Ikorodu

Description

Lands for sale in Ikorodu.

About Ikorodu

Ikorodu is a large city in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is located to the north-east of Lagos, along the Lagos Lagoon and shares boundary with Ogun State. With a population of over 1million inhabitant, Ikorodu is currently the 12 largest city in Nigeria and growing at a rate of 5.26% annually, it is projected to reach 1.7 million inhabitant by 2035, It is the largest local government in Lagos State. Indigenous settlers of Ikorodu emigrated from Sagamu in Ogun state.

Nearby major towns include Imota, Isiu, Liadi, Egbin, Ijede, Igbogbo and Bayeku, all of which constitute their own Local Council Development Area with their own traditional rulers (Obas). Together these areas make up Ikorodu Division.

Ikorodu Division has a large industrial area containing several factories. The town of Ikorodu itself is home to branches of several established Nigerian banks.

Ikorodu is the fastest growing part-exurb of Lagos metropolis, owing in part to increasing influx of people from Ikorodu's surrounding towns and villages attracted by the town's proximity to Lagos.

Tourist centres

  • Cradoo Lake Waterfront, Ipakodo and Ibeshe.
  • Egbin Thermal Station, Egbin, largest thermal power facility in Africa [home to Lagos Independent Power Project].
  • Ijede Warm Springs
  • Ikorodu Lighter Port Terminal, lpakodo
  • Iledi Oshugbo Abalaiye Ikorodu: sacred groove for the installation of Ikorodu Kings
  • Lagos State Polytechnic, Odogunyan, Ikorodu
  • Palace of the Ayangburen of Ikorodu.
  • Voice of Nigeria [VON] Transmitting Station, Ikorodu

Courtesy of Wikipedia