George stated in an interview with Arise TV that Lagos only has 20 local government areas (LGAs), despite being the state in Nigeria with the biggest population. He stated Ogun State, which has 20 LGAs despite having a far lower population. He claimed that Kano State, which has 44 LGAs despite having a smaller population than Lagos, is even more remarkable. The former Kano State was divided into the state of Jigawa, which he said includes 27 LGAs.
In Bode George’s words: “Take my state Lagos, with the largest population in this country, we have only 20 LGA, Ogun that is next door, their population is not even up to one-quarter of Lagos, also has 20 local government but Kano that does not have our population have 44 local government. Jigawa which was created out of Kano has about 27 and every local government collects money from the Federation Account” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
