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	Encyclopedia: Ondo State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Ekiti State is an inland south-western state of Nigeria.
		Enugu State is an inland state in southeastern Nigeria.
		Osun State is an inland state in south-western Nigeria.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ondo-State (1146 words)

	Ondo State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NG-ON Ondo State, Nigeria was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State.
		The big government universities in Ondo state are the Federal University of Technology,Akure and the Adekunle Ajasin university,Akungba/Akoko.
		The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the Yoruba subgroups of the Akoko, Akure, Ikale, Ilaje, Ondo, and Owo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ondo_State (159 words)

	Ondo State Historical Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Ondo State of Nigeria was one of the seven states created on 3rd February 1976.
		Edo and Delta States bound Ondo State 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.
		Ondo State, as a beneficiary of the nationwide Mass Transit Programme, launched its Owena Mass Transit scheme for both intra and inter-state commuters.
	www.ondostategovernment.com /history.html (3612 words)

	Vanguard - Politics : PARTY RELATIONSHIPS: The Ondo state style
		In Ondo state, both the ruling PDP and the opposition, AD are relatively at peace with each other as exemplified by the gesture of Dr. Agagu.
		Indeed, unlike happenings in other states, when the AD in Ondo state decided to organise its rally in Akure, the state capital, the convoy of the governor on its way from Ijare, a suburb of Akure to commission the road linking the town with Akure ran into a mammoth crowd of the AD party members.
		Ondo state belongs to everybody irrespective of whichever party he might be.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/politics/july05/07072005/p307072005.html (1170 words)

	Newswatch magazine
		The Ondo State government and four of its former commissioners and five other persons have been dragged to court by the foreign firm over alleged attempt to kick it (firm) out of the business deal which the government and the firm entered into during the Adebayo Adefarati administration in 2001.
		The Ondo State government was alleged to have, on April 2004, unilaterally gone further to invite the parent company in Austria to send its technical experts to Nigeria without delay to assess the current status of the site of the factory preparatory to the installation of the said equipment without the consent of Sphinx Ltd.
		Ondo State was alleged to have equally moved to ensure that the Corporate Affairs Commission reflected the new status of the holden company, which makes Ondo State government its sole owners.
	www.newswatchngr.com /editorial/allaccess/nigeria/10221102838.htm (719 words)

	The Sun News Online/politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		As chairman of AD in Ondo State for your information and maybe to refresh your memory, the party was in government between 1999 and 2003 and we left an impression and a strong impact on the minds of our people especially in relation to social, economic and political achievements.
		The government of the Alliance for Democracy in Ondo State between 1999 and 2003 is a typical example of what a progressive government is and you could see like I mentioned earlier that the PDP government since coming to power has deliberately or failed to move the state forward because they are not legitimate.
		What you now see in Ondo State is that the ruling PDP acquired power for the sake of power and that is all the achievements that they have to their credit.
	www.sunnewsonline.com /webpages/politics/2005/jan/10/politics-10-01-2005-002.htm (1222 words)

	Ekiti State News
		Fayose stated that the SCH was the highest advisory body on health-related matters in the state, and was positioned as the melting pot of inputs from local and international health organisations operating within the state.
		The Appeal Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State capital in its judgement, upheld the ruling of the lower court that the process of the emergence of Orisagbemi was against the provisions of the Chiefs Law of Ondo State as applicable in Ekiti State.
		Stating that the information available to the command confirmed that the monarch actually invited OPC, since he was around when they (OPC) came, adding that the OPC used the forum to cause breach of public peace and wanton destruction of property.
	www.ekiti.com /ekitinews/aug2004.php (16129 words)

	Politics : Gov. Agagu and democracy dividends in Ondo state, by Isaac Kekemeke
		Kekemeke also speaks extensively on the total reformation in the state administration of justice by the governor, divine intervention in the resolution of chieftaincy crisis in the state, establishment of the office of public defenders and other dividends of democracy derivable from the people-oriented programmes of the present administration in all sectors of the economy.
		You are one of the respected members of the state executive council and you have worked with the governor not just now but while he was the deputy governor of this state.
		With one, two three cases we took on, the people of the state saw the fairness, they saw that the governor and the state were not partisan in their approach to chieftaincy issue.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/politics/p228042004.html (2121 words)

	News -- Ondo State Association of Atlanta is making a head way in community services
		While the discussion about the Ondo State Youth continued, we were served with water, soda, finger food and fruits so that no one would fall asleep during the meeting.
		The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, was at the launching of the noble course by OSAA in Akure, September 17, 2004.
		It was at a gathering of Ondo citizens at the residence of Rufus Oladapo sometimes in October 2002 when the idea to mobilize Ondo citizens in Atlanta to come together and form an Association.
	naijanet.com /news/source/2004/dec/3/1005.html (2608 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ondo State, Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The latter notwithstanding, cocoa is still the main economic crop of Ondo State on which both the people and government depend.
		Ondo State has become a member of the Nigerian oil-producing states as petroleum is now extracted offshore (Ministry of Information & Culture, 1989).
		Ondo State has a coast with great potentials for fishing industry.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ondo-State,-Nigeria (273 words)

	Forest Finance: The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In Ondo State, forest reserves are classified according to yield and the unit area charges vary between N 220 and N 420 per hectare.
		The level of this levy is now N 800 per hectare in Ekiti State and N 650 per hectare in Ondo State and this charge is levied for the allocation of a forest concession in a forest reserve.
		In Ondo State, a fee of N 65,000 is charged for a similar-sized sawmill, with a renewal fee of N 20,000.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/X6818E/X6818E07.htm (988 words)

	Nigeriaworld Feature Article - An SOS to Ondo State voters
		Our representatives in Ondo State from time immemorial, have always found themselves sitting in opposition to the Federal Government because we have always voted one way, and just for one party, and one man, which is not good for us, at all.
		I personally encouraged you the good people of Ondo State to also vote for Obasanjo, not because he was a man on whom the Nation does not have some serious reservations.
		Ondo State voters across the board and the State Capital voters in particular must not allow ourselves to be left behind by this mighty train.
	nigeriaworld.com /feature/publication/akintide/041703.html (2167 words)

	NIGERIA
		In Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, considered by some Yoruba to be one of their historical towns, the OPC has intervened on the side of local groups who have wanted to oust the current Fulani traditional ruler (or emir) and replace him with a Yoruba ruler (or oba).
		In the town of Owo, in Ondo State, the OPC has been used as a tool in a longstanding local dispute between supporters and opponents of the traditional leader, known as the Olowo.
		Three days later, the Ondo State governor invited the religious leaders to his office and rebuked them; he asked them why they had gone to offer their homage to the Olowo since he (the governor) did not recognize him as the rightful owner of that title.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2003/nigeria0203/nigeriaopc0203-04.htm (2562 words)

	Nigeriaworld Feature Article - Tribute to Late Chief Richard Jolowo - An Ijaw Statesman
		He was elected to the Ondo State House of Assembly in the Second Republic (1979) and was further elected Speaker by his colleagues, a position he held till 1983.
		His constituency which is in the coastal part of the state was not linked to the rest of the state by road.
		Before him, majority of the people of Ondo State did not know or pretend not to know that there were a distinct non-Yoruba speaking people in the state.
	nigeriaworld.com /articles/2005/jun/092.html (814 words)

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		Ondo State was carved out of the old Western State as one of the seven states created on February 3, 1976.
		Ondo State is a multi-ethnic state with the majority being Yorubas while there are also Arogbos and Akpois who are Ijaw extraction and are mostly located in the riverine areas of the state.
		Education is accorded high priority by the state government with the state reputed as the education factory of Nigeria as a result of emphasis in this sector over the years with thousands of primary schools and hundreds of secondary schools.There are also tertiary institutions in the state.
	www.nigeria.gov.ng /govt_state_ondo.aspx (366 words)

	Forest Finance: The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In Ondo State, for lorries up to 10 tonnes in weight, a fee of N 50 per log is paid on any legally removed log crossing the border to another state.
		In Lagos State, charges on transportation to other states are: N 1,000 for a lorry-load of sawn planks; N 2,500 for a trailer-load of sawn planks; N 500 for lorry-load of billets; and N 1, 000 for a trailer-load of billets.
		The variations in forest charges from state to state, as shown in the previous figures and tables, are due to two main reasons.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/X6818E/X6818E09.htm (1483 words)

	Nigeria - SendMail
		The activities of the Ondo state Agricultural Development Project and the Benin/Owena River Basin and Rural Development Authority, in enhancino arable crooDina in the state.are commendable.
		Mineral Resources: Ondo State has become a member of the Nigerian oilproducing states as petroleum is now extracted offshore (Ministry of Information and Culture, 1989).
		In fact, the creeks and coastlands of the state are now recognised for their richness in prawns and lobsters.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /links/send.asp?blurb=347 (692 words)

	SCGIS Annual Conference Web Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Ondo State, which is the focus of my presentation, is located in the southwestern part of Nigeria, covering a land area of about 11,000 km2 with a projected population of 3 million in year 2000.
		Although the industrial timber supply and food tree products in the State are sustainable over a shot term period, findings have indicated that the forest resources in the state is faced with decline in quantity and quality occassioned by overharvesting, agricultural clearing (bush burning), and lack of investment in the resource.
		The rural society in the state, largely at the level of subsistence farming, is also heavily dependent on a multitude of non-timber forest products and services that are currently being jeopardized by mismanagement and substandard forestry practices.
	www.scgis.org /2003_conference/abstracts/gideon_olaleye.html (336 words)

	Vanguard - Politics : Where Oluwajana got it wrong on Ondo State
		Two, since we are so occupied running the affairs of state with all the attention such onerous task requires, we have less time to join issues in the media with all detractors, busy bodies, loafers and other meddlesome interlopers, else we leave substance to chase shadows.
		Four, we believe that the best assessors of our efforts remain history, time and the electorate, who live in Ondo State and are witnesses to the efforts of their government, not the mischief makers and fortune seekers in Diaspora.
		That he described himself as the gubernatorial “candidate” of the Alliance for Democracy, Ondo State, even when the guidelines for party primaries are yet to be released showed how desperate he is for attention and recognition, which ordinarily we should not oblige him.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/politics/december05/21122005/p421122005.html (956 words)

	Nigerian students injured by police gunfire and then arrested in Ondo State
		He was arrested along with five other NANS (National Association of Nigerian Students) activists at the Ondo State University during a two-day lecture boycott by the students to protest the victimisation of the students' union leaders of the university.
		The Ondo State government had to bring in a new mobile police detachment in order to carry out the deadly assault as the students had established friendly relations with the police stationed permanently on their campus.
		Send protest letters and e-mails to the Vice chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, (Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria), Prof ROA Makanjuola, (Rogerm@oauife.edu.ng), demanding that he intervene to guarantee the immediate release of the arrested students immediately and any charges dropped, as some of the students involved are from the Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife).
	www.marxist.com /Africa/ondo_state_arrests.html (1158 words)

	Ekiti State of Nigeria
		It lies south of Kwara and Kogi State, East of Osun State and bounded by Ondo State in the East and in the south.
		An important feature of the state is the large number of hills it possesses, which are often the site of towns in which much of the population resides.
		In the Fourth Republic, now more secure perhaps with their own state, the electorate returned to the fold, as it were, embracing the AD to the turn of two out of three Senate seats, all six House seats, the governorship and 22 out of 26 state assembly jurisdictions.
	www.ekiti.com (413 words)

	Nigeria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nigeria is a Federal Republic, comprising 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja.
		The national vaccination program was suspended in several states in August of 2003, and the disease nearly quintupled in frequency (119 cases in first quarter 2004, vs. 24 in 2003).
		On May 18, the state of Kano agreed to resume vaccination programmes using vaccines produced in Indonesia, not the US.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nigeria (979 words)

	Nigeria- Police raid Ondo State official's home in search of arms.txt: Nigeria- Police raid Ondo State official's home ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Nigeria: Police raid Ondo State official's home in search of arms Paris AFP (World Service) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Friday, January 3, 2003 LAGOS, Jan 3 (AFP) - Nigerian police have raided the residence of a state official amid allegations he was stockpiling arms ahead of this year's general elections, officials said Friday.
		The wife of the Ondo State commissioner for finance Segun Ojo and his 17-year-old son, Seun, were arrested during the early morning raid on Thursday in Akure, a press officer in the governor's office told AFP by telephone.
		He said the state government was shocked by the arrest because it had not been previously informed of it, and because it was carried out by policemen from Abuja, the country's capital.
	www.nisat.org /west%20africa/news%20from%20the%20region/MAIN%20NEWS%20PAGE/nigeria/Nigeria-%20Police%20raid%20Ondo%20State%20officials%20home%20in%20search%20of%20arms.html (241 words)

	A Mid-Term Report Card For Governor Agagu Of Ondo State
		As a loyal citizen of Ondo State and the pioneer Director of Rural Development and Rural Infrastructures in the State, and a very vocal supporter of candidate Agagu when he ran for Governor in 2003, I believe I have earned the right to praise or criticize him when such criticism is constructive and called for.
		The people of Ondo state in particular of all the other Yoruba states were the first to recognize and deify, so to speak, the achievements of the late sage, by forever believing in him and whatever was associated with his name.
		No doubt a state like Ondo State is one of the most challenging to govern.But failure is not an option for the Governor and so far he is doing well.
	www.nigeriansinamerica.com /articles/681/1/A-Mid-Term-Report-Card-For-Governor-Agagu-Of-Ondo-State (3081 words)

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