Nicknamed the "Sunshine State", Ondo State is the 18th most populated state in the country,[9] and the 25th-largest state by landmass.[10] The state is predominantly Yoruba,[11][12] and the Yoruba language is commonly spoken.[13] The state economy is dominated by the petroleum industry. Cocoa production, asphalt mining, and activities related to the state's extensive coastline also are part of the economy.[14] It is the home to the Idanre inselberg hills, the highest geographical point in the western half of Nigeria at over 1000 metres in elevation.
The State government is led by a democratically elected governor who works closely with members of the state's house of assembly. The Capital city of the State is Akure.[21]
Electoral systemedit
The electoral system of each state is selected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two -third of the State local government Areas. If no candidate passes threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government Areas.[22]
Ethnic groupsedit
The ethnic composition of Ondo State consists largely of Yoruba subgroups of the Idanre, Akoko, Akure, Ikale, Ilaje, Ondo, and Owo peoples. Ijaw people, such as the Apoi and Arogbo populations inhabit the southeastern swamps close to the Edo state border. A small population of people speak a variant of the Yoruba language similar to the Ife dialect in Oke-Igbo town close to the Osun state border.[23]
Religionedit
The vast majority of the population are Christians; minorities practice Islam and traditional Yoruba animist worship.[24][25]
174,148 Catholics (2021) in the Diocese of Ondo (1943) a suffragan of Ibadan, with 60 parishes under Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade (2010).
Climateedit
Ondo has a Tropical wet and dry or savanna climate.[26] The city's yearly temperature is 28.42 °C (83.16 °F) and it is -1.04% lower than Nigeria's averages. Ondo typically receives about 182.94 millimeters (7.2 inches) of precipitation and has 266.26 rainy days (72.95% of the time) annually.[27]
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Nigerian politician, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is a member of the House of Representatives (Nigeria), representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State.[54]
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