Ovia North-East

Ovia North-East is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria.^[1] Its headquarters are in the town of Okada.^[2][3] The local government area is one of the two in Edo state named after the Ovia or Osse river which passes through its territory, the other being Ovia South-West.

Ovia North-East
LGA
Nickname:  ovia
Country	Nigeria
State	Edo State
Boroughs	Ovia North-East I Ovia North-East II
Area
• Total	888 sq mi (2,301 km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Postal code	302

It had an area of 2,301 km² and a population of 153,849 at the 2006 census. The major communities in the LGA are Okada, Uhen, Utese,^[4] Okokhuo, Uhiere, Isiuwa, Ekiadolor, Oluku, Iguoshodin, Utoka, Oghede, Egbeta, Ora, and Ogbese.^[5]

The major university in Ovia North-East is Igbinedion University, Okada.^[6] There are 174 secondary schools in Ovia North-East^{[7][citation needed]}.

Saw milling is a prominent economic activity in Ovia North-East.

The postal code of the area is 302.^[8]

Okada is a town in Ovia North-East. Ovia North-East has 13 electoral wards. Agho-Ozomu is a community in Oghede ward and the 17th polling unit in the INEC 2021 database.^[9]

Educational institutions in Ovia North-east

University of Benin,^[10] Benin city: University of Benin is a federal university located in Ovia North-East local government area of Edo State, Nigeria.

Igbinedion University,^[11] Okada: Igbinedion University is the first private university in Edo state and it is located at Ovia North-East local government area of Edo State, Nigeria.