Members of Ogun State executive cabinet including Governor, Deputy Governor, SSG, HoS, Commissioners & others as of 2012

1 – Senator Ibikunle Amosun FCA

Governor

2 – Prince Segun Adesegun

Deputy Governor

3 – Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa

Secretary to the State Government

4 – Mrs. Modupe Adekunle

Head of Service

5 – Ambassador Demola Ogunnaike

Chief of Staff

6 – Mr. Shuaib Afolabi Salisu

Deputy Chief of Staff

7 – Mr. Wemimo Ogunde SAN

Attorney General & Hon. State Commissioner, Justice

8 – Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu

Hon. State Commissioner, Information & Strategy

9 – Mr. Daniel Adejobi

Hon. State Commissioner, Housing

10 – Mr. Adebayo Faari

Hon. State Commissioner, Environment

11 – Dr. Lanre Tejuoso

Hon. State Commissioner, Special Duties

12 – Hon. Falilu Sabitu

Hon. State Commissioner, Forestry

13 – Mr. Bimbo Ashiru

Hon. State Commissioner, Commerce & Industries

14 – Mrs. Oluwande Muoyo

Hon. State Commissioner, Budget & Planning

15 – Mrs. Elizabeth Sonubi

Hon. State Commissioner, Women Affairs & Social Welfare

16 – Rt. Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo

Hon. State Commissioner, Local Govt. & Chieftaincy Affairs

17 – Arc. Lekan Adegbite

Hon. State Commissioner, Works and Infrastructure

18 – Chief Olu Odeyemi

Hon. State Commissioner, Culture & Tourism

19 – Barr. Segun Odubela

Hon. State Commissioner, Education

20 – Mr. Gbenga Otenuga

Hon. State Commissioner, Youth & Sports

21 – Hon. Ayo Olubori

Hon. State Commissioner, Agriculture

22 – Chief Samuel Aiyedogbon

Hon. State Commissioner, Community Development & Cooperatives

23 – Mrs. Kemi Adeosun

Hon. State Commissioner, Finance

24 – Dr. Olaokun Soyinka

Hon. State Commissioner, Health

25 – Mr. Rotimi Adewunmi

Economic Adviser

26 – Arc. Segun Abiodun

Special Adviser, Housing

27 – Mrs. Yewande Amusan

Special Adviser, Public Private Partnership (PPP)

28 – Mrs. Hafsat Abiola-Costello

Special Adviser, Millennium Development Goals

29 – Mr. Wale Ogunyomade

Special Adviser, Taxation and Revenue

30 – Mr. Leke Adewolu

Special Adviser, Research & Documentation

31 – Mrs. Funmi Ajayi

Special Adviser, Governor’s Office

32 – Mrs. Ronke Sokefun

Special Adviser, Lands

33 – Mrs. Funmi Wakama

Senior Special Assistant, Media & Communications

Ogun is a major industrial state in Nigeria. It is located in the country’s south western zone.

Nicknamed the “Gateway to Nigeria”, the state is notable for having a high concentration of industrial estates and being a major manufacturing hub in Nigeria.

Major factories in Ogun include the Dangote Cement factory in Ibese, Nestle, Lafarge Cement factory in Ewekoro, Memmcol in Orimerunmu, Coleman Cables in Sagamu and Arepo, Procter & Gamble in Agbara, amongst others.

Founded
It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State.

Boundaries
Ogun State borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo State and Osun State to the north, Ondo State to the east, and the Republic of Benin to the west.

Capital
Abeokuta is both Ogun State’s capital and most populous city

Important cities
Important cities in the state include Abeokuta , Ijebu Ode, the royal capital of the Ijebu Kingdom, and Sagamu, Nigeria’s leading kola nut grower.

Geography
Ogun state is covered predominantly by rain forest and has wooden savanna in the northwest.

Land area
Ogun State has a Land Area of 16,409.26 square kilometers.

Major tribe
Ogun State is mostly Yoruba with the Yoruba language serving as the major one in the state.

Religion
The main religion in Ogun State is Christianity. A certain amount of other religions are being practiced.

Agriculture
Ogun State is noted for being the almost exclusive site of Ofada rice production.

TOURISM SITES
Olumo Rock in Abeokuta, Birikisu Sugbo Shrine at Oke-Eri, Yemoji Natural Swimming Pool at Ijebu-Ode, Oyan Dam in Abeokuta North, Iwopin Boat Regatta and Ebute-Oni in Ogun Waterside.

Other Sites are Madam Tinubu Shrine in Abeokuta, Oronna Shrine in Ilaro, Area J4 Forest Reserve; Tongeji Island in Ipokia, Old Manse at Ogbe, Abeokuta, St. James Anglican School, Ota and Ijamido River Shrine in Ota.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

1. Abeokuta -North
2. Abeokuta South
3. Ado-Odo/Ota
4. Ewekoro
5. Ifo
6. Ijebu East
7. Ijebu North
8. Ijebu North-East
9. Ijebu-Ode
10. Ikenne
11. Imeko-Afon
12. Ipokia
13. Obafemi/ Owode
14. Odeda
15. Odogbolu
16. Ogun Waterside
17. Remo North
18. Sagamu
19. Yewa North
20. Yewa South

THE PEOPLE
The People of Ogun State belong to the Yoruba Ethnic Group of South-West Nigeria and also live in parts of Benin Republic and Togo, with substantial Diaspora elements in Brazil, Cuba and Sierra Leone, consequential to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

The Sub-groups are mainly the Egba, Yewa, Awori, Egun, Ijebu, Remo, Ikale and Ilaje, Anago, Ketu, Ohori etc.

PROMINENT PERSONS
Ogun is also home to many icons in Nigeria in particular and Africa in general.

Ogun sons and daughters make their mark in diverse professions and have contributed in no small measure to the development of the state and Nigeria both at home and abroad.

Ogun State has produced icons and pioneers such as:

• Alexander Akintola Sapara-Williams
The first Nigerian Lawyer

• Hon. Justice Olumuyiwa Jibowu
The first Nigerian Judge to sit on the Supreme Court Bench

• Sir Adetokunbo Ademola
The first Indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria

• Chief Simeon Adebo
Pioneer Permanent Secretary, Head of Civil Service and Permanent Representative of Nigeria at the United Nations

• Chief Obafemi Awolowo
The first Nigerian Lawyer to head a Regional Government

• Professor Wole Soyinka
Black Africa’s first Nobel Laureate

• Adeoye Lambo
One-time Deputy Director General of the World Health Organisation

• Prof. Anthony Asiwaju
Renowned Historian

• Chief J. F. Odunjo
Foremost Author

• Oluṣẹgun Arẹmu Ọbasanjọ
A former Nigerian Army general and former President of Nigeria

LANGUAGES
Yoruba and English (Official Language) and several dialects of the sub-groups.

FESTIVALS
Agemo, Lisabi, Ogun, Igunnuko, Orisa-Oko, Egungun, Obirin-Ojowu, Gelede, Oro, Ojude-Oba and Sango.

POPULATION
The population of Ogun State based on 2006 Census was 3,751,140 comprising of 1,864,907 Males and 1,886,233 Females.

However, the projected population as at 2011 Census is 4,397,604 with 2,186,301 Males and 2,211,303 Females

The State is endowed with a favourable climate and good vegetation for all year round cultivation of various cash and food crops as well as livestock rearing.

VEGETATION
The climate is also conducive for business and industrial growth. In Ogun State, we have in the south, the evergreen forest vegetation and soil most suitable for the cultivation of cash and food crops like oil palm, rice, kola- nut, cocoa, cotton, cassava, cocoyam and vegetables. While in the north, we have a vast grazing savannah land that is suitable for animal husbandry. In addition to this, there are forest reserves, rivers and lagoons with a beautiful ocean front down south that is good for beach resorts.

NATURAL RESOURCES
The State has natural resources that include forest and water bodies as well as large quantities of mineral deposits, such as limestone, phosphate, granite stone, gypsum, bauxite, bitumen, feldspar, clay, glass sand, kaolin, quartz, tar sand and gemstones.