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Digest of Local Government Statistics of Ondo State PREFACE This is another in the series of the Digest of Local Government Statistics of Ondo State. The publication was designed to provide comprehensive information on the eighteen Local Governments in the State. However, for this edition only fourteen Local Government responded to our request for data. The scope includes Administration, Finance, Infrastructural development, Health, Education, Political development and Chieftaincy. We commend the publication to Local Government Administrators, Stakeholders, in grassroot development and the general public. We use this medium to appeal to Local Government Authorities in the State to establish the Planning, Research Statistics Department in their Local Government as mandated by the State Executive Council and also fund Statistical activities in their respective Local Government Councils. Useful suggestions and constructive criticisms are welcome for the improvement of subsequent editions. Director, Research and Statistics, Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, Akure. November, 2009 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE: PAGE Preface ii Table of Contents iii List of Tables iv-vi Introduction / Background vi Objectives vii Coverage vii Scope vii Comments and Observation viii Tables 1-28 iii LIST OF TABLES Title Pages 1. Local Government Areas in Ondo State and their Headquarters 1 2. Local Government Areas and Population Density 2 3. Number of Personnel in Local Government Councils by Occupational group 2008. 3 4. Staffers by Length of Service, in Local Government Councils 2008 4 5. Staffers by of Educational Qualifications and Sex 2008 5 6. Number of Staff Trained in 2008 by Occupational Groups 6 7. Revenue from Federation Account to Local Government Councils 2006, 2007 and 2008 7 8. Internally generated Revenue of Local Government Councils 2006, 2007 and 2008 8 9. Comparison of Internally Generated Revenue of Local Government Councils, 2006, 2007 and 2008 9 10. Actual Recurrent Expenditure of Local Government Councils 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 10-11 11. Capital Expenditure of Local Government Councils, 2006 - 2008 12 12. Summary of Revenue and Expenditure of Local Governments 2006 - 2008 13 13. Number of Public Primary Schools 2005/2006 -2007/2008. 14 14. Number of Public Secondary Schools 2005/2006 -2007/2008. 15 15. Number of Teachers in Public Primary and Secondary Schools by Local Government Area and Sex 2008 16 iv 16. Number of Medical and Health Institutions by Local Government Area 2008 17 17. Number of Children Immunized Against the Killer Diseases by Local Government Area 2006-2008 18-19 18. Number of Medical Personnel in the Service of Local Government Councils as at December, 2008 20 19. Vital Statistics, 2006, 2007& 2008 21 20. Lengths (km) of Roads Constructed and Rehabilitated by Local Governments 2006, 2007 and 2008 22 21. Number of Registered Cooperative Societies, Hotels, Police Post/ Stations, Post Office, Cocoa Store, Major Cash Crops and Major Food Crops in Local Government Areas 2008 23 22. Political Appointees in each Local Government Area, 2008 24 23. Number of Political Wards and Polling Boots 25 24. Number of Political Appointees from each Local Government Area as at December, 2008 26 25. Number and Status of Traditional Rulers in each Local Government Area, 2008 27 v INTRODUCTION Local Government is the third tier of Government in Nigeria and it is established to bring governance closer to the people and enhance socio-economic development. To accomplish these objectives, various policies and programmes are put in place at the Local Government level. Consequently, this publication contains information on various aspects of Local government administration in the state including finance, Health, infrastructural development, Community development, Education, Manpower/Personnel, e.t.c. The non-existence of virile statistics units and poor funding of data collection and management at the Local Government level constituted a major challenge during the field work. It is hoped that this situation would be addressed by the respective Local Governments. OBJECTIVES The major objectives of the publication are:- To provide a compendium of Statistical information on the Local Government Councils in the State. To provide information for development partimers that may be interested in complimenting developmental efforts at the third tier of Government To assess developmental efforts and infrastructural development in the various Local Governments in the State To provide benchmark data for monitoring SCOPE Year Local Government created Land area (Sqkm) Population vi Personnel Finance Health Institution Education Agriculture Roads contracted and rehabilitated Water supply Traditional Institutions Political wards Political appointees Registered cooperative Societies COMMENTS AND OBSERVATION POPULATION The distribution of population among the eighteen Local Government in the State according to year 2006 population census reveals that the figures range from 353,211(11% of total State population) in Akure South to 74,758 (2% of total State population) in Ondo East. The standard deviation of the distribution which measures dispersion among the Local Governments was 69,621. The distribution of Surface Area among the Local Governments range from 1710.5 sqkm in Odigbo Local Government to 340.1sqkm in Akoko South West local government. The standand deviation of the distribution was 441.5 see tables 1&2. PERSONNEL:- Tables 3 to 6 contain information on personnel in fourteen Local Governments. It excludes Akure South, Ese-Odo, Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo and Owo Local Government Councils that did not respond to request for information. Table 3 shows the distribution of personnel by occupational group. The percentage distribution among the various occupational groups are:- Senior vii Administrative (1%) Senior professional Staff (5.%) Inter mediate Admin Staff (9%), Inter mediate professional Staff (23%), Junior Administrative (Clerical) Staff (22%), Junior Technical Vacation Staff (25%) and others (15%). The distribution of the personnel by gender shows that (56%) are male and (44%) are female. Table 5 gives the distribution of local Government staff by highest education qualification and sex for the fourteen Local Governments that provided information on this item. The percentage distribution is as follows:- Higher degree 2%), First degree (10%), HND (6%), NCE/OND (18%), WAEC (39%) and others (25%). FINANCE Information on the finances of Local Government councils are contained in Tables 7-12. Items covered include revenue from Federation Account, Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), Recurrent and Capital Expenditure for 2006, 2007 and 2008. As expected, revenue from Federation Account accounted for lange percentage (98%, 80% and 98% in the three years respectively) of the revenue that accrued to Local Governments in the State. Table 9 reveals the comparism of internally generated revenue of local government councils between years 2006 – 2008. Table 10 reveals that the Local governments expended more on personnel and overhead compared to Capital Project. EDUCATION Tables 13-15 show the number of public primary and secondarys Schools by local government area in 2005/2006 – 2007/2008 sessions. The distribution of primary schools ranges from 99 in Odigbo to 23 in Akoko South East Local Government Area. The distribution of secondary Schools ranges from 31 in Ondo West to 7 in Akoko South East. Local Government Area. viii MEDICAL AND HEALTH Tables 16-18 give information on the distribution of public Medical and Health institutions by Local Government Area, number of children immunized against killer diseases and Health manpower in the different Local Government Councils. VITAL STATISTICS Table 19 shows the number of Marriages recorded in the local governments in 2006-2008. From the table it could be observed that Ondo West recorded the highest number of marriages. ix TABLE 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN ONDO STATE AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS S/N LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA YEAR LOCAL DISTANCE TO CREATED GOVERNMENT LOCAL HEADQUARTER GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS TO AKURE STATE CAPITAL (KM) 1. AKOKO NORTH EAST 1991 IKARE 96 2. AKOKO NORTH WEST 1991 OKE-AGBE 121 3. AKOKO SOUTH EAST 1996 ISUA AKOKO 88 4. AKOKO SOUTH WEST 1996 OKA 102 5. AKURE NORTH 1997 IJU/ITAOGBOLU 18 6. AKURE SOUTH 1976 AKURE STATE CAPITAL 7. ESE-ODO 1997 IGBEKEBO 168 8. IDANRE 1996 OWENA 16 9. IFEDORE 1991 IGBARA-OKE 20 10 ILAJE 1991 IGBOKODA 152 11. ILE-OLUJI/OKEIGBO 1991 ILE-OLUJI 54 12. IRELE 1991 IRELE 134 13. ODIGBO 1991 ORE 83 14. OKITIPUPA 1991 OKITIPUPA 126 15. ONDO EAST 1996 BOLORUNDURO 31 16. ONDO WEST 1996 ONDO 46 17. OSE 1996 IFON 92 18. OWO 1989 OWO 48 Source: 1 TABLE 2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS AND POPULATION DENSITY S/N LOCAL GOVERNMENT SURFACE POPULATION 2006 % OF PERCENTAGE AREA AREA SQ STATE OF (KM) MALE FEMALE TOTAL POPULATION DENSITY 1. AKOKO NORTH EAST 398.8 92,456 86,636 179,092 25.17 449.08 2. AKOKO NORTH WEST 489.6 107,076 104,791 211,867 76.12 432.74 3. AKOKO SOUTH EAST 462.0 42,175 40,268 82,443 2.38 178.45 4. AKOKO SOUTH WEST 340.1 114,733 113,650 228,383 6.68 671.52 5. AKURE NORTH 676.7 66,526 64,239 130.765 3.78 193.44 6. AKURE SOUTH 318.0 178,672 181,596 360,268 10.41 1132.92 7. ESE-ODO 1406.8 79,812 784,44 158,256 4.57 112.49 8. IDANRE 1,543.4 67,531 62,264 129,795 3.75 84.10 9. IFEDORE 583.1 89,574 86,796 1763,72 5.10 302.52 10 ILAJE 708.3 146,859 142,979 289,838 8.37 409.31 11. ILE-OLUJI/OKEIGBO 824.1 87,104 847,72 171,876 4.97 208.56 12. IRELE 939.6 72,861 71,275 144,136 4.16 153.40 13. ODIGBO 1710.5 116,299 115,988 232287 6.71 135.80 14. OKITIPUPA 650 117,594 116,544 234,138 6.77 360.21 15. ONDO EAST 360 38,851 37,241 76,092 2.20 211.37 16.
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