Ayedaade is a

Local Government Area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

Osun State Osun State (; yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun), occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government, is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states, to the north by Kwara State, to the south by Ogun S ...

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. Its headquarters are in

Gbongan Gbongan is a large town in Osun State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of the Aiyedaade Local Government Area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an L ...

at the northern part of the area. The coordinates are . It has an area of 1,113 km and a population of 150,392 at the 2006 census. The

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of the area is 221. Local Government Chairman and Head of the Local Government Council is Nathaniel Arabambi. The Ayedaade Constituency is represented by Isaac Adeyemi Taiwo, who is the

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(2010 - 2018) in the

Osun State House of Assembly The Osun State House of Assembly is the legislative arm of the government of Osun State of Nigeria. It is a unicameral legislature with 26 members elected from the 30 local government areas of the state known as state constituencies. In some pla ...

. Ayedaade local government falls under the Irewole federal constituency represented by

Ayo Omidiran Ayo Hulayat Omidiran, born 10 November 1965, is a Nigerian politician and former federal lawmaker representing the Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan federal constituency in Osun State. She is a member of the All Progressive Congress. She is a native of I ...

and Osun West Senatorial District represented by

Isiaka Adeleke Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke (15 January 1955 – 23 April 2017) was a Nigerian politician, he was a two time senator who represented Osun West from 2007 to 2011 under the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and was elected again under the banner of th ...

in the Upper Chambers.

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is a comic actor and filmmaker. * Justice Bolarinwa Oyegoke Babalakin, Retired Justice of the

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is a politician and the first female

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* Isaac Adeyemi Taiwo is the Former deputy chief whip in the Osun state house of Assembly. * Isaac Oladipupo is a journalist and entrepreneur.

References

Local Government Areas in Osun State {{Osun-geo-stub