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Ondo

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Ondo (ŏn`dō), city (1991 est. pop. 150,000), SW Nigeria. It is the market center for a cacao and timber producing region and has rice mills and sawmills. Ondo was formerly the capital of a Yoruba Yoruba , people of SW Nigeria and Benin, numbering about 20 million. Today many of the large cities in Nigeria (including Lagos, Ibadan, and Abeokuta) are in Yorubaland.
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a state of SW Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin: formed in 1976 from part of Western State. Capital: Akure. Pop.: 4 343 230 (1995 est.). Area: 20 959 sq. km (8092 sq. miles)

Ondo 

a city in Nigeria, in the Ondo Region. Located in the spurs of the Yoruba Plateau. Population, 86,200 (1969). A highway junction, it is a cacao-bean harvesting center.



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Aa "I [enrolled in the program because I] wanted to be a better manager in development, I learned leadership, communication, advocacy and financial skills," said participant Bolanle Olafunmiloye, special assistant to the Ondo State governor on community development and NGO matters in Nigeria.
The soldiers had staged the demonstration in Akure, capital of southwestern Ondo State in July last year.
The association started at a meeting of over 100 women comprising of two women from each of the 35 Local Government Areas of the defunct Ondo State in 1982.
 
 
 
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