The Government of Ogun State consists
of elected representatives and appointed officials responsible for the
government of Ogun State, Nigeria.
Ogun State has a population of about 2 million people, and is one of the 36
states that make up the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The state government is
composed of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches,
whose powers are vested by the Constitution in the Governor, the House of
Assembly, and the High Court. The judiciary operates independently of the executive and
the legislature. At the local level, elected officials are in charge of local
government areas.
MORE FACTS ABOUT OGUN STATE
Ogun
State was created from the old Western State on February 3, 1976 by the then
regime of General Murtala Mohammed. It has Abeokuta as it's capital and largest
city.
Located in South Western Nigeria, Ogun State covers 16,762 square kilometres.
It borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo and Osun states to the North, Ondo
State to the east and the Republic of Benin to the west.
Ogun State thus has the highest number of registered universities in Nigeria
(nine in all) with five new private universities also in the state.
Sodeke
(Shodeke), a hunter and leader of the Egba refugees who fled from the
disintegrating Oyo empire, founded about 1830 a principality at Abeokuta in
what is now the north-central part of the state. Most of the inhabitants of
Ogun state are members of the Egba and Egbado subgroups of the Yoruba people.
Ogun
State is made up of six ethnic groups viz, the Egba, the Ijebu, the Remo, the
Egbado, the Awori and the Egun. The language of the majority of the people of
Ogun State is Yoruba but this is however broken into scores of dialects..
Places
to visit in the State: Olumo Rock in Abeokuta, Birikisu Sugbo Shrine at
Oke-Eri, Yemoji Natural Swimming Pool at Ijebu-Ode, Oyan Dam in Abeokuta North,
Iwopin Boat Regatta and Ebute-Oni in Ogun Waterside. Others sities are Madam
Tinubu Shrine, Abeokuta; Oronna Shrine, Ilaro.
Area J4 Forest Reserve; Tongeji Island, Ipokia. Old Manse at Ogbe,Abeokuta;
St.James Anglican School, Ota and Ijamido River Shrine,Ota.
FACTS::
–
The Southwestern state was created in 1976 by the military administration of
General Murtala Muhammed and General Olusegun Obasanjo in 1976 and has Abeokuta
as its capital.– It borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo and Osun states to
the north, Ondo State to the east and the Republic of Benin to the west.– It
has 20 Local government areas and has important cities and towns such as
Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode, Sagamu, Ikenne Remo, Ilaro, Ijebu-Igbo, Aiyetoro , Ota,
Idi iroko, Ifo, etc.
– Notable people like Obafemi Awolowo, MKO Abiola, Mike Adenuga, Olusegun
Obasanjo, Wole Soyinka, Fela Kuti, Tunde Bakare, Ernest Sonekan, Yemi Osinbajo, and so on hails from
the state.
– Ogun has one Federal University: the Federal University of Agriculture,
Abeokuta; one state government college of education, Tai Solarin College of
Education (TASCE), (formerly known as Ogun State College of Education, Ijagun,
Ijebu-Ode, one Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, one state government polytechnic,
Moshood Abiola Polythechnic (MAPOLY), formerly known as Ogun State
Polythechnic, Ojere, Abeokuta, and two state government universities: Olabisi
Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye (formerly known as Ogun State University), and
the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Ijebu Ode and numerous private
Universities and Polytechniques.
This is a list of
administrators and governors of Ogun State, Nigeria.
Ogun State was
formed on 3 February 1976
when Western State divided into Ogun, Ondo, and Oyo states.
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Name |
Title |
Took office |
Left office |
Party |
Notes |
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Governor |
Mar 1976 |
Jul 1978 |
Military |
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|
Governor |
Jul 1978 |
Oct 1979 |
Military |
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|
Governor |
Oct 1979 |
Dec 1983 |
UPN |
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Governor |
Jan 1984 |
Aug 1985 |
Military |
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Governor |
Aug 1985 |
1986 |
Military |
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Governor |
1986 |
Dec 1987 |
Military |
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Governor |
Dec 1987 |
Aug 1990 |
Military |
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Governor |
Aug 1990 |
Jan 1992 |
Military |
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Governor |
January 1992 |
November 1993 |
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|
Administrator |
9 Dec 1993 |
22 Aug 1996 |
Military |
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|
Administrator |
22 August 1996 |
August 1998 |
Military |
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Administrator |
August 1998 |
29 May 1999 |
Military |
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|
Governor |
29 May 1999 |
29 May 2003 |
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Governor |
29 May 2003 |
May 2011 |
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Governor |
29 May 2011 |
29 May 2019 |
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|
Governor |
29 May 2019 2023- |
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