Ondo State, Nigeria was created on February 3, 1976 from the former Western region. Akure is the state capitol. The state contains eighteen Local Government Areas, the major ones being Akoko, Akure, Okitipupa, Ondo, and Owo. The 1991 census recorded a total population of 2,255,700 residents, the majority of which live in urban centers.
The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the Yoruba subgroups of the Akoko, Akure, Ikale, Ilaje, Ondo, and Owo.
Ondo State contains the largest number of public schools in Nigeria- over 880 public primary schools and 190 public secondary schools.
OndoState of Nigeria was one of the seven states created on 3rd February 1976 by the then Federal Military Government of Nigeria.
Edo and Delta States bound OndoState on the east, on the west by Ogun and Osun States, on the north by Ekiti and Kogi States and to the south by the Bight of Benin and the Atlantic Ocean.
Among the states of the Federation, OndoState is one of those with the largest number of public primary and secondary schools.
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