Ondo State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ondo borders Ekiti State to the north,Kogi State to the northeast for 45 km,Edo State to the east,Delta State to the southeast for 36 km,Ogun State to the southwest for 179 km,Osun State to the northwest for 77 km,and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The state's capital is Akure,the former capital of the ancient Akure Kingdom. The State includes mangrove-swamp forest near the Bights of Benin.
Olusegun Rahman Mimiko;born 3 October 1954),is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 2009 to 2017. He was the senatorial candidate of the Zenith Labour Party for Ondo Central District in the 2019 Senate elections. He served as the 16th governor of Ondo State,becoming the first two-term governor of Ondo State,and the first Labour Party governor in Nigeria. Mimiko was previously a federal minister for housing and urban development,a secretary to the Ondo State Government,and a two-time Ondo State Commissioner for Health.
The Ondo State House of Assembly is the legislative branch of the Ondo State Government inaugurated on 2 October 1979. The assembly is unicameral with 26 representatives elected from each constituencies of the 18 local government area of the state.
Eyitayo Jegede SAN,is a Nigerian legal practitioner and 2019 Ondo state PDP gubernatorial aspirant.
Tajudeen Adeyemi Adefisoye is a Nigerian politician,business man and philanthropist. He is the Founder and President of Small Alhaji Youth Foundation (SAYDEF),an NGO aimed at Youth development in Ondo State,He is the youngest and only Social Democratic Party (SDP) member in the House of Representatives for Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency,Ondo State,Nigeria.
Nicholas Tofowomo is Nigerian politician. He was the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State at the 9th National Assembly from 2019 to 2023.
Alfred Agboola Ajayi is a Nigerian politician,lawyer,and businessman who served as deputy governor of Ondo State from 2017 to 2021.
The 2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election was held on 10 October 2020. Incumbent APC governor Rotimi Akeredolu won re-election for a second term,defeating PDP Eyitayo Jegede,ZLP Agboola Ajayi and several minor party candidates.
The 2016 Ondo State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on 26 November 2016,the APC nominee Rotimi Akeredolu won election,defeating Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP.
The 2020 Nigerian gubernatorial elections were held on 19 September 2020,in Edo State,and 10 October 2020,in Ondo State. The last regular gubernatorial elections for both states were in 2016. The All Progressives Congress' Rotimi Akeredolu was defending the Governor's office of Ondo while APC-turned-PDP Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki was defending his office. Both won reelection,leading to no net change in terms of overall party control of governorships.
In Nigeria,a House of Assembly is the state-level legislature. All Houses of Assembly are unicameral,with elected members who are designated as members of the House of Assembly,assemblymen,or MHA,and who serve four-year terms.
The 2019 Ondo State House of Assembly election was held on March 9,2019,to elect members of the Ondo State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 26 seats were up for election in the Ondo State House of Assembly.
Ndudi Godwin Elumelu is a Nigerian politician representing Aniocha and Oshimili federal constituency in the House of Representatives,He is currently the Minority leader of the House of Representatives. and a younger brother to Tony Elumelu.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election in Ondo State will be held on 25 February 2023 as part of the nationwide 2023 Nigerian presidential election to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. Other federal elections,including elections to the House of Representatives and the Senate,will also be held on the same date while state elections will be held two weeks afterward on 11 March.
The 2023 Nigerian Senate elections in Ondo State was held on 25 February 2023,to elect the 3 federal Senators from Ondo State,one from each of the state's three senatorial districts. The elections coincided with the 2023 presidential election,as well as other elections to the Senate and elections to the House of Representatives;with state elections being held two weeks later. Primaries were held between 4 April and 9 June 2022.
Festus Ayodele Adefiranye is a former Telecommunication Engineer,a Nigerian politician and a Member of the House of Representative in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly representing the people of Ileoluji/Okeigbo &Odigbo Federal Constituency. He is from Okeigbo in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government of Ondo State.
Olamide Adesanmi Oladiji known as Landmark is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the speaker of the 10th Ondo State House of Assembly since June 2023. A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC),he is representing Ilaje Constituency 1,Ondo East constituency. He was nominated for the speakership position by Temitope Akomolafe of the APC representing Ifedore constituency and seconded by Abiola Oladapo also of the APC representing Ondo West II.
The 2024 Ondo State gubernatorial election took place on 16 November 2024. Incumbent APC governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ran for election to a full term and won with over 366,000 votes,defeating former deputy governor Agboola Ajayi of the PDP who came second with 117,000 votes,and 15 other candidates.
Leonard Tomide Akinribido,SSA to the Ondo State Governor on ICT is a Nigerian politician and public servant. He currently serves as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Ondo State Governor on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and oversees the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). He was formerly a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly,representing Ondo West Constituency 1 from 2019 to 2023..
Bakare Abiodun is a Nigerian politician. He was a member representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency in the 7th House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015,under the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He later switched to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bamidele S. White of the All Progressives Congress (APC) succeeded him.
