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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_universities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>List of universities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_universities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_polytechnics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_polytechnics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>List of polytechnics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_polytechnics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_specialized_tertiary_institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_specialized_tertiary_institutions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>List of specialized tertiary institutions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_specialized_tertiary_institutions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_special_colleges" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_special_colleges"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>List of special colleges</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_special_colleges-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_registered_private_polytechnics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_registered_private_polytechnics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>List of registered private polytechnics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_registered_private_polytechnics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Federal_Highways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Federal_Highways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Federal Highways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Federal_Highways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Railways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Railways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Airport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Airport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Airport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Airport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_current_public_officials" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_current_public_officials"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>List of current public officials</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_current_public_officials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agriculture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agriculture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Agriculture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agriculture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_Government_Areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_Government_Areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Local Government Areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_Government_Areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electoral_system" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electoral_system"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Electoral system</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electoral_system-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> 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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_%C5%9Ftat%C4%B1" title="Oyo ştatı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Oyo ştatı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="اویو ایالتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اویو ایالتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_Chiu" title="Oyo Chiu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Oyo Chiu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B9%D0%BE" title="Ойо – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ойо" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estat_d%27Oyo" title="Estat d'Oyo – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estat d'Oyo" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_State" title="Oyo State – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Oyo State" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_(delstat)" title="Oyo (delstat) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Oyo (delstat)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_(Bundesstaat)" title="Oyo (Bundesstaat) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Oyo (Bundesstaat)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_osariik" title="Oyo osariik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Oyo osariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Oyo" title="Estado de Oyo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estado de Oyo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ctato_Ojo" title="Ŝtato Ojo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝtato Ojo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88" title="ایالت اویو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایالت اویو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tat_d%27Oyo" title="État d'Oyo – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="État d'Oyo" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_de_Oyo" title="Estado de Oyo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estado de Oyo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%9A%94%EC%A3%BC" title="오요주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오요주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_(jiha)" title="Oyo (jiha) – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Oyo (jiha)" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="ओयो राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ओयो राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%AEra_%E1%BB%8Cy%E1%BB%8D" title="Ȯra Ọyọ – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ȯra Ọyọ" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo" title="Oyo – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Oyo" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo-fylki" title="Oyo-fylki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Oyo-fylki" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_(stato)" title="Oyo (stato) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Oyo (stato)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ოიოს შტატი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ოიოს შტატი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimbo_la_Oyo" title="Jimbo la Oyo – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Jimbo la Oyo" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B9%D0%BE_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Ойо (штат) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Ойо (штат)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcm mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_State" title="Oyo State – Nigerian Pidgin" lang="pcm" hreflang="pcm" data-title="Oyo State" data-language-autonym="Naijá" data-language-local-name="Nigerian Pidgin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Naijá</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_(staat)" title="Oyo (staat) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Oyo (staat)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A8%E5%B7%9E" title="オヨ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="オヨ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_(Bundesstoot)" title="Oyo (Bundesstoot) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Oyo (Bundesstoot)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_(delstat)" title="Oyo (delstat) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Oyo (delstat)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo_(stan)" title="Oyo (stan) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Oyo (stan)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi%C3%B3_(estado)" title="Oió (estado) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Oió (estado)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statul_Oyo" title="Statul Oyo – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Statul Oyo" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B9%D0%BE_(%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82)" title="Ойо (штат) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ойо (штат)" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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org">Oyo State</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">State</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ibadan_skyline_roof_top.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ibadan_skyline_roof_top.jpg/250px-Ibadan_skyline_roof_top.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ibadan_skyline_roof_top.jpg/375px-Ibadan_skyline_roof_top.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ibadan_skyline_roof_top.jpg/500px-Ibadan_skyline_roof_top.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4864" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oyo_State_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Oyo State"><img alt="Flag of Oyo State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oyo_State_Flag.svg/120px-Oyo_State_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oyo_State_Flag.svg/180px-Oyo_State_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Oyo_State_Flag.svg/240px-Oyo_State_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oyo_State_Coat_of_Arms.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Oyo State"><img alt="Seal of Ọyọ State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Oyo_State_Coat_of_Arms.png/100px-Oyo_State_Coat_of_Arms.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Oyo_State_Coat_of_Arms.png/150px-Oyo_State_Coat_of_Arms.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Oyo_State_Coat_of_Arms.png/200px-Oyo_State_Coat_of_Arms.png 2x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="248" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nicknames: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_nicknames" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state nicknames">Pace Setter State</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_-_Oyo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Oyo State in Nigeria"><img alt="Location of Oyo State in Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Nigeria_-_Oyo.svg/250px-Nigeria_-_Oyo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Nigeria_-_Oyo.svg/375px-Nigeria_-_Oyo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Nigeria_-_Oyo.svg/500px-Nigeria_-_Oyo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="734" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Oyo State in Nigeria</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Oyo_State&params=8_00_N_4_00_E_region:NG_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">8°00′N</span> <span class="longitude">4°00′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">8.000°N 4.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">8.000; 4.000</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Altman183_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Altman183-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_date_of_statehood" title="List of Nigerian states by date of statehood">Date created</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3 February 1976</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_capitals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state capitals">Capital</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ibadan" title="Ibadan">Ibadan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Government of Oyo State</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_state_governors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nigerian state governors">Governor</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seyi_Makinde" title="Seyi Makinde">Seyi Makinde</a> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_Oyo_State" title="Deputy Governor of Oyo State">Deputy Governor</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bayo_Lawal" title="Bayo Lawal">Bayo Lawal</a> (<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)">PDP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oyo_State_House_of_Assembly" title="Oyo State House of Assembly">Oyo State House of Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senators</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">C: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yunus_Akintunde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yunus Akintunde (page does not exist)">Yunus Akintunde</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap">N: <a href="/wiki/Abdulfatai_Buhari" title="Abdulfatai Buhari">Abdulfatai Buhari</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap">S: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sharafadeen_Alli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sharafadeen Alli (page does not exist)">Sharafadeen Alli</a> (<a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">APC</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian House of Representatives">Representatives</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly_delegation_from_Oyo#10th_Assembly_(2023-date)" title="Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Oyo">List</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">28,454 km<sup>2</sup> (10,986 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2006)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,580,894<sup id="cite_ref-PHC_Tables_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PHC_Tables-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,976,100<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">GDP (PPP)</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_GDP" title="List of Nigerian states by GDP">2021</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">$23.8 billion<sup id="cite_ref-C-GIDD_GDP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-GIDD_GDP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">$2,560<sup id="cite_ref-C-GIDD_GDP_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-GIDD_GDP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+01">UTC+01</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Time" title="West Africa Time">WAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">200001</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:NG" title="ISO 3166-2:NG">NG-OY</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2022)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.603<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#fc0">medium</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Nigerian states by Human Development Index">15th of 37</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oyostate.gov.ng">www<wbr />.oyostate<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ng</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Oyo State</b> is a <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">state</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_West_(Nigeria)" title="South West (Nigeria)">southwestern</a> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Ibadan" title="Ibadan">Ibadan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_cities_by_population" title="List of Nigerian cities by population">third most populous city</a> in the country and formerly the second most populous city in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oyo State is <a href="/wiki/Border" title="Border">bordered</a> to the north by <a href="/wiki/Kwara_State" title="Kwara State">Kwara State</a> for 337 km, to the southeast by <a href="/wiki/Osun_State" title="Osun State">Osun State</a> for 187 km, partly across the River Osun, and to the south by <a href="/wiki/Ogun_State" title="Ogun State">Ogun State</a>, and to the west by the <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">Republic</a> of <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a> for 98 km. With a projected population of 7,976,100 in 2022, Oyo State is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population" title="List of Nigerian states by population">sixth most populous</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The vast majority of Oyo State residents are <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nicknamed the "Pace Setter State", present-day Oyo State sits on territory formerly ruled by various kingdoms and empires.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Oyo_Empire" title="Oyo Empire">Oyo Empire</a> was a powerful <a href="/wiki/Yorubaland" title="Yorubaland">Yoruba empire</a> that ruled in much of the area from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1300</span> to 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Built in the 1830s, modern city of Oyo is considered a remnant of the imperial era, being referred to as "New Ọyọ" (<i>Ọ̀yọ́ Àtìbà</i>) to distinguish itself from the former capital to the north, '<a href="/wiki/Oyo_Empire#Ibadan" title="Oyo Empire">Old Oyo</a>' (<i>Ọ̀yọ́-Ilé</i>). The <a href="/wiki/Alaafin" title="Alaafin">Alaafin</a> of Oyo continues to serve a <a href="/wiki/Ceremony" title="Ceremony">ceremonial</a> role in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oyo State is noted for being the site of the first university in Nigeria,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ibadan" title="University of Ibadan">University of Ibadan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> founded in 1948. The state <a href="/wiki/Economy" title="Economy">economy</a> remains largely <a href="/wiki/Agrarian_society" title="Agrarian society">agrarian</a>, with the western city of <a href="/wiki/Shaki,_Oyo" title="Shaki, Oyo">Shaki</a> being described as the state's <a href="/wiki/Breadbasket" title="Breadbasket">breadbasket</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cassava" title="Cassava">cassava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cocoa_bean" title="Cocoa bean">cocoa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a> are among the most important <a href="/wiki/Crop" title="Crop">crops</a> to Oyo State's economy.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ijio_Hill,_Iwajowa_LGA,_Oyo_State,_Nigeria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Ijio_Hill%2C_Iwajowa_LGA%2C_Oyo_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg/220px-Ijio_Hill%2C_Iwajowa_LGA%2C_Oyo_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Ijio_Hill%2C_Iwajowa_LGA%2C_Oyo_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg/330px-Ijio_Hill%2C_Iwajowa_LGA%2C_Oyo_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Ijio_Hill%2C_Iwajowa_LGA%2C_Oyo_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg/440px-Ijio_Hill%2C_Iwajowa_LGA%2C_Oyo_State%2C_Nigeria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>Ijio Hill, Iwajowa LGA, Oyo State, Nigeria</figcaption></figure> <p>Oyo State covers approximately an area of 28,454 square kilometers and is ranked 14th by size.<sup id="cite_ref-Unveiling_Nigeria_-_state_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unveiling_Nigeria_-_state-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Landscape" title="Landscape">landscape</a> consists of old hard rocks and dome shaped hills, which rise gently from about 500 meters in the southern part and reaching a height of about 1,200 metres above sea level in the northern part.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some principal rivers such as <a href="/wiki/Ogun_River" title="Ogun River">Ogun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oba_River" title="Oba River">Oba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyan">Oyan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Otin_River" title="Otin River">Otin</a>, Ofiki, Sasa, <a href="/wiki/Oni" title="Oni">Oni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erinle_River" title="Erinle River">Erinle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Osun_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Osun river">Osun river</a> originate in this highland. The southern and southeastern parts of the state form a continuous plain.<sup id="cite_ref-Unveiling_Nigeria_-_state_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unveiling_Nigeria_-_state-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oyo State contains a number of natural features including the <a href="/wiki/Old_Oyo_National_Park" title="Old Oyo National Park">Old Oyo National Park, Agodi parks and gardens</a>. In this location there was earlier <a href="/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">habitat</a> for the endangered <a href="/wiki/African_wild_dog" title="African wild dog">African wild dog</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lycaon_pictus" class="mw-redirect" title="Lycaon pictus">Lycaon pictus</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, this <a href="/wiki/Canidae" title="Canidae">canid</a> is thought to have been locally <a href="/wiki/Local_extinction" title="Local extinction">extirpated</a> at the present.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate is <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Equatorial climate">equatorial</a>, notably with <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">wet</a> seasons with relatively high <a href="/wiki/Humidity" title="Humidity">humidity</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry season</a> lasts from November to March while the wet season starts from April and ends in October. Average daily temperature ranges between 25 °C (77.0 °F) and 35 °C (95.0 °F), almost throughout the year.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was formed in 1976<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Western_State_(Nigeria)" title="Western State (Nigeria)">Western State</a>, and included <a href="/wiki/Osun_State" title="Osun State">Ọsun State</a>, which was split off in 1991. Oyo State is <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Homogenous" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Homogenous">homogenous</a>, mainly inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a> ethnic group who are primarily agrarian but have a predilection for living in high-density urban centres.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The indigenes mainly comprise the Oyos, the <a href="/wiki/Onko" title="Onko">Oke-Oguns</a>, the Ibadans<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Ibarapa_people" title="Ibarapa people">Ibarapas</a>, all belonging to the Yoruba family and <a href="/wiki/Peoples_of_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoples of Africa">indigenous</a> city in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>. Ibadan had been the centre of <a href="/wiki/Administration_(government)" title="Administration (government)">administration</a> of the old <a href="/wiki/Western_Region,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Region, Nigeria">Western Region</a> since the days of <a href="/wiki/British_colonial_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="British colonial rule">British colonial rule</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other notable cities and towns in Ọyọ State include <a href="/wiki/Oyo,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyo, Nigeria">Ọyọ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogbomoso" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogbomoso">Ogbomọsọ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibadan" title="Ibadan">Ibadan</a>, Isẹyín-Okeogun, Ipapo-Okeogun, Kíṣì-Okeogun, Okeho-Okeogun, Saki-Okeogun, Igbeti-Okeogun, Igboho-okeogun [Igboho], Eruwa-Ibarapa, <a href="/wiki/Iroko" title="Iroko">Iroko</a>, Lanlate, OjeOwode-Okeogun, Sepeteri-Okeogun, Ilora-Oyo, Jobele-Oyo, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Awe-Oyo</a>, Ilérò-Okeogun, Okaka-Okeogun, Igbo Ora-Ibarapa, <a href="/wiki/Idere" class="mw-redirect" title="Idere">Idere</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, Yoruba <a href="/wiki/Separatist_movements_of_Nigeria" title="Separatist movements of Nigeria">separatists</a> unsuccessfully <a href="/wiki/Oyo_State_coup_attempt" title="Oyo State coup attempt">attempted to overthrow</a> the state government in Ibadan.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records_and_landmarks">Records and landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Records and landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bower_towers,_Ibadan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bower_towers%2C_Ibadan.jpg/220px-Bower_towers%2C_Ibadan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bower_towers%2C_Ibadan.jpg/330px-Bower_towers%2C_Ibadan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bower_towers%2C_Ibadan.jpg/440px-Bower_towers%2C_Ibadan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="666" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Bower towers, Ibadan</figcaption></figure> <p>The first degree awarding institution in Nigeria is the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ibadan" title="University of Ibadan">University of Ibadan</a> (established as a college of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when it was founded in 1948, and later converted into an <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_entity" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous entity">autonomous</a> university in 1962).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other universities in the state are: <a href="/wiki/Lead_City_University" title="Lead City University">Lead City University</a>, Ibadan,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ajayi_Crowther_University" title="Ajayi Crowther University">Ajayi Crowther University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oyo,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyo, Nigeria">Oyo</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-acu.edu.ng_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acu.edu.ng-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Koladaisi_University" title="Koladaisi University">Koladaisi University</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dominican University, Ibadan, and <a href="/wiki/Ladoke_Akintola_University_of_Technology" title="Ladoke Akintola University of Technology">Ladoke Akintola University of Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogbomoso" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogbomoso">Ogbomoso</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lautech.edu.ng_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lautech.edu.ng-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Polytechnic,_Ibadan" title="The Polytechnic, Ibadan">The Polytechnic, Ibadan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Home_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Home-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igbo Ora,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa are located in Oyo State.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are 324 <a href="/wiki/Secondary_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Secondary schools">secondary schools</a> and 1,576 public <a href="/wiki/Primary_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Primary schools">primary schools</a> in the state. Other noteworthy institutions in the city include the <a href="/wiki/University_College_Hospital,_Ibadan" title="University College Hospital, Ibadan">University College Hospital, Ibadan</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first teaching hospital in Nigeria and the <a href="/wiki/International_Institute_of_Tropical_Agriculture" title="International Institute of Tropical Agriculture">International Institute of Tropical Agriculture</a> (IITA).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cocoa_House" title="Cocoa House">Cocoa House</a> located in Ibadan was the first <a href="/wiki/Skyscraper" title="Skyscraper">skyscraper</a> built in Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state is home to <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Television_Authority" title="Nigerian Television Authority">NTA Ibadan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first television station in Africa, and the Obafemi Awolowo (formerly, Liberty) Stadium, a stadium with a capacity of 35,000.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other major tourist attractions located in the state include: <a href="/wiki/Agodi_Gardens" title="Agodi Gardens">Agodi Botanical Garden</a>, Ado-Awaye Suspended lake, <a href="/wiki/Mapo_Hall" title="Mapo Hall">Mapo Hall</a>, University of Ibadan <a href="/wiki/Zoological_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoological Garden">Zoological Garden</a>, Ido <a href="/wiki/Cenotaph" title="Cenotaph">Cenotaph</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trans_Wonderland" title="Trans Wonderland">Trans-Wonderland Amusement Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Oyo_National_Park" title="Old Oyo National Park">Old Oyo National Park</a> located in the historical site of the ancient capital of the famous <a href="/wiki/Oyo_Empire" title="Oyo Empire">old Oyo Empire</a>, Iyamopo and Agbele Hill in Igbeti, <a href="/wiki/Bower%27s_Tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Bower's Tower">Bower's Tower</a> and the Cultural Centre, Mokola. The state hosts the first FM radio, and the first private television station, <a href="/wiki/Galaxy_Television_(Nigeria)" title="Galaxy Television (Nigeria)">Galaxy Television</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OLOKE_MEJI_HILL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/OLOKE_MEJI_HILL.jpg/220px-OLOKE_MEJI_HILL.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/OLOKE_MEJI_HILL.jpg/330px-OLOKE_MEJI_HILL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/OLOKE_MEJI_HILL.jpg/440px-OLOKE_MEJI_HILL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3788" data-file-height="2549" /></a><figcaption>Oloke Meji Hill</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the Nigerian 1999 constitution<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the government of Oyo State, and those of the other 35 <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">Nigerian States</a>, is divided into three branches to be in line with the government of the <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Federal Republic of Nigeria</a> which is also three tier: the <a href="/wiki/Executive_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive branch">executive branch</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislative branch</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judiciary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The executive branch of Oyo State government is headed by an elected <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Oyo_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Oyo State">executive governor</a> who presides over the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Oyo_State" title="Executive Council of Oyo State">State Executive Council</a> made up of appointed cabinet members. The present governor of Oyo State is <a href="/wiki/Seyi_Makinde" title="Seyi Makinde">Seyi Makinde</a> with <a href="/wiki/Bayo_Lawal" title="Bayo Lawal">Bayo Lawal</a> serving as deputy governor.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislative branch is headed by an elected Speaker of the House of Assembly. The current Speaker is Hon. <a href="/wiki/Debo_Ogundoyin" title="Debo Ogundoyin">Debo Ogundoyin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> And lastly, the judiciary is headed by the Chief Judge of Oyo State High Court.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The present Chief Judge of the state is Muktar Abimbola.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Presently, Oyo State has 2,004 <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(government_funded)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public school (government funded)">public schools</a>, 971 private nursery/primary schools, 969 public secondary schools including 7 schools of Science and 57 private secondary schools. The state also has five government <a href="/wiki/Technical_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Technical school">technical colleges</a> at <a href="/wiki/Oyo,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyo, Nigeria">Oyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogbomoso" class="mw-redirect" title="Ogbomoso">Ogbomoso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ibadan" title="Ibadan">Ibadan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shaki-Okeogun<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Iseyin-Okeogun with enrolment of 2,829 students in the 2000/2001 academic session. The National Youth Service Corp<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (NYSC) permanent orientation camp is located in Iseyin.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ebedi Writers' Residency situated at the hill-side of barracks area of Iseyin is an international residency that has brought great writers, journalists and authors all over the world including Africa's first Nobel Laureate, Prof. <a href="/wiki/Wole_Soyinka" title="Wole Soyinka">Wole Soyinka</a>, Jumoke Verissiomo, Funmi Aluko, Richard Ali, Paul Liam and others.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically prominent secondary schools include <a href="/wiki/St_Anne%27s_School_Ibadan" class="mw-redirect" title="St Anne's School Ibadan">St Anne's School Ibadan</a> (1869),<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wesley_College,_Ibadan" title="Wesley College, Ibadan">Wesley College, Ibadan</a> (1905), <a href="/wiki/Ibadan_Grammar_School" title="Ibadan Grammar School">Ibadan Grammar School</a> (1913), <a href="/wiki/Government_College,_Ibadan" title="Government College, Ibadan">Government College, Ibadan</a> (1927),<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> St Theresa's College Ibadan (1932), Ibadan Boys' High School (1938), <a href="/wiki/Olivet_Baptist_High_School" title="Olivet Baptist High School">Olivet Heights Oyo</a> (1945), <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_School,_Ibadan" title="Queen's School, Ibadan">Queen's School, Ibadan</a> (1952), <a href="/wiki/Loyola_College,_Ibadan" title="Loyola College, Ibadan">Loyola College, Ibadan</a> (1954), St. Bernadine's Oyo (1957), Lagelu Grammar School Ibadan (1958), Iseyin District Grammar School Iseyin (1964), Methodist High School, Ibadan (1961) St Patrick's Grammar School Ibadan (1962) and several others. It is also home to Africa's leading fountain of knowledge, the iconic University of Ibadan (The university was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London, then it was called the University College, Ibadan<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p><p>Two new technical colleges located at Iseyin, Iseyin Local Government area and Ikija in Oluyole Local Government area were established in the 2001/2002 academic session. A college of education, Oyo State College of Education, Oyo.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a Polytechnic, <a href="/wiki/The_Polytechnic,_Ibadan" title="The Polytechnic, Ibadan">The Polytechnic, Ibadan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Home_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Home-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 2 satellite campuses at <a href="/wiki/Eruwa" title="Eruwa">Eruwa</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Shaki-Okeogun, (now known as The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic) and a State-owned University, The <a href="/wiki/Ladoke_Akintola_University_of_Technology" title="Ladoke Akintola University of Technology">Ladoke Akintola University of Technology</a> (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso<sup id="cite_ref-lautech.edu.ng_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lautech.edu.ng-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is jointly owned by Oyo and <a href="/wiki/Osun_State" title="Osun State">Osun State</a> Governments. The federal premier university The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ibadan" title="University of Ibadan">University of Ibadan</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is also located in the State capital. A private Polytechnic (SAF Polytechnic, Iseyin) is located in Iseyin. There is a vocational Institute in Saki West Local Government named: The Kings Poly, Shaki-Okeogun.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There are also the <a href="/wiki/Federal_College_of_Animal_Health_and_Production_Technology,_Vom" title="Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Vom">Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Federal_College_of_Education_(Special),_Oyo" title="Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo">Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Federal School of Surveying, Oyo; <a href="/wiki/Cocoa_Research_Institute_of_Nigeria" title="Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria">Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria</a> (CRIN), Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), the Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT), the Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan (FEDCOFOR),<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Forestry_Research_Institute_of_Nigeria" title="Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria">Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria</a> (FRIN)<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Institute_Of_Social_And_Economic_Research" title="Nigerian Institute Of Social And Economic Research">Nigerian Institute Of Social And Economic Research</a> (NISER), all in Ibadan.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Similarly, there are 15 Nomadic schools in the State. They are Gaa Jooro and Gaa Baale, both in Kisi (Irepo Local Government); Baochilu Government; Arin-Oye, Abiogun, Okaka and Baba-Ode (Itesiwaju Local Government); Iganna (Iwajowa Local Government); Igangan and Ayete (Ibarapa North Local Government); Gaa Kondo and Igbo-Ora, (Ibarapa Central Local Government) and Sepeteri (Saki East Local Government). There are 213 <a href="/wiki/Continuing_education" title="Continuing education">continuing education</a> centres spread all over the State.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>15 special primary schools and 8 special units in secondary schools cater for handicapped children. There are 11,732 teaching staff in the state public secondary schools and 2,789 non-teaching staff.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Agency for Adult and Non-formal Education (AANFE) caters for illiterate adults who had no opportunity of formal education. The agency has 455 classes in existence in the 33 Local Government areas of the State, while 200,000 illiterate adults and over 80,000 post-illiterate adults have been trained recently.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_universities">List of universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following are universities located within Oyo State;<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajayi_Crowther_University" title="Ajayi Crowther University">Ajayi Crowther 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_polytechnics">List of polytechnics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of polytechnics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adeseun_Ogundoyin_Polytechnic,_Eruwa" title="Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa">Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyo_State_College_of_Agriculture_and_Technology" title="Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology">Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology</a>, Igbo-Ora</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Polytechnic,_Ibadan" title="The Polytechnic, Ibadan">The Polytechnic, Ibadan</a></li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table 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href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_School_of_Surveying,_Oyo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federal School of Surveying, Oyo (page does not exist)">Federal School of Surveying, Oyo</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_special_colleges">List of special colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: List of special colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Alayande_College_of_Education" title="Emmanuel Alayande College of Education">Emmanuel Alayande College of Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_College_of_Education_(Special),_Oyo" title="Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo">Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyo_State_College_of_Agriculture_and_Technology" title="Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology">Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology</a>, Igbo-Ora</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Cleanup-list plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may contain <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">unverified</a> or <a 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(FCAHPT)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_College_of_Agriculture_Ibadan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federal College of Agriculture Ibadan (page does not exist)">Federal College of Agriculture Ibadan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State_College_Of_Nursing_and_Midwifery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oyo State College Of Nursing and Midwifery (page does not exist)">Oyo State College Of Nursing and Midwifery</a>, Eleyele, Ibadan</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State_College_of_Health_Science_and_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology (page does not exist)">Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology</a>, Eleyele, Ibadan</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_College_of_Education,_Lanlate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The College of Education, Lanlate (page does not exist)">The College of Education, Lanlate</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_registered_private_polytechnics">List of registered private polytechnics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: List of registered private polytechnics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Cleanup-list plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_Highways">Federal Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Federal Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A1_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A1 highway (Nigeria)">A1</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/African_Unity_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="African Unity Road">African Unity Road</a> TAH2: <a href="/wiki/Trans-African_Highway_network" title="Trans-African Highway network">Trans-African Highway 2</a> north to Ibadan and northeast via Oyo and Ogbomosho to Kwara State at Oterere,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A5 highway (Nigeria)">A5</a> east from Ogun State at Omin Adio to Ibadan,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A7_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A7 highway (Nigeria)">A7</a> northwest from Kwara State at Olorulekan via Igbeti and Kishi to Kwara State again at Batabi,</li> <li>E1 <a href="/wiki/Lagos-Ibadan_Expressway" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagos-Ibadan Expressway">Lagos-Ibadan Expressway</a> north to Ibadan,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A122_highway_(Nigeria)" title="A122 highway (Nigeria)">A122</a> east from Ibadan to Osun State at Erinmi.</li></ul> <p>Other major roads include: </p> <ul><li>the Shaki-Gwanara Rd northwest to Kwara State<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at Owode,</li> <li>the Shaki-Alabafi Rd north to Kwara State at Ifelodun,</li> <li>the Saki-Igboho/Ilorin/Saki-Ogbooro Rd east from <a href="/wiki/Shaki,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaki, Nigeria">Shaki</a> to <a href="/wiki/Igboho" title="Igboho">Igboho</a>,</li> <li>the Oko-Elerin Rd southeast from <a href="/wiki/Ogbomosho" title="Ogbomosho">Ogbomosho</a> via Ajomo to Osun State at Ilie,</li> <li>the Oko-Iresa-Aadu Rd/Olokun-Iresa-Pa Rd south from Ajomo via Oko to Osun State at Afaro as the Ejigbo-Oko Rd,</li> <li>the Awe Rd southeast from A1 in <a href="/wiki/Oyo,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Oyo, Nigeria">Oyo</a> to Osun State at Kiyeseni as the Ojongbodu-Awe-Alabo-Iwo Rd,</li> <li>the Ibadan-Iwo Rd northeast to Osun State,</li> <li>the Orita-Aperin-Beere Rd southeast from Ibadan to Odi Aperin,</li> <li>the Olorunda Rd from Odi Aperin as the Akaran Rd to Ogun State at Olugbuyi as the Ibadan-Ijebu-Igbo Rd,</li> <li>the Ijebu-Ode-Idi-Ayunre Rd south from Ibadan to Ogun State at Mamu,</li> <li>the Igbara-Orile-Ijeun Rd south to Ogun State at Ijade.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ibadan" title="Ibadan">Ibadan</a> is a major terminus on the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Railways">Western Railway</a> from Lagos to Kano (1899) on the 1067 mm (3ˈ6") <a href="/wiki/Cape_Gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Gauge">Cape Gauge</a>, with a new 1435 mm (4ˈ8½") <a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway" title="Standard-gauge railway">standard gauge</a> line from Lagos to Ibadan opened 2021. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airport">Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ibadan_Airport" title="Ibadan Airport">Ibadan Airport</a> has services to Abuja and Lagos by Air Peace and Overland Airways. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_current_public_officials">List of current public officials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: List of current public officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Commissioner/Officer </th> <th>Ministry/Office </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oluwaseyi_Makinde" class="mw-redirect" title="Oluwaseyi Makinde">Oluwaseyi Makinde</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Governor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bayo_Lawal" title="Bayo Lawal">Bayo Lawal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deputy_governor" title="Deputy governor">Deputy Governor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adebo_Ogundoyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Adebo Ogundoyin">Adebo Ogundoyin</a> </td> <td>Speaker of the State House of Assembly </td></tr> <tr> <td>Olubamiwo Adeosun </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Secretary_to_the_State_Government" title="Secretary to the State Government">Secretary to the State Government</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">Chief of Staff</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Akinola Ojo </td> <td>Commissioner for Finance </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hon. Temilolu Ashamu </td> <td>Commissioner for Energy & Mineral Resources </td></tr> <tr> <td>Amidat O. Agboola </td> <td>Head of Service </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mikail Adebayo Lawal </td> <td>Commissioner for Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oyelowo Oyewo </td> <td>Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> is the main occupation of the people of Oyo State. The climate in the state favours the cultivation of crops like <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yam_(vegetable)" title="Yam (vegetable)">yam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cassava" title="Cassava">cassava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millet" title="Millet">millet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plantain_(cooking)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plantain (cooking)">plantains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cocoa_bean" title="Cocoa bean">cocoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Palm tree">palm produce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cashew" title="Cashew">cashew</a> etc. There are a number of government farm settlements in Iseyin/Ipapo, Ilora, <a href="/wiki/Eruwa" title="Eruwa">Eruwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ogbomosho" title="Ogbomosho">Ogbomosho</a>, Iresaadu, Ijaiye, Akufo and <a href="/wiki/Lalupon" title="Lalupon">Lalupon</a>. There is abundance of clay, <a href="/wiki/Kaolinite" title="Kaolinite">kaolin</a> and aquamarine. There are also vast cattle ranches at Saki, Fasola and Ibadan, a dairy farm at Monatan in Ibadan and the statewide Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme with headquarters at Saki. A number of international and federal agricultural establishments are located in the state.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Government_Areas">Local Government Areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Local Government Areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Oyo_State" title="List of villages in Oyo State">List of villages in Oyo State</a></div> <p>Oyo State consists of 33 <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria" title="Local government areas of Nigeria">Local Government Areas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afijio" title="Afijio">Afijio</a> Jobele</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akinyele,_Oyo_State" title="Akinyele, Oyo State">Akinyele</a> Moniya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atiba" title="Atiba">Atiba</a> Ofa Meta</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atisbo" title="Atisbo">Atisbo</a> Tede-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egbeda" title="Egbeda">Egbeda</a> Egbeda</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibadan_North" title="Ibadan North">Ibadan North</a> Agodi Gate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibadan_North-East" title="Ibadan North-East">Ibadan North-East</a> Iwo Road</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibadan_North-West" title="Ibadan North-West">Ibadan North-West</a> Dugbe/Onireke</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibadan_South-East" title="Ibadan South-East">Ibadan South-East</a> Mapo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibadan_South-West" title="Ibadan South-West">Ibadan South-West</a> Ring Road</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibarapa_Central" title="Ibarapa Central">Ibarapa Central</a> Igbo Ora</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibarapa_East" title="Ibarapa East">Ibarapa East</a> Eruwa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibarapa_North" title="Ibarapa North">Ibarapa North</a> Ayete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ido,_Nigeria" title="Ido, Nigeria">Ido</a> Ido</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irepo" title="Irepo">Irepo</a> Kisi-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iseyin" title="Iseyin">Iseyin</a> Iseyin-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itesiwaju" title="Itesiwaju">Itesiwaju</a> Otu-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iwajowa" title="Iwajowa">Iwajowa</a> Iwereile-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajola" title="Kajola">Kajola</a> Okeho-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagelu,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagelu, Nigeria">Lagelu</a> Iyanaofa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogbomosho_North" title="Ogbomosho North">Ogbomosho North</a> Ogbomoso</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogbomosho_South" title="Ogbomosho South">Ogbomosho South</a> Arowomole</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogo_Oluwa" title="Ogo Oluwa">Ogo Oluwa</a> Ajawa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olorunsogo" title="Olorunsogo">Olorunsogo</a> Igbeti-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oluyole,_Nigeria" title="Oluyole, Nigeria">Oluyole</a> Idi Ayunre</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ona_Ara" title="Ona Ara">Ona Ara</a> Akanran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orelope" title="Orelope">Orelope</a> Igboho-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ori_Ire" title="Ori Ire">Ori Ire</a> Ikoyi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyo_East" title="Oyo East">Oyo East</a> Kosobo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyo_West" title="Oyo West">Oyo West</a> Ojongbodu</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saki_East" title="Saki East">Saki East</a> Agoamodu-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saki_West" title="Saki West">Saki West</a> Shaki-Okeogun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surulere,_Oyo_State" title="Surulere, Oyo State">Surulere</a> Iresa Adu</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9ice" title="9ice">9ice</a> (born Alexander Abolore Adegbola Akande, on 17 January 1980), musician<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wande_Abimbola" title="Wande Abimbola">Wande Abimbola</a>, retired academic, religious leader and politician.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Adebayo_Adelakun" title="Joseph Adebayo Adelakun">Joseph Adebayo Adelakun</a>, evangelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamidi_Adedibu" title="Lamidi Adedibu">Lamidi Adedibu</a>, aristocratic power broker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Adekunle" title="Benjamin Adekunle">Benjamin Adekunle</a>, general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akinwumi_Adesina" title="Akinwumi Adesina">Akinwumi Adesina</a>, President African Development Bank, AfDB</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lam_Adesina" title="Lam Adesina">Lam Adesina</a>, former Governor Oyo State (1999–2003), Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria.</li> <li>Otunba (Dr) <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Alao-Akala" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Alao-Akala">Christopher Alao-Akala</a>, former Governor of Oyo State (2007-2011)]</li> <li>Senator <a href="/wiki/Abiola_Ajimobi" title="Abiola Ajimobi">Abiola Ajimobi</a>, former Governor of Oyo State (2011-2019)</li> <li>Oba <a href="/wiki/Lamidi_Adeyemi_III" title="Lamidi Adeyemi III">Lamidi Adeyemi III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaafin_of_Oyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaafin of Oyo">Alaafin of Oyo</a></li> <li>Oba <a href="/wiki/Saliu_Adetunji" title="Saliu Adetunji">Saliu Adetunji</a>, the 41st Olubadan of Ibadan land</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olaniyi_Afonja" title="Olaniyi Afonja">Olaniyi Afonja</a>, actor and comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Akande" title="Benjamin Akande">Benjamin Akande</a>, academic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Akinjide" title="Richard Akinjide">Richard Akinjide</a>, lawyer and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oluyombo_Awojobi" title="Oluyombo Awojobi">Oluyombo Awojobi</a>, rural surgeon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladoke_Akintola" title="Ladoke Akintola">Ladoke Akintola</a>, politician, lawyer and orator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadri_Aruna" title="Quadri Aruna">Quadri Aruna</a>, table tennis player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adebayo_Johnson_Bankole" title="Adebayo Johnson Bankole">Adebayo Johnson Bankole</a>, politician</li> <li>Sikiru <a href="/wiki/Ayinde_Barrister" title="Ayinde Barrister">Ayinde Barrister</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdulfatai_Buhari" title="Abdulfatai Buhari">Abdulfatai Buhari</a>, senator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther" title="Samuel Ajayi Crowther">Samuel Ajayi Crowther</a>, priest and historian<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Akin_Dare" title="Sunday Akin Dare">Sunday Akin Dare</a>, journalist and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adebayo_Faleti" title="Adebayo Faleti">Adebayo Faleti</a>, actor, poet and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyin_Falola" title="Toyin Falola">Toyin Falola</a>, historian and academic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tade_Ipadeola" title="Tade Ipadeola">Tade Ipadeola</a>, poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Johnson_(Nigerian_historian)" title="Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian)">Samuel Johnson</a>, historian</li> <li>Senator <a href="/wiki/Rasheed_Ladoja" title="Rasheed Ladoja">Rasheed Ladoja</a>, former Governor of Oyo State (2003–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kase_Lukman_Lawal" title="Kase Lukman Lawal">Kase Lukman Lawal</a>, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abass_Akande_Obesere" class="mw-redirect" title="Abass Akande Obesere">Abass Akande Obesere</a>, Fuji musician and entertainer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akinpelu_Obisesan" title="Akinpelu Obisesan">Chief Akinpelu Obisesan</a>, diarist, and founder of Cooperative Bank</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latunde_Odeku" title="Latunde Odeku">Latunde Odeku</a>, medical doctor, teacher and poet</li> <li>Professor <a href="/wiki/Dibu_Ojerinde" title="Dibu Ojerinde">Dibu Ojerinde</a>, former registrar, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Admissions_and_Matriculation_Board" title="Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board">Joint Matriculation Board of Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunji_Olaopa" title="Tunji Olaopa">Tunji Olaopa</a>, founder and executive vice chairman, <a href="/wiki/Ibadan_School_of_Government_and_Public_Policy" title="Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy">ISGPP</a></li> <li>Oba <a href="/wiki/Olasunkanmi_Abioye_Opeola,_Kurunloju_I" title="Olasunkanmi Abioye Opeola, Kurunloju I">Olasunkanmi Abioye Opeola, Kurunloju I</a>, Oniroko of Iroko</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saheed_Osupa" title="Saheed Osupa">Saheed Osupa</a>, Fuji and Hip-Pop artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Oyelowo" title="David Oyelowo">David Oyelowo</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afeez_Oyetoro" title="Afeez Oyetoro">Afeez Oyetoro</a>, actor, comedian and Academic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sade_(singer)" title="Sade (singer)">Sade</a>, R&B/Soul artist, born in Oyo State.</li> <li>Senator (Rt. Hon.) <a href="/wiki/Monsurat_Sunmonu" title="Monsurat Sunmonu">Monsurat Sunmonu</a>, first female Speaker OYHA and first female Senator from Oyo state.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Taiwo" title="Ibrahim Taiwo">Ibrahim Taiwo</a>, general and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bode_Thomas" title="Bode Thomas">Bode Thomas</a>, politician and Lawyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tosin_Eniolorunda" title="Tosin Eniolorunda">Tosin Eniolorunda</a>, <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> & Cofounder, <a href="/wiki/Moniepoint_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Moniepoint Inc">Moniepoint Inc</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The state government is led by a democratical elected governor who works closely with members of the state's house of assembly. The capital city of the state is <a href="/wiki/Ibadan" title="Ibadan">Ibadan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oyo_State&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The governor 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. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Iseyin" title="Iseyin">Iseyin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itesiwaju" title="Itesiwaju">Itesiwaju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iwajowa" title="Iwajowa">Iwajowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajola" title="Kajola">Kajola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagelu,_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagelu, Nigeria">Lagelu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogbomosho_North" title="Ogbomosho North">Ogbomosho North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogbomosho_South" title="Ogbomosho South">Ogbomosho South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogo_Oluwa" title="Ogo Oluwa">Ogo Oluwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olorunsogo" title="Olorunsogo">Olorunsogo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oluyole,_Nigeria" title="Oluyole, Nigeria">Oluyole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ona_Ara" title="Ona Ara">Ona Ara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orelope" title="Orelope">Orelope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ori_Ire" title="Ori Ire">Ori Ire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyo_East" title="Oyo East">Oyo East</a></li> <li><a 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