HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
OF ONDO-EKITI STATES

Ondo State of Nigeria was one of the seven states created on 3rd February 1976 by the then Federal Military Government of Nigeria. It was carved out of the old Western State. The state covered the total area of the former Ondo Province, created in 1915 with Akure as the provincial headquarters. Ondo State took off formally on 1st April, 1976, consisting of the nine administrative divisions of the former Western State (Ministry of Information and Culture, 1979). These nine divisions then were Akoko, Akure, Ekiti Central, Ekiti North, Ekiti South, Ekiti West, Okitipupa, Ondo and Owo. Akure Township was retained as the state headquarters.

However, on 1st October 1996, Ekiti State comprising Ekiti Central, Ekiti North, Ekiti South and Ekiti West Divisions was carved out of Ondo State. Hence, the present Ondo State is made up of Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, Ondo and Owo Divisions. Akure remains the State capital and Ado-Ekiti became the capital of Ekiti State

...Ondo State Government   |   ...Ekiti State Government

GOVERNMENT

	ONDO STATE	EKITI STATE
Capital	Akure	Ado Ekiti
Motto	Sunshine State	Fountain of Knowledge
Population	2 million	2 million
Governor	Dr. Olusegun Agagu	Engr Segun Oni
Deputy Governor	Otunba Omolade Oluwateru	Dr. Sikiru Tae Lawal
Secretary of State	Hon Isaac Kekemeke	Amb. Dare Bejide
Local Governments	Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, Ondo and Owo	Ekiti Central, Ekiti North, Ekiti South and Ekiti West
Resources	Kaolin clay, Iron ore, Quartz sand, coal, columbite, tin, marble, Bitumen, Cocoa, Palm, Timber, kola, rubber, coffee, exotics, rice, cassava, maize, yam, pepper, beans, tomatoes fishing etc	Columbite, marble, Bitumen, Cocoa, Palm, Timber, kola, rubber, coffee,rice, cassava, maize, yam, pepper, beans etc

EDUCATION

Education is highly regarded and prioritized in both Ondo and Ekiti States and is therefore the number one industry of the people of both states because they believed that knowledge is power.

Among the states of the Federation, Ondo State is one of those with the largest number of engineers, lawyers, professors, public primary and secondary schools followed by Ekiti State.

The two states are therefore the undisputable "Conscience of the Nation".

Educational Institutions	ONDO STATE	EKITI STATE
Primary Schools	880	541
Secondary Schools	190	141
State GovernmentColleges	6	4
Universities	2	2
College of Education     Technical Colleges	7	6
Women Education Centres	2	4