Ondo State
Ondo | |
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State | |
Nickname(s): Sunshine State | |
Location of Ondo State in Nigeria | |
Coordinates: 7°10′N 5°05′E / 7.167°N 5.083°ECoordinates: 7°10′N 5°05′E / 7.167°N 5.083°E | |
Country | Nigeria |
Date created | 3 February 1976 |
Capital | Akure |
Government | |
• Governor (List) | Olusegun Mimiko (PDP) |
• Senators | Boluwaji Kunlere, Robert Ajayi Boroffice, Akinyelure Patrick Ayo |
Area | |
• Total | 15,500 km2 (6,000 sq mi) |
Area rank | 25th of 36 |
Population (2006 census)1 | |
• Total | 3,440,000 |
• Estimate (2005) | 3,011,407 |
• Rank | 20th of 36 |
• Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | |
• Year | 2007 |
• Total | $8.41 billion[1] |
• Per capita | $2,392[1] |
Time zone | WAT (UTC+01) |
ISO 3166 code | NG-ON |
^1 Preliminary results |
Ondo or Ondo State is a state in Nigeria created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It originally included what is now Ekiti State, which was split off in 1996. Akure is the state capital. Each state in Nigeria have different ministerial offices representing the federal offices in each state.[2]
Government and society
The state contains eighteen Local Government Areas, the major ones being Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, Ondo, and Owo. The majority of the state's citizens live in urban centers. The big government universities in Ondo state are the Federal University of Technology Akure, Akure and the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko.
The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the Yoruba subgroups of the Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, Ilaje, Ondo, and Owo peoples. Ijaw minority such as Apoi and Arogbo. Ilaje populations inhabit the coastal areas; while a sizable number of the Ondo State people who speak a variant of the Yoruba language similar to Ife dialect reside in Oke-Igbo .[3]
Local Government Areas
Ondo State consists of eighteen (18) Local Government Areas. They are:
- Akoko North-East
(headquarters in Ikare) - Akoko North-West
- Akoko South-East
- Akoko South-West
(headquarters in Oka) - Akure North
- Akure South
- Ese Odo
- Idanre
- Ifedore
- Ilaje
- Ile Oluji/Okeigbo[4]
- Irele
- Odigbo
- Okitipupa
- Ondo East
- Ondo West
- Ose
- Owo
List of Tertiary Institutions in Ondo State
- Elizade University
- Federal University of Technology Akure
- Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko
- Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa
- Achievers University, Owo
- Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo
- Adeyemi College of Education
- Wesley University of Science and Technology
- National Open University of Nigeria Oke Aro road Akure
- Federal Polytechnic, IIe-Oluji
- Federal Polytechnic, Oka-Akoko
- Ondo State University of Medical Sciences
Demographics
Local Government Area | Male | Female | Total |
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Akoko North-West | 108,057 | 105,735 | 213,792 |
Akoko North-East | 93,060 | 82,349 | 175,409 |
Akoko South-East | 41,995 | 40,431 | 82,426 |
Akoko South-West | 123,979 | 105,507 | 229,486 |
Ose | 73,395 | 71,506 | 144,901 |
Owo | 110,429 | 108,457 | 218,886 |
Akure North | 66,878 | 64,709 | 131,587 |
Akure South | 175,495 | 177,716 | 353,211 |
Ifedore | 92,014 | 84,313 | 176,327 |
Ile Oluji/Okeigbo | 87,505 | 85,365 | 172,870 |
Ondo West | 139,400 | 144,272 | 283,672 |
Ondo East | 38,032 | 36,726 | 74,758 |
Idanre | 66,996 | 62,028 | 129,024 |
Odigbo | 114,814 | 115,537 | 230,351 |
Okitipupa | 120,626 | 112,939 | 233,565 |
Irele | 75,636 | 69,530 | 145,166 |
Ese Odo | 78,100 | 76,878 | 154,978 |
Ilaje | 154,852 | 135,763 | 290,615 |
TOTAL | 1,761,263 | 1,679,761 | 3,441,024 |
Notable people
- Adeyeye Mary Funmilola
- Olusegun Mimiko
- Micheal Ade Ojo
- Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu
- Nahzeem Olufemi Mimiko
- Bamidele Aturu
- Olu Falae
- Akinyelure Patrick Ayo
- Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
- Mo Ibrahim
- Robert Ajayi Boroffice
- King Sunny Ade
- Jimoh Ibrahim
- Olusola Alexander Oke
- Chris Olukolade
References
- 1 2 "C-GIDD (Canback Global Income Distribution Database)". Canback Dangel. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ↑ "Ondo capital, Akure, becomes den for kidnappers". Pemium Times Nigeria. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Federal Solutions to Ethnic Problems: Accommodating Diversity". Google book. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.ile-olujinig.net/
- ↑ National Population Commission of Nigeria