Ibeju-Lekki

Ibeju-Lekki
LGA
Ibeju-Lekki shown within the State of Lagos
Country	Nigeria
State	Lagos State
Principal city	Lekki
Area
• Total	455 km² (176 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	117,481
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)

Ibeju-Lekki is a local government area in the Epe Division of Lagos State, Nigeria. The administrative centre was formally at Akodo and was later moved to Igando Oloja due to the creation of Lekki Council Development Area. The name of the Local government was derived from two autonomous communities, Ibeju and Lekki.

The people of the area are mainly Yoruba speaking natives, there are many other people from different parts of the country and around the world residing, working and investing in the local government. The area also attracts massive amount of tourism as it is endowed with beautiful lagoon and gorgeous ocean fronts.

The development in the area is rapid and ongoing, some would even refer to the area as the New Lagos. in fact the commercial Hub of Lagos state is shifting towards the area with many investment been done to develop industries and infrastructures.

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Ibeju-Lekki Local Government

Lagos State

State capital: Ikeja

Cities

Towns

LGAs

Government

Leaders	Governor Chief Justice Attorney General

Ministries	Education Finance Agriculture and Cooperatives Commerce and Industry Economic Planning and Budget Energy and Mineral Resources Environment Establishments, Training and Pensions Health Home Affairs and Culture Housing Information and Strategy Justice Rural Development Science and Technology Special Studies Tourism and Inter-governmental Relations Transport Waterfront Infrastructure Development Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Works and Infrastructure Youth, Sports and Social Development

House of Assembly	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Others	Lagos State Civil Service Head of Service City Hall, Lagos Lagos State Police Command Oba of Lagos

Coordinates: 6°25′00″N 2°53′00″E / 6.4167°N 2.8833°E / 6.4167; 2.8833

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