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    Obafemi Owode is a local government area in Ogun State, Nigeria with its headquarters in the town of Owode. It has an area of 1,410 square kilometers and a population of 228,851. The local government area is made up of over 1,200 towns and villages inhabited primarily by the Egba people, who speak the Yoruba language with an Egba dialect.

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    Obafemi Owode is a local government area in Ogun State, Nigeria with its headquarters in the town of Owode. It has an area of 1,410 square kilometers and a population of 228,851. The local government area is made up of over 1,200 towns and villages inhabited primarily by the Egba people, who speak the Yoruba language with an Egba dialect.

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    Obafemi Owode is a local government area in Ogun State, Nigeria with its headquarters in the town of Owode. It has an area of 1,410 square kilometers and a population of 228,851. The local government area is made up of over 1,200 towns and villages inhabited primarily by the Egba people, who speak the Yoruba language with an Egba dialect.

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    Obafemi Owode 

    is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the


    town of Owode at 6°57′N 3°30′E.
    It has an area of 1,410 km² and a population of 228,851 at the 2006 census.
    The postal code of the area is 110.

    Contents

     1Historical background

     2Boundaries

     3Population and area

     4People

    o 4.1Culture

     5Infrastructural Development

    o 5.1Health services

     6Economic and investment opportunities

    o 6.1Agriculture

    o 6.2Occupation

    o 6.3Major markets

    o 6.4Tourism

     7Administrative and political divisions

     8References

    Historical background[edit]
    Obafemi Owode Local Government is one of the Local Governments that came into existence
    through Edict No.9 of 1976, resulting from the 1976 Local Government reforms, prior to this period,
    the administration of the area was carried out by Oba Provincial Authority, Owode District Council
    and Obafemi District Council.
    Obafemi Owode Local Government has its headquarters at Owode Egba.

    Boundaries[edit]
    Obafemi Owode Local Government shares common boundaries with the following Local and State
    Governments:

     North - Odeda Local Government and Oyo State


     East - Sagamu and Ikenne Local Governments
     South - Ifo Local Government and Lagos State

    Population and area[edit]


    Population: Obafemi-Owode Local Government has an estimated population of 230,000.
    Land mass: It is made up of about 1,204 towns and villages with a land mass of 104,787.07 hectares
    of largely agricultural land.

    People[edit]
    Obafemi Owode Local Government is made up of people residing in Adigbe, Oba, Kobape,
    Obafemi, Ogunmakin, Ajebo, Owode, Mowe, Ibafo, Iro town and Mokoloko towns and they are
    mostly Egbas. Therefore the common language being spoken is the Yoruba with the Egba dialect.
    The traditional institution of the people is predominantly governed by Baales with the exception of a
    very early settlement called Iro, Oba Sanusi Ogunrinde Oyero. Eribi IV.

    Culture[edit]
    An insight into the cultural aspects of the people reveals that they are blessed with rich Yoruba
    traditional dances such as Ogodo dance, Egungun and Bolojo dances, in some areas of the Local
    Government.

    Infrastructural Development[edit]
    Obafemi Owode Local Government has some motorable (graded) roads which are linked by state
    and federal road network for inter and intra city connections.
    The Federal roads running through the Local Government area include:

     Lagos-Ibadan Express way

    Ibafo
    Ibafo 5

    Ibafo bridge 2

     Abeokuta-Sagamu road
     Sagamu-Papalanto road
    State roads within the area include:

     Owode-Siun-Ofada road
     Siun-Iperu road
     Owode-Obafemi road
     Kobape-Oba-Ojere road
     Idi-Aba-Ajebo road
     Ogunmakin-Ajebo road
     Ofada-Mowe road

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