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| Capital: |
Akure |
| Area: |
20,959
sq kilometres |
| Population: |
4,475,316
(1997 FOS est.) |
| Language: |
Yoruba |
| Governor: |
Olusegun
Agagu (PDP) |
| ISO
3166-2: |
NG-ON |
| Date
Created: |
3
February 1976 |
| Population
Rank: |
Ranked
20th |
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Ondo
State, Nigeria was 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. The
state contains eighteen Local Government Areas, the major
ones being Akoko, Alur?, 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,
Akur? and the Adekunle Ajasin university, Akungba/Akoko.
Ondo
State was created in 1976 and is bounded in the East by Bendel
State, in the North by Kwara State, in the West by Oyo and
Ogun States and in the South by the Atlantic Ocean.
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Ondo State was carved out of the old Western
State as one of the seven states created on February 3, 1976
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Agriculture (including fishing) constitute
the main occupation of the people of the state. Indeed, Ondo
state is the leading cocoa producing state, in Nigeria. Other
agricultural products include yams, cassava and palm produce
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Education is accorded
high priority by the state government with the state reputed
as the education factory of Nigeria as a result of emphasis
in this sector over the years with thousands of primary schools
and hundreds of secondary schools, there are also tertiary
institutions in the state. These include the Federal University
of Technology, Akure, Ondo State Polytechnic, Owo, Federal
College of Agriculture, Akure and Adeyemi College of Education,
Ondo.
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Idanre Hills, Idanre
Physical * Owo Museum Monument * Ipale Iloro Water Fall Physical
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Ondo State is a multi-ethnic state with the
majority being Yorubas while there are also Arogbos and Akpois
who are of Ijaw extraction and are mostly located in the riverine
areas of the state.
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Akoko
North East, Akoko North West,. Akoko South Akure East, Akoko
South West, Akure North, Akure South, Ese-Odo, Idanre, Ifedore,
Ilaje, Ile-Oluji-Okeigbo, Irele, Odigbo, Okitipupa, Ondo East,
Ondo West, Ose, Owo.
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www.ondostategovernment.com
Schools
on The Web:
Federal Government Girls College, Akure
Unity Secondary School,
Ondo
Saint Peters Unity Secondary School, Akure
Federal Government College,
Ido-Ani
Federal Government
College, Ido-ani
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State
Liason Office:
Oduduwa House.
Plot 1226, Ahmadu Bello Way,
Victoria Island, Lagos.
Tel: 01-2617061, 2617065
Plot 825, Ado Ekiti
Close, Off Obafemi Awolowo Street, Area 11, P.M.B. 373, Abuja
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