Ondo State


Ondo or Ondo State is a state in Nigeria created on February 3, 1976, from the former 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. 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.

Government and society

The state contains eighteen local government areas, the major ones being Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, 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.

Local Government Areas

Ondo State consists of 18 local government areas, they are:
Is the current sitting governor of Ondo state

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the 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.

Languages

Languages of Ondo State listed by LGA:
LGALanguages
Akoko North EastIkare-Akoko; Akpes; Arigidi; Emai-Iuleha-Ora; Ayere
Akoko North WestÀhàn; Akpes; Arigidi; Ayere
Akoko South WestEmai-Iuleha-Ora
Ese-OdoIzon, apoi
IlajeIlaje
okitipupaIkale, Edo
IreleEdo, ikale
OndoOndo
AkureAkure
Odigboikale, ondo
OseEdo; Emai-Iuleha-Ora
othersOkpamheri

Tertiary institutions

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Notable People

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