OGUN STATE SETS RECORD WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA
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Rhoda Nomhwange
Ogun state is located in the Southwest region of Nigeria with headquarters at Abeokuta. The state was created on the 3rd of February, 1976. The name Ogun was derived from the old Western State of Nigeria and named after the Ogun River which runs from North to South. By Census 2006 statistics, Ogun State had a population of about 4 million persons. Abeokuta, the capital and largest urban centre, is about 90 kilometers from Lagos and 740kilometers from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria and the state is known to be a manufacturing hub as it is hot to many manufacturing companies.
Ogun is bordered to the East by Ondo State, in the North by Oyo and Osun State and in the South by Lagos State and in the West by Republic of Benin, which makes it an access route to the expansive markets of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS).
THE TRANSMITTER conducted a research which proves that Ogun state has the highest number of universities in Nigeria, be it public school or private university , according to the ranking by the National Universities Commission based on information available on the official website, Ogun State has the highest number of Universities that offers Bachelors, Master and Doctorate Degrees in various fields of study.
Public Universities
- Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (established in 1988)
- Olabisi Onabanjo University (established in 1982)
- Tai Solarin University of Education (established in 2005)
- Moshood Abiola University of Science (established as a Polytechnic in 1979, but was upgraded to a University of Science and Technology in 2017
Private Universities
- Babcock University(established in 1999)
- Bells University of Technology (established in 2005)
- Crescent University (established in 2005)
- Covenant University (established in 2002)
- Christopher University (established in 2015
- Mountain Top University (established in 2015)
- McPherson University(established in 2012)
- Redeemer’s University (established 2005)
- Crawford University(established in 2005
- Hallmark University (established in 2015)
- Chrisland University (established 2015)
- South Western University (established 2012)
This proves why Ogun State is one of the states in Nigeria with the highest number of educated persons who are also professionals; successful in their different fields of human strive. It goes to prove that the institutions of higher learning apart from providing education for residents can also bolster the economy of such a place through provision of jobs and business opportunities.
