Ondo State

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.

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, Ikale, Ilaje, Ondo, and Owo. Ijaw minority (such as Apoi and Arogbo) and 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. These people are also Yorubas.

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

Local Government Areas

Ondo State consists of eighteen Local Government Areas. They are:

The largest town is Akure.

List of Universities and Polytechnic in Ondo State

• Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko
• Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa
• Achievers University, Owo
• Federal University of Technology, Akure
• Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo

Demographics

References

External links

• Ondo State Government website and http://www.ondostatemoi.gov.ng
• Universities in Odun State, Nigeria