakunmosa West Osun State Atiba Oyo State Atisbo Oyo State Augie Kebbi State Auyo Jigawa State Awe Nasarawa State Awgu Enugu State Awka North Anambra State Awka South Anambra State Ayamelum Anambra State Aiyedaade Osun State Aiyedire Osun State Babura Jigawa State Badagry Lagos State Bagudo Kebbi State Bagwai Kano State Bakassi Cross River State Bokkos Plateau State Bakori Katsina State Bakura Zamfara State Balanga Gombe State Bali Taraba State Bama Borno State Bade Yobe State Barkin Ladi Plateau State Baruten Kwara State Bassa Kogi State Bassa Plateau State Batagarawa Katsina State Batsari Katsina State Bauchi Bauchi State Baure Katsina State Bayo Borno State Bebeji Kano State Bekwarra Cross River State Bende Abia State Biase Cross River State Bichi Kano State Bida Niger State Billiri Gombe State Bindawa Katsina State Binji Sokoto State Biriniwa Jigawa State Birnin Gwari Kaduna State Birnin Kebbi Kebbi State Birnin Kudu Jigawa State Birnin Magaji / Kiyaw Zamfara State Biu Borno State Bodinga Sokoto State Bogoro Bauchi State Boki Cross River State Boluwaduro Osun State Bomadi Delta State Bonny Rivers State Borgu Niger State Boripe Osun State Bursari Yobe State Bosso Niger State Brass Bayelsa State Buji Jigawa State Bukkuyum Zamfara State Buruku Benue State Bungudu Zamfara State Bunkure Kano State Bunza Kebbi State Burutu Delta State Bwari FCT Calabar Municipal Cross River State Calabar South Cross River State Chanchaga Niger State Charanchi Katsina State Chibok Borno State Chikun Kaduna State Dala Kano State Damaturu Yobe State Damban Bauchi State Dambatta Kano State Damboa Borno State Dandi Kebbi State Dandume Katsina State Dange Shuni Sokoto State Danja Katsina State Dan Musa Katsina State Darazo Bauchi State Dass Bauchi State Daura Katsina State Dawakin Kudu Kano State Dawakin Tofa Kano State Degema Rivers State Dekina Kogi State Demsa Adamawa State Dikwa Borno State Doguwa Kano State Doma Nasarawa State Donga Taraba State Dukku Gombe State Dunukofia Anambra State Dutse Jigawa State Dutsi Katsina State Dutsin Ma Katsina State Eastern Obolo Akwa Ibom State Ebonyi Ebonyi State Edati Niger State Ede North Osun State Ede South Osun State Edu Kwara State Ife Central Osun State Ife East Osun State Ife North Osun State Ife South Osun State Efon Ekiti State Yewa North Ogun State Yewa South Ogun State Egbeda Oyo State Egbedore Osun State Egor Edo State Ehime Mbano Imo State Ejigbo Osun State Ekeremor Bayelsa State Eket Akwa Ibom State ( 2 ) Ekiti Kwara State Ekiti East Ekiti State Ekiti South - West Ekiti State Ekiti West Ekiti State Ekwusigo Anambra State Eleme Rivers State Emuoha Rivers State Emure Ekiti State Enugu East Enugu State Enugu North Enugu State Enugu South Enugu State Epe Lagos State Esan Central Edo State Esan North - East Edo State Esan South - East Edo State Esan West Edo State Ese Odo Ondo State Esit Eket Akwa Ibom State Essien Udim Akwa Ibom State Etche Rivers State Ethiope East Delta State Ethiope West Delta State Etim Ekpo Akwa Ibom State ( 3 ) Etinan Akwa Ibom State ( 4 ) Eti Osa Lagos State Etsako Central Edo State Etsako East Edo State Etsako West Edo State Etung Cross River State Ewekoro Ogun State Ezeagu Enugu State Ezinihitte Imo State Ezza North Ebonyi State Ezza South Ebonyi State Fagge Kano State Fakai Kebbi State Faskari Katsina State Fika Yobe State Fufure Adamawa State Funakaye Gombe State Fune Yobe State Funtua Katsina State Gabasawa Kano State Gada Sokoto State Gagarawa Jigawa State Gamawa Bauchi State Ganjuwa Bauchi State Ganye Adamawa State Garki Jigawa State Garko Kano State Garun Mallam Kano State Gashaka Taraba State Gassol Taraba State Gaya Kano State Gayuk Adamawa State Gezawa Kano State Gbako Niger State Gboko Benue State Gbonyin Ekiti State Geidam Yobe State Giade Bauchi State Giwa Kaduna State Gokana Rivers State Gombe Gombe State Gombi Adamawa State Goronyo Sokoto State Grie Adamawa State Gubio Borno State Gudu Sokoto State Gujba Yobe State Gulani Yobe State Guma Benue State Gumel Jigawa State Gummi Zamfara State Gurara Niger State Guri Jigawa State Gusau Zamfara State Guzamala Borno State Gwadabawa Sokoto State Gwagwalada FCT Gwale Kano State Gwandu Kebbi State Gwaram Jigawa State Gwarzo Kano State Gwer East Benue State Gwer West Benue State Gwiwa Jigawa State Gwoza Borno State Hadejia Jigawa State Hawul Borno State Hong Adamawa State Ibadan North Oyo State Ibadan North - East Oyo State Ibadan North - West Oyo State Ibadan South - East Oyo State Ibadan South - West Oyo State Ibaji Kogi State Ibarapa Central Oyo State Ibarapa East Oyo State Ibarapa North Oyo State Ibeju - Lekki Lagos State Ibeno Akwa Ibom State ( 5 ) Ibesikpo Asutan Akwa Ibom State ( 6 ) Ibi Taraba State Ibiono - Ibom Akwa Ibom State ( 7 ) Idah Kogi State Idanre Ondo State Ideato North Imo State Ideato South Imo State Idemili North Anambra State Idemili South Anambra State Ido Oyo State Ido Osi Ekiti State Ifako - Ijaiye Lagos State Ifedayo Osun State Ifedore Ondo State Ifelodun Kwara State Ifelodun Osun State Ifo Ogun State Igabi Kaduna State Igalamela Odolu Kogi State Igbo Etiti Enugu State Igbo Eze North Enugu State Igbo Eze South Enugu State Igueben Edo State Ihiala Anambra State Ihitte / Uboma Imo State Ilaje Ondo State Ijebu East Ogun State Ijebu North Ogun State Ijebu North East Ogun State Ijebu Ode Ogun State Ijero Ekiti State Ijumu Kogi State Ika Akwa Ibom State ( 8 ) Ika North East Delta State Ikara Kaduna State Ika South Delta State Ikeduru Imo State Ikeja Lagos State Ikenne Ogun State Ikere Ekiti State Ikole Ekiti State Ikom Cross River State Ikono Akwa Ibom State ( 9 ) Ikorodu Lagos State Ikot Abasi Akwa Ibom State ( 10 ) Ikot Ekpene Akwa Ibom State ( 11 ) Ikpoba Okha Edo State Ikwerre Rivers State Ikwo Ebonyi State Ikwuano Abia State Ila Osun State Ilejemeje Ekiti State Ile Oluji / Okeigbo Ondo State Ilesa East Osun State Ilesa West Osun State Illela Sokoto State Ilorin East Kwara State Ilorin South Kwara State Ilorin West Kwara State Imeko Afon Ogun State Ingawa Katsina State Ini Akwa Ibom State ( 12 ) Ipokia Ogun State Irele Ondo State Irepo Oyo State Irepodun Kwara State Irepodun Osun State Irepodun / Ifelodun Ekiti State Irewole Osun State Isa Sokoto State Ise / Orun Ekiti State Iseyin Oyo State Ishielu Ebonyi State Isiala Mbano Imo State Isiala Ngwa North Abia State Isiala Ngwa South Abia State Isin Kwara State Isi Uzo Enugu State Isokan Osun State Isoko North Delta State Isoko South Delta State Isu Imo State Isuikwuato Abia State Itas / Gadau Bauchi State Itesiwaju Oyo State Itu Akwa Ibom State ( 13 ) Ivo Ebonyi State Iwajowa Oyo State Iwo Osun State Izzi Ebonyi State Jaba Kaduna State Jada Adamawa State Jahun Jigawa State Jakusko Yobe State Jalingo Taraba State Jama'are Bauchi State Jega Kebbi State Jema'a Kaduna State Jere Borno State Jibia Katsina State Jos East Plateau State Jos North Plateau State Jos South Plateau State Kabba / Bunu Kogi State Kabo Kano State Kachia Kaduna State Kaduna North Kaduna State Kaduna South Kaduna State Kafin Hausa Jigawa State Kafur Katsina State Kaga Borno State Kagarko Kaduna State Kaiama Kwara State Kaita Katsina State Kajola Oyo State Kajuru Kaduna State Kala / Balge Borno State Kalgo Kebbi State Kaltungo Gombe State Kanam Plateau State Kankara Katsina State Kanke Plateau State Kankia Katsina State Kano Municipal Kano State Karasuwa Yobe State Karaye Kano State Karim Lamido Taraba State Karu Nasarawa State Katagum Bauchi State Katcha Niger State Katsina Katsina State Katsina - Ala Benue State Kaura Kaduna State Kaura Namoda Zamfara State Kauru Kaduna State Kazaure Jigawa State Keana Nasarawa State Kebbe Sokoto State Keffi Nasarawa State Khana Rivers State Kibiya Kano State Kirfi Bauchi State Kiri Kasama Jigawa State Kiru Kano State Kiyawa Jigawa State Kogi Kogi State Koko / Besse Kebbi State Kokona Nasarawa State Kolokuma / Opokuma Bayelsa State Konduga Borno State Konshisha Benue State Kontagora Niger State Kosofe Lagos State Kaugama Jigawa State Kubau Kaduna State Kudan Kaduna State Kuje FCT Kukawa Borno State Kumbotso Kano State Kumi Taraba State Kunchi Kano State Kura Kano State Kurfi Katsina State Kusada Katsina State Kwali FCT Kwande Benue State Kwami Gombe State Kware Sokoto State Kwaya Kusar Borno State Lafia Nasarawa State Lagelu Oyo State Lagos Island Lagos State Lagos Mainland Lagos State Langtang South Plateau State Langtang North Plateau State Lapai Niger State Lamurde Adamawa State Lau Taraba State Lavun Niger State Lere Kaduna State Logo Benue State Lokoja Kogi State Machina Yobe State Madagali Adamawa State Madobi Kano State Mafa Borno State Magama Niger State Magumeri Borno State Mai'Adua Katsina State Maiduguri Borno State Maigatari Jigawa State Maiha Adamawa State Maiyama Kebbi State Makarfi Kaduna State Makoda Kano State Malam Madori Jigawa State Malumfashi Katsina State Mangu Plateau State Mani Katsina State Maradun Zamfara State Mariga Niger State Makurdi Benue State Marte Borno State Maru Zamfara State Mashegu Niger State Mashi Katsina State Matazu Katsina State Mayo Belwa Adamawa State Mbaitoli Imo State Mbo Akwa Ibom State ( 14 ) Michika Adamawa State Miga Jigawa State Mikang Plateau State Minjibir Kano State Misau Bauchi State Moba Ekiti State Mobbar Borno State Mubi North Adamawa State Mubi South Adamawa State Mokwa Niger State Monguno Borno State Mopa Muro Kogi State Moro Kwara State Moya Niger State Mkpat - Enin Akwa Ibom State ( 15 ) Municipal Area Council FCT Musawa Katsina State Mushin Lagos State Nafada Gombe State Nangere Yobe State Nasarawa Kano State Nasarawa Nasarawa State Nasarawa Egon Nasarawa State Ndokwa East Delta State Ndokwa West Delta State Nembe Bayelsa State Ngala Borno State Nganzai Borno State Ngaski Kebbi State Ngor Okpala Imo State Nguru Yobe State Ningi Bauchi State Njaba Imo State Njikoka Anambra State Nkanu East Enugu State Nkanu West Enugu State Nkwerre Imo State Nnewi North Anambra State Nnewi South Anambra State Nsit - Atai Akwa Ibom State ( 16 ) Nsit - Ibom Akwa Ibom State ( 17 ) Nsit - Ubium Akwa Ibom State ( 18 ) Nsukka Enugu State Numan Adamawa State Nwangele Imo State Obafemi Owode Ogun State Obanliku Cross River State Obi Benue State Obi Nasarawa State Obi Ngwa Abia State Obio / Akpor Rivers State Obokun Osun State Obot Akara Akwa Ibom State ( 19 ) Obowo Imo State Obubra Cross River State Obudu Cross River State Odeda Ogun State Odigbo Ondo State Odogbolu Ogun State Odo Otin Osun State Odukpani Cross River State Offa Kwara State Ofu Kogi State Ogba / Egbema / Ndoni Rivers State Ogbadibo Benue State Ogbaru Anambra State Ogbia Bayelsa State Ogbomosho North Oyo State Ogbomosho South Oyo State Ogu / Bolo Rivers State Ogoja Cross River State Ogo Oluwa Oyo State Ogori / Magongo Kogi State Ogun Waterside Ogun State Oguta Imo State Ohafia Abia State Ohaji / Egbema Imo State Ohaozara Ebonyi State Ohaukwu Ebonyi State Ohimini Benue State Orhionmwon Edo State Oji River Enugu State Ojo Lagos State Oju Benue State Okehi Kogi State Okene Kogi State Oke Ero Kwara State Okigwe Imo State Okitipupa Ondo State Okobo Akwa Ibom State ( 20 ) Okpe Delta State Okrika Rivers State Olamaboro Kogi State Ola Oluwa Osun State Olorunda Osun State Olorunsogo Oyo State Oluyole Oyo State Omala Kogi State Omuma Rivers State Ona Ara Oyo State Ondo East Ondo State Ondo West Ondo State Onicha Ebonyi State Onitsha North Anambra State Onitsha South Anambra State Onna Akwa Ibom State ( 21 ) Okpokwu Benue State Opobo / Nkoro Rivers State Oredo Edo State Orelope Oyo State Oriade Osun State Ori Ire Oyo State Orlu Imo State Orolu Osun State Oron Akwa Ibom State ( 22 ) Orsu Imo State Oru East Imo State Oruk Anam Akwa Ibom State ( 23 ) Orumba North Anambra State Orumba South Anambra State Oru West Imo State Ose Ondo State Oshimili North Delta State Oshimili South Delta State Oshodi - Isolo Lagos State Osisioma Abia State Osogbo Osun State Oturkpo Benue State Ovia North - East Edo State Ovia South - West Edo State Owan East Edo State Owan West Edo State Owerri Municipal Imo State Owerri North Imo State Owerri West Imo State Owo Ondo State Oye Ekiti State Oyi Anambra State Oyigbo Rivers State Oyo West Oyo State Oyo East Oyo State Oyun Kwara State Paikoro Niger State Pankshin Plateau State Patani Delta State Pategi Kwara State Port Harcourt Rivers State Potiskum Yobe State Qua'an Pan Plateau State Rabah Sokoto State Rafi Niger State Rano Kano State Remo North Ogun State Rijau Niger State Rimi Katsina State Rimin Gado Kano State Ringim Jigawa State Riyom Plateau State Rogo Kano State Roni Jigawa State Sabon Birni Sokoto State Sabon Gari Kaduna State Sabuwa Katsina State Safana Katsina State Sagbama Bayelsa State Sakaba Kebbi State Saki East Oyo State Saki West Oyo State Sandamu Katsina State Sanga Kaduna State Sapele Delta State Sardauna Taraba State Shagamu Ogun State Shagari Sokoto State Shanga Kebbi State Shani Borno State Shanono Kano State Shelleng Adamawa State Shendam Plateau State Shinkafi Zamfara State Shira Bauchi State Shiroro Niger State Shongom Gombe State Shomolu Lagos State Silame Sokoto State Soba Kaduna State Sokoto North Sokoto State Sokoto South Sokoto State Song Adamawa State Southern Ijaw Bayelsa State Suleja Niger State Sule Tankarkar Jigawa State Sumaila Kano State Suru Kebbi State Surulere Oyo State Surulere Lagos State Tafa Niger State Tafawa Balewa Bauchi State Tai Rivers State Takai Kano State Takum Taraba State Talata Mafara Zamfara State Tambuwal Sokoto State Tangaza Sokoto State Tarauni Kano State Tarka Benue State Tarmuwa Yobe State Taura Jigawa State Toungo Adamawa State Tofa Kano State Toro Bauchi State Toto Nasarawa State Chafe Zamfara State Tsanyawa Kano State Tudun Wada Kano State Tureta Sokoto State Udenu Enugu State Udi Enugu State Udu Delta State Udung - Uko Akwa Ibom State ( 24 ) Ughelli North Delta State Ughelli South Delta State Ugwunagbo Abia State Uhunmwonde Edo State Ukanafun Akwa Ibom State ( 25 ) Ukum Benue State Ukwa East Abia State Ukwa West Abia State Ukwuani Delta State Umuahia North Abia State Umuahia South Abia State Umu Nneochi Abia State Ungogo Kano State Unuimo Imo State Uruan Akwa Ibom State ( 26 ) Urue - Offong / Oruko Akwa Ibom State ( 27 ) Ushongo Benue State Ussa Taraba State Uvwie Delta State Uyo Akwa Ibom State ( 28 ) Uzo - Uwani Enugu State Vandeikya Benue State Wamako Sokoto State Wamba Nasarawa State Warawa Kano State Warji Bauchi State Warri North Delta State Warri South Delta State Warri South West Delta State Wasagu / Danko Kebbi State Wase Plateau State Wudil Kano State Wukari Taraba State Wurno Sokoto State Wushishi Niger State Yabo Sokoto State Yagba East Kogi State Yagba West Kogi State Yakuur Cross River State Obi Benue State Obi Nasarawa State Obi Ngwa Abia State Obio / Akpor Rivers State Obokun Osun State Obot Akara Akwa Ibom State ( 29 ) Obowo Imo State Obubra Cross River State s '' / > Yala Cross River State Yamaltu / Deba Gombe State Yankwashi Jigawa State Yauri Kebbi State Yenagoa Bayelsa State Yola North Adamawa State Yola South Adamawa State Yorro Taraba State Yunusari Yobe State Yusufari Yobe State Zaki Bauchi State Zango Katsina State Zangon Kataf Kaduna State Zaria Kaduna State Zing Taraba State Zurmi Zamfara State Zuru Kebbi State References ^ Jump up to : `` List of Local Government Areas in Cross River State ''. 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Question: how many local government area do we have in nigeria
Answer: 774