Ogun State (Gateway State)
Executive Governor
Dapo Abiodun
Deputy Governor
Moimot Salako Oyedele
Creation: Created February 3, 1976.
Capital: Abeokuta
Major Cities : Abeokuta, Ewekoro, Ikenne, Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode, Ilaro,Iperu, Ago- Iwoye, Iperu-Remo
Geographic Profile: Ogun State is a State in South-western Nigeria. It borders Lagos State and Atlantic Ocean to the south, Oyo and Osun States to the North, Ondo State to the east and the Republic of Benin to the west.
Economic Profile: The major food crops include rice, maize, cassava, yam and banana. The main cash crops include cocoa, kola nut, rubber, palm oil and palm kernels. Ogun State is one of the largest producers of kola nut in the country. It also produces timber and rubber on a large scale. About 20% of its total area is constituted of forest reserve suitable for livestock. Mineral resources available include chalk, phosphate, high quality stones and gravels for construction works.
Ethnic Profile: Ogun State is made up of six ethnic groups: 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.
Occupation: The primary occupation of the people is Agriculture and 80 percent of the total land area is arable. The state has an evergreen forest vegetation and the soil is mostly suitable for the cultivation of cash crops such as oil palm, cocoa, rubber, cotton. Cassava ,pineapple, cocoyam, citrus, banana, plantain etc are other food crops produced in the state.
Local Government Areas(LGAs): 21 namely – Abeokuta North, Abeokuta South, Ado-Odo/Ota, Ewekoro, Ifo, Ijebu East, Ijebu North, Ijebu North East, Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu Ode, Ikenne, Imeko Afon, Ipokia, Obafemi Owode, Odogbolu, Odeda, Ogun Waterside, Remo North, Sagamu, Yewa North and Yewa South.
Raw Materials Distribution in Ogun State
| OGUN STATE | |||
| S/N | LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA | MINERAL RAW MATERIALS | AGRO RAW MATERIALS |
| 1 | ABEOKUTA NORTH | Kaolin, Feldspar, Silica sand, Mica, Granite, Ball clay | Maize, Cowpea, Yam, Cocoyam, Orange, Iroko, Bamboo, Oil palm, Cashew, Soya beans, Sugarcane, Coffee, Poultry, Livestock, Cocoa, Fishery, Shrimps, Teak, Obeche, Gmelina. |
| 2 | ABEOKUTA SOUTH | Kaolin, Feldspar, Silica sand, Mica, Granite, Quartz | Maize, Cowpea, Yam, Cocoyam, Fruits, Iroko, Bamboo, Oil palm, Cashew, Sugarcane, Coffee, Poultry, Livestock, Fishery, Cocoa, Timber, Soya beans |
| 3 | ADO-ODO/OTA | Kaolin, Ball clay, Silica sand | Maize, Melon, Yam, Cocoyam, Shrimps, Fishery, Poultry, Livestock, Rice, Oil palm, Sugarcane, Coffee, Plantain, Banana, Cocoa, Iroko, Cowpea, Bamboo |
| 4 | EGBADO-NORTH | Kaolin, Silica sand, Phosphate, Feldspar | Cassava, Maize, Sugarcane, Cowpea, Yam, Beans, Rice, Cocoyam, Poultry, Livestock, Orange, Iroko, Bamboo, Oil palm, Coffee, Fishery, Shrimps, Cocoa, Teak, Obeche, Plantain, Banana. |
| 5 | EGBADO-SOUTH | Kaolin, Gypsum, Limestone, Silica sand | Oil palm, Yam, Cassava, Melon, Beans, Orange, Vegetables, Cowpea, Coffee, Poultry, Livestock, Fishery, Shrimps, Cocoa, Teak, Obeche, Plantain, Banana, Mahogany, Gmelina, Maize. |
| 6 | EWEKORO | Limestone, Granite, Phosphate, Gypsum | Maize, Cassava, Citrus, Fruits, Oranges, Mango |
| 7 | IFO | Kaolin, Ball clay, Silica sand, Phosphate, Limestone, Gypsum, Laterite | Maize, Rice, Soya beans, Oil palm, Cassava, Sugarcane, Cowpea, Cocoyam, Iroko, Bamboo, Coconut, Coffee, Cocoa, Fishery, Shrimps, Poultry, Livestock, Citrus, Fruits, Oranges, Mango |
| 8 | IJEBU-NORTH | Kaolin, Ball clay, Silica sand | Maize, Cowpea, Cocoyam, Yam, Fishery, Fruits, Iroko, Bamboo, Oil palm, Cashew, Sugarcane, Coffee, Poultry, Livestock, Shrimps, Cocoa, Teak, Obeche, Plantain, Banana, Gmelina, Mahogany, Oranges, Mango. |
| 9 | IJEBU-NORTH EAST | Silica sand, Kaolin, Limestone | Cassava, Cocoyam, Beans, Soya beans, Maize. |
| 10 | IKENNE | Ball clay | Rubber, Cassava, Yam, Maize, Timber, Livestock, Kolanut, Fruits, Vegetables, Cocoyam, Melon, Oranges, Mango |
| 11 | IMEKO-AFON | Phosphate, Feldspar | Cocoyam, Cowpea, Yam, Bamboo, Oil palm, Citrus, Fruits, Oranges, Mango. |
| 12 | IPOKIA | Kaolin, Ball clay | Cassava, Melon, Rice, Yam, and Fishery |
| 13 | OBAFEMI-OWODE | Kaolin, Feldspar, Mica | Maize, Rice, Cassava, Citrus, Fruits, Timber, Cocoa, Coffee, Oil palm, Sugarcane, Livestock, Poultry, Oranges, Mango |
| 14 | OGUN-WATERSIDE | Mica, Silica sand, Bitumen | Rice, Maize, Cassava, Yam, Fruits, Timber, Palm produce, Raffia palm, Cocoa, Rubber, Sugarcane, Fishery, Livestock, Shrimps |
| 15 | ODEDA | Clay | Maize, Oil palm, Cassava, Fishery, Poultry, Livestock, Shrimps, Cowpea, Cocoyam, Citrus, Fruits, Iroko, Bamboo, Sugarcane, Coconut, Rice, Cocoa, Plantain, Banana, Teak. |
| 16 | ODOGBOLU | Clay, Kaolin | Cassava, Cocoyam, Yam, Maize, Oil palm, Timber, Kolanut, Citrus, Fruits, Oranges, Mango. |
| 17 | REMO-NORTH | Kaolin, Ball clay, Silica sand, Limestone | Maize, Cocoyam, Beans, Soya beans, Iroko, Bamboo, Oil palm, Coconut, Rice, Cocoa, Sugarcane, Poultry, Livestock, Fishery, Shrimps, Cowpea, Yam, and Cassava. |
| 18 | SAGAMU | Ball clay | Palm produce, Cassava, Maize |
