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Ondo State

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Ondo na one state wey dey for southwest Nigeria. Dem kriet am on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. [1]Ondo share boundary wit Ekiti State for north, Kogi State for northeast (about 45 km), Edo State for east, Delta State for southeast (about 36 km), Ogun State for southwest (about 179 km), Osun State for northwest (about 77 km), and Atlantic Ocean dey for south. The capital of the state na Akure, wey be former capital of the old Akure Kingdom.[2] The state get mangrove swamp forest area wey close to Bight of Benin.[3]

Di oda name dem dey call Ondo State “Sunshine State”. Na the 18th most populated state for Nigeria,[4] and na the 25th biggest state by land size.[5] Plenty people wey dey there na Yoruba, [6][7]and Yoruba language na wetin dem dey speak pass. Cocoa farming, agriculture, asphalt mining, and activities wey connect to the long coastline of the state na part of their economy. The state also get Idanre hills (inselberg), wey be the highest point for western Nigeria, over 1,000 metres high.

Government and society

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Departments, Agencies and Public Bodies

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  • Secretary to the State Government
  • Administrative Commissions
  • Ministry of Works and Infrastructure
  • Constitutional Commissions
  • Deputy Governor's Office
  • Governor's Office
  • Ministry of Agriculture
  • Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives
  • Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  • Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget
  • Directorate of Rural and Community Development
  • Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
  • Ministry of Environment
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Ministry of Information and Orientation
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Ministry of Lands and Housing
  • Ministry of Natural Resources
  • Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development
  • Ministry of Regional Integration and Special Duties
  • Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development
  • Ministry of Youth and Sports Development

Ondo State get eighteen (18) local government areas, and the main ones na Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, Ondo, Ilaje, Idanre and Owo. Most of the people for the state dey live for town (urban areas).

The main government universities wey dey Ondo State na Federal University of Technology, Akure; Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa; University of Medical Sciences, Ondo; and Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko.

Where Dem Gada Di Tori

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  1. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/419370-ondo-election-20-things-to-know-about-south-west-state.html
  2. https://www.britannica.com/place/Ondo-state-Nigeria
  3. https://www.britannica.com/place/Ondo-state-Nigeria
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110519235026/http://www.population.gov.ng/files/nationafinal.pdf
  5. "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2026-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415160512/http://www.ekimogundescendant.org/the-people-of-ondo-kingdom-and-their-culture-a-historical-survey-and-political-underpinning/
  7. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/yoruba-from-prehistory-to-the-present/geography-and-society/CC682B3D24A7A9648C018BABC1E2EDEA/core-reader