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.
Adebayo Adefarati;14 February 1931 –29 March 2007) was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 1999 to 2003.
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.
Akoko Edo is a Local Government Area in Edo State,Nigeria. Its headquarters is in the town of Igarra. It has an area of 1,371 km2 and a population of 262,110 at the 2006 census. It consist of the Akoko people who are split into Ondo and Edo states. Most recognize as Yoruba and bear names identical with their counterparts in Akoko Ondo. The Benin conquests during the reign of Oba Ozolua (1483-1504) established its first settlements in the region,while other people migrated there for fortunes,including the Bida. Of the Igbirra and Idah from the North and East,the war which Oba Esigie fought in 1515-1516 with the Attah of Idah would have also contributed to migration into the area.
Otunba Segun Adewale,popularly known as Segun Aeroland,,is a Nigerian entrepreneur,philanthropist and grassroot politician. a native of Ipoti EKiti in Ijero Local Government Area of EKiti state,South Western Nigeria and the Lagos West Senatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 senatorial election.
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.
Jumoke Akindele is a Nigerian lawyer and first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly. She resigned in 2017 following a ₦15 million naira misappropriation of fund.
Solomon Olamilekan Adeola also known by the alias Yayi,is a Nigerian politician who has served as Senator for Ogun West since 2023. He previously served as the Senator from Lagos West from 2015 to 2023. From 2011 to 2015,he was the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts. He is also a chartered accountant and a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT).
Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu known as Sam Daddy is a Nigerian business executive and politician currently serving as the national secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) since November 2021. He served as a senator in the 8th Nigeria National Assembly representing Imo East Senatorial District from 2015 to 2019 and sponsored the bill for the establishment of South East Development Commission passed by the 8th Senate but was vetoed by President Buhari. Anyanwu ran unsuccessfully for the PDP governorship nomination for the 2019 Imo State gubernatorial election. Anayanwu is the founder of several businesses and non-profit organizations including New View Engineering Nig. Ltd,Sonada Oil Ltd and president of So Others May Eat (S.O.M.E) Foundation –a charity organization focused on helping less privileged.
Abiola Peter Makinde born is a financial management expert and politician. He is a member of Nigeria Federal House of Representatives holding assignment for Ondo East/Ondo West federal constituency of Nigeria's western state of Ondo. In 2014,President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Makinde National Board Member of Nigeria Literacy Commission and was on the assignment until 2015 when President Jonathan and People's Democratic Party,PDP lost federal power to then opposition All Progressives Congress,APC.
Otunba Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga,popularly known as IJAYA,is a Nigerian politician and entrepreneur who is the Deputy Chief Whip of the Nigerian House of Representatives since 2023. She is representing Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North federal constituency in the house. She was born in Hammersmith,London to Nigerian parents.
Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa is a Nigerian businessman and politician who has served as governor of Ondo State since 2023. He previously served as deputy governor of Ondo State from 2021 to 2023 under Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. He is a former commissioner of Niger Delta Development Commission.
Akogun Olugbenga Akinola Omole,is a Nigerian politician,legislator,football administrator and farmer. He is the chairman of Akogun Farms Nigeria Limited and currently represents Akoko South West Constituency I in the Ondo State House of Assembly.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is a Nigerian engineer,entrepreneur,philanthropist and politician who is the current minister of interior of Nigeria. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State from 2019 to 2023.
The 2023 Nigerian House of Representatives elections were held on 25 February 2023 where voters elected members of the House of Representatives using first-past-the-post voting in all 360 federal constituencies. The last regular House elections for all districts were in 2019.
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.
Francis Ogbonna Erishi Nwifuru is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who is the current governor of Ebonyi State since 2023. He previously served as speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly from June 2015 to May 2023. He hails from Oferekpe Agbaja in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State.
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.
Chris Ayebusiwa is Nigerian politician and public administrator. He is a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Okitipupa Constituency 1 on the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC).
