In 1976 when Benue and Plateau shared a State called Benue/Plateau together, these are the Local Governments Areas from Benue created along tribal lines.
TIV:(1) Makurdi (2) Gboko (3) Vandikya
Igala: (1) Ankpa (2) Ida (3) Dekina
Idoma:(1) Okpokwu (2) Otukpo
Igede: (1) Oju
As at 1991, Tiv three Local Governments gave birth to additional 11 plus their initial 3 making the total of 14 Local Governments.
IGALA struggled and opted out from Benue and became the mighty of their brand-new State known as Kogi. Igala alone has 9 solid Local Governments as we speak from their initial 3.
IDOMA Idoma rose from 2 local governments to 7 as we speak.
IGEDE Igede gave birth to additional 1 Local Government making the Local Governments 2 till today-2022.
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