Lagos State was created on May 27, 1967 by virtue of State (Creation and Transitional Provisions) Decree No. 14 of 1967, which restructured Nigeria’s Federation into 12
states. Prior to this, Lagos Municipality had been administered by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs as the regional authority, while the Lagos City Council (LCC) governed the City of Lagos. Equally, the metropolitan areas (Colony Province) of
Ikeja,
Agege,
Mushin,
Ikorodu,
Epe and
Badagry were administered by the
Western Region. The State took off as an administrative entity on April 11, 1968 with
Lagos Island serving the dual role of being the State and Federal Capital. However, with the creation of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja in
1976, Lagos Island ceased to be the capital of the State which was moved to Ikeja. Equally, with the formal relocation of the seat of the Federal Government to
Abuja on 12 December 1991, Lagos Island ceased to be Nigeria’s political capital. Nevertheless, Lagos remains the center of commerce for the country.Since its creation in 1967, the state has been administered either by a
governor and a
House of Assembly in civilian or quasi-civilian (u administration) federal administrations, or by Sole-Administrators or Military Administrators in military dispensations . Since December 2007,
Yoruba has been the second official language of debate and discussion for the House of Assembly after English.BK
