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'{{short description|State of Nigeria}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Ondo | official_name = | type = [[States of Nigeria|State]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Ondo State.png | flag_alt = Flag of Ondo State | flag_size = 120px | image_seal = | seal_alt = Seal of Ondo State | nickname = [[List of Nigerian state nicknames|Sunshine State]] | image_map = Nigeria - Ondo.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Ondo State in Nigeria | coordinates = {{coord|7|10|N|5|05|E|region:NG_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Nigeria}} | established_title = [[List of Nigerian states by date of statehood|Date created]] | established_date = 3 February 1976 | parts_type = [[Local government areas of Nigeria|Number of LGAs]] | parts_style = para | seat_type = [[List of Nigerian state capitals|Capital]] | seat = [[Akure]] | government_footnotes = | leader_party = [[All Progressives Congress (Nigeria)|APC]] | leader_title = [[List of Nigerian state governors|Governor]]<br />([[List of Governors of Ondo State|List]]) | leader_name = [[Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu]] | leader_title1 = Deputy Governor | leader_name1 = Agboola Ajayi | leader_title2 = [[Senate of Nigeria|Senators]] | leader_name2 = [[Nicholas Tofowomo]]<br />[[Robert Ajayi Boroffice]]<br />[[Ayo Patrick Akinyelure]] | leader_title3 = [[Nigerian House of Representatives|Representatives]] | leader_name3 = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 15,500 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = {{ref|prelim|1}} | population_total = 3,460,877<ref name="PHC Tables">{{Cite web|url=http://population.gov.ng/core-activities/surveys/dataset/2006-phc-priority-tables/|title=2006 PHC Priority Tables – NATIONAL POPULATION COMMISSION|website=population.gov.ng|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010054745/http://population.gov.ng/core-activities/surveys/dataset/2006-phc-priority-tables/|archive-date=2017-10-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> | population_as_of = 2006 census | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_rank = [[List of Nigerian states by population|18th of 36]] | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | demographics_type1 = [[List of Nigerian states by GDP|GDP (PPP)]] | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Year | demographics1_info1 = 2007 | demographics1_title2 = Total | demographics1_info2 = $8.414&nbsp;billion<ref name="C-GIDD GDP">{{cite web|url=http://www.cgidd.com|publisher=Canback Dangel|title=C-GIDD (Canback Global Income Distribution Database)|accessdate = 2010-08-20}}</ref> | demographics1_title3 = Per capita | demographics1_info3 = $2,392<ref name="C-GIDD GDP"/> | timezone1 = [[West Africa Time|WAT]] | utc_offset1 = +01 | postal_code_type = postal code | postal_code = 340001 | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:NG|NG-ON]] | blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2018) | blank_info_sec1 = 0.606<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#fc0|medium}} · [[List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index|16th of 37]] | website = <!-- [https://www.facebook.com/SUPPORTAYOMIDE/] --> | footnotes = {{note|prelim|1}} Preliminary results }} '''Ondo''' or '''Ondo State''' is a [[States of Nigeria|state]] in [[Nigeria]] created on February 3, 1976, from the former [[Western State (Nigeria)|Western State]]. It originally included the present [[Ekiti State]], which was split off in 1996. [[Akure]] is the state capital. Each Nigerian state has several ministerial offices representing the [[Federal government of Nigeria|federal government.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/134859-ondo-capital-akure-becomes-den-for-kidnappers.html|title=Ondo capital, Akure, becomes den for kidnappers|work=Pemium Times Nigeria|accessdate=June 19, 2015}}</ref> Ondo State. Ondo state borders: Ekiti State to the north, [[Kogi State]] to the northeast, [[Edo State]] to the east, [[Delta State]] to the southeast, [[Ogun State]] to the southwest, and [[Osun State]] to the northwest and [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the south.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ondo state border States|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ondo-state-Nigeria|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> ==Government and society== The state contains eighteen [[Local government area|local government areas,]] the major ones being [[Akoko]], [[Akure]], [[Okitipupa]], [[Ondo City|Ondo]], [[Ilaje]] 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, [[Ondo State University of Science and Technology]], Okitipupa, [[University of Medical Sciences, Ondo]], Ondo and the [[Adekunle Ajasin University]], [[Akungba Akoko]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ondo State Trip Planner • Plan your Ondo State vacation itinerary|url=https://www.inspirock.com/nigeria/ondo-state-trip-planner|website=Inspirock|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> ===Local government areas=== {{see also|List of villages in Ondo State}} Ondo State consists of 18 [[Local government areas of Nigeria|local government areas]], they are: *[[Akoko North-East]] (headquarters in [[Ikare]]) *[[Akoko North-West]] (headquarters in Okeagbe) *[[Akoko South-East]] (headquarters in Isua) *[[Akoko South-West]] (headquarters in [[Oka, Ondo|Oka]]) *[[Akure North]] (headquarters in Iju / Itaogbolu) *[[Akure South]] (headquarters in [[Akure]]) *[[Ese Odo]] (headquarters in Igbekebo) *[[Idanre]] (headquarters in Owena) *[[Ifedore]] (headquarters in Igbara Oke) *[[Ilaje]] (headquarters in Igbokoda) *[[Ile Oluji/Okeigbo]] (headquarters in Ile Oluji) *[[Irele]] (headquarters Ode-Irele) *[[Odigbo]] (headquarters in Ore) *[[Okitipupa]] (headquarters in [[Okitipupa]]) *[[Ondo East]] (headquarters in Bolorunduro) *[[Ondo West]] (headquarters [https://www.britannica.com/place/Ondo-Nigeria Ondo Town)] *[[Ose, Nigeria|Ose]] (headquarters in Ifon) *[[Owo]] (headquarters in [[Owo|Owo Town]]) <br /> == GOVERNOR == [http://www.ondostate.gov.ng/Home/GovernorProfile Akeredolu Oluwarotimi Odunayo] Is the current sitting governor of Ondo state<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ondo state Governor|url=http://www.ondostate.gov.ng/|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> ==Ethnic groups== The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] subgroups of the [[Akoko]], [[Akure]], Ikale, [[Ilaje]], Ondo, and [[Owo]] peoples. [[Ijaw people]], such as the [[Apoi]], [[Furupagha]] and [[Arogbo]] populations, inhabit the coastal areas, and a sizeable number of the Ondo State people who speak a variant of the [[Yoruba language]] similar to the [[Ife]] dialect reside in Oke-Igbo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BiAEvKgVOmAC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=The+ethnicity+of+Ondo+State&source=bl&ots=zYIdb49O_l&sig=K9THIVzjrKeKGPd4xPoWdxqOGjU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Cr-DVePZLYrMygOl4ICYCA&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAzgK|title=Federal Solutions to Ethnic Problems: Accommodating Diversity|work=Google book|accessdate=June 19, 2015}}</ref> ==Languages== Languages of Ondo State listed by LGA:<ref name=e22>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/NG|title=Nigeria|work=Ethnologue|edition=22|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! LGA !! Languages |-Akoko south east ||Uhuami/Edo; Upke/Ukpeme and Aooos | Akoko North East || Ikare-Akoko<ref>Mine data spatial information,https://www.mindat.org/feature-2338325.html</ref>; Akpes; Arigidi; Emai-Iuleha-Ora; Ayere |- | Akoko North West || Àhàn; Akpes; Arigidi; Ayere |- | Akoko South West || Emai-Iuleha-Ora |- | Ese-Odo || Izon, apoi |- | Ilaje || Izon |- | okitipupa || Ikale, Edo |- | Irele || Edo, ikale |- | Ondo || Ondo |- |Akure || Akure |- |Odigbo || ikale, ondo |- | Ose || Edo; Emai-Iuleha-Ora |- | others || Okpamheri |} ==Tertiary institutions== * [[Elizade University]] * [[Federal University of Technology Akure]] * [[Adekunle Ajasin University]], [[Akungba Akoko]] * [[Ondo State University of Science and Technology]], [[Okitipupa]] * [[Achievers University]], Owo * [[Wesley University of Science and Technology]] * [[Rufus Giwa Polytechnic]], Owo * [[Adeyemi College of Education]] *[[National Open University of Nigeria|National Open University of Nigeria, Akure]] * [[University of Medical Sciences, Ondo]] *[http://www.fedpolel.edu.ng/ Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji] *[https://fecaakure.edu.ng/ Federal College of Agriculture, Akure] == Demographics == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" |+ Population distribution of Ondo State<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.population.gov.ng|title=National Population Commission of Nigeria|publisher=population.gov.ng}}</ref> |- ! width="37%" class="unsortable" | [[Local Government Areas in Nigeria|Local government area]] ! width="21%" | Male ! width="21%" | Female ! width="21%" | Total |- | align="left" | [[Akoko North-West]] || 108,057 || 105,735 || 213,792 |- | align="left" | [[Akoko North-East]] || 93,060 || 82,349 || 175,409 |- | align="left" | [[Akoko South-East]] || 41,995 || 40,431 || 82,426 |- | align="left" | [[Akoko South-West]] || 123,979 || 105,507 || 229,486 |- | align="left" | [[Ose, Nigeria|Ose]] || 73,395 || 71,506 || 144,901 |- | align="left" | [[Owo]] || 110,429 || 108,457 || 218,886 |- | align="left" | [[Akure North]] || 66,878 || 64,709 || 131,587 |- | align="left" | [[Akure South]] || 175,495 || 177,716 || 353,211 |- | align="left" | [[Ifedore]] || 92,014 || 84,313 || 176,327 |- | align="left" | [[Ile Oluji/Okeigbo]] || 87,505 || 85,365 || 172,870 |- | align="left" | [[Ondo West]] || 139,400 || 144,272 || 283,672 |- | align="left" | [[Ondo East]] || 38,032 || 36,726 || 74,758 |- | align="left" | [[Idanre]] || 66,996 || 62,028 || 129,024 |- | align="left" | [[Odigbo]] || 114,814 || 115,537 || 230,351 |- | align="left" | [[Okitipupa]] || 120,626 || 112,939 || 233,565 |- | align="left" | [[Irele]] || 75,636 || 69,530 || 145,166 |- | align="left" | [[Ese Odo]] || 78,100 || 76,878 || 154,978 |- | align="left" | [[Ilaje]] || 154,852 || 135,763 || 290,615 |- | align="left" | '''Total''' || '''1,761,263''' || '''1,679,761''' || '''3,441,024''' |} ==Notable People== <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> * [[Adetokunbo Kayode]] - Lawyer and Politician * [[Mo Abudu]] - media mogul * [[Gani Adams]] - activist and politician * [[Robert Ajayi Boroffice]] - Politician * [[Olu Falae]] - Politician * [[King Sunny Adé]] - musician * [[Adebayo Adefarati]] - former Governor Ondo State * [[Ilesanmi Adesida]] - physicist * [[Akintunde Aduwo]] - former Governor Western Region/Navy Vice * [[Olusegun Agagu]] - former Governor Ondo state * [[Chinko Ekun]] – singer, rapper * [[Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu]] - politician * [[Akintunde Akinwande]] - engineering professor * [[Yemi Alade]] - musician * [[Bamidele Aturu]] - human rights activist * [[Akinyelure Patrick Ayo]] - banker, politician * [[Reekado Banks]] - singer, songwriter * [[Hosea Ehinlanwo ]] - former Senator * [[Omotola Jalade Ekeinde]] - actress, singer * [[Olu Falae]] - banker, politician * [[Gani Fawehinmi]] - author, lawyer * [[Jimoh Ibrahim]] - lawyer, politician * [[T. B. Joshua]] - pastor, philanthropist * [[Boluwaji Kunlere]] - former Senator * [[Ayo Makun]] (AY Show) - comedian, Entertainer * [[Nahzeem Olufemi Mimiko]] - educational administrator * [[Olusegun Mimiko]] -former Governor Ondo State *[[Micheal Ade-Ojo]] - business magnate * [[Bode Olajumoke]] - politician * [[Chris Olukolade]] - army general * [[Sola Sobowale]] - actress, director * [[Omoyele Sowore]] - human rights activist * [[Funmi Aragbaye]] - Gospel Singer * [[Small Doctor]] - Musical Artist * [[Tayo Adenaike]] - Painter * [[Waje]] - Musical Artist * <!---♦♦♦ Only add a person to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> ==Media Houses In Ondo State== *[https://www.orangefm.com.ng/ Orange 94.5FM] *[http://adaba889.fm/ Adaba 88.9FM] *[https://radionigeriafm.com/positive/ Positive 102.5FM] *Hope Newspaper *[http://breezfm919.com/ Breeze 91.9FM] *Suncity Radio 101.1FM *OSRC TV *ALALAYE 96.5FM *Crest 88.7 FM *RUGIPO 103.3 FM *EMPIRE 104.5 FM *INSIDE FUTA *NIGERIAN TELEVISION AUTHORITY *REMDEL TELEVISION *Kàkàkí Òndó FM *KAFTAN TV *Eki Radio 100.9 FM *FUTA Radio ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscatinline}} * {{official|http://www.ondostate.gov.ng/}} * [http://ondostatemoi.com ondostatemoi.com] {{OndoStateGovernors}} {{Nigeria states}} [[Category:States of Nigeria]] [[Category:Ondo State| ]] [[Category:States in Yorubaland]]'