Ondo State

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Ondo State
State nickname: Sunshine State
Location
Location of Ondo State in Nigeria
Statistics
Governor
(List)		 Oluṣẹgun Agagu (PDP)
Date Created 3 February 1976
Capital Akurẹ
Area 14,606 km²
Ranked 25th
Population
1991 Census
2005 estimate		 Ranked 20th
3,884,485
4,011,407
ISO 3166-2 NG-ON

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. Akurẹ is the state capital. The state contains eighteen Local Government Areas, the major ones being Akoko, Akurẹ, Okitipupa, Ondo, and Ọwọ. The majority of the state's citizens live in urban centers. The big government universities in Ondo state are the Federal University of Technology, Akurẹ and the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba/Akoko.

The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the Yoruba subgroups of the Akoko, Akurẹ, Ikare, Ilajẹ, Ondo, and Ọwọ.

Ondo State contains the largest number of public schools in Nigeria - over 880 primary schools and 190 secondary schools.

The 18 LGAs of Ondo are:

  1.   Akoko-North-East
  2. Akoko-North-West
  3. Akok-South-East
  4. Akoko-South-West
  5. Akure-North
  6. Akure-South
  7. Ese-Odo
  8. Idanre
  9. Ifedore
 10. ijaye
 11. Ile-Oluji-Okeigbo
 12. Irele
 13. Odigbo
 14. Okitipupa
 15. Ondo-East
 16. Ondo-west
 17. Ose
 18. Owo


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