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19-477: Obafemi Owode is a Local Government Area in Ogun State , Nigeria . Its headquarters are in the town of Owode at 6°57′N 3°30′E  /  6.950°N 3.500°E  / 6.950; 3.500 . It has an area of 1,410 km and a population of 228,851 at the 2006 census. The population was estimated to be 399,800 in 2022. The postal code of the area is 110. Obafemi Owode Local Government

38-603: A local government council consisting of a chairman, who is the chief executive, and other elected members, who are referred to as councillors. Each LGA is further subdivided into a minimum of ten and a maximum of twenty wards. A ward is administered by a councillor, who reports directly to the LGA chairman. The councillors fall under the legislative arm of the Local Government , the third tier of government in Nigeria, below

57-481: A revival prompted largely by the interest of US Peace Corps workers in the 1960s, they never regained their earlier popularity. As of now, simplified stenciled designs and some better quality oniko and alabere designs are still produced, but local taste favours "kampala" (multi-coloured wax-resist cloth, sometimes considered as adire). However, there has been a recent revival of the Adire art by Nigerian professionals in

76-512: Is a cap from the Dogon kingdom in Mali dating to the 11th century, dyed in the oniko style. However, by the end of the 1930s the spread of synthetic indigo , caustic soda , and an influx of new less skilled entrants caused quality problems and a still-present collapse in demand. Though the more complex and beautiful starch resist designs continued to be produced until the early 1970s, and despite

95-487: Is one of the Local Governments that came into existence through Edict No.9 of 1976, resulting from the 1976 Local Government reforms, prior to this period, the administration of the area was carried out by Oba Provincial Authority, Owode District Council and Obafemi District Council. Obafemi Owode Local Government has its headquarters at Owode Egba . Obafemi Owode Local Government shares common boundaries with

114-618: Is usually made by women, patterns and themes of the Adire are passed down from mother to daughter within families. However, certain motifs can depend on the artist's abilities and craftmanship, as well as skills taught from older generations. The patterns of Adire are often representations of plants, animals, tools, and conceptual themes. Traditional themes are categorized into geometric, figural, skewmorphic, letters, and celestiomorphic types. The earliest pieces of this type were probably simple tied designs on cotton cloth, handspun and woven locally (rather like those still produced in Mali ). In

133-495: The area include: Obafemi Owode Local Government has competent staff and facilities. In all, there are 4 medical doctors and 46 para-medical staffers while there are 22 health clinics and 12 health posts. Both human and material resources are evenly spread all over the health districts. Recently commissioned, are two newly completed health clinics to boost the health projection plan of the Local Government. Apart from

152-637: The capital of adire-making in Nigeria; however, some suggest that the large cities of Ibadan and Osogbo (Yorubaland) are more important in adire-making because adire dyeing began in Abeokuta when Egba women from Ibadan returned with this knowledge. The cloth's basic shape became that of two pieces of shirting material stitched together to create a woman's wrapper cloth. New techniques of resist dyeing developed. The tradition of indigo dyeing goes back centuries in West Africa. The earliest known example

171-543: The common language being spoken is the Yoruba with the Egba dialect. The traditional institution of the people is predominantly governed by Baales with the exception of a very early settlement called Iro town , Oba Sanusi Ogunrinde Oyero . Eribi IV (Late), followed by other towns like Ibafo, Ofada, Mokoloki, Owode and others during the administration of the former governor of the state Senator Ibikunle Amosun . An insight into

190-511: The cultivation of rice, kolanut, sugarcane, maize, cassava, tomatoes and a wide variety of vegetables. The Local Government is generally regarded as the land of OFADA rice. The major food crops of the area includes cassava, rice, cocoyam, plantain, maize and vegetable, while palm produced and cocoa form the major cash crops. The people are predominantly farmers, most of whom engage themselves in farming of arable crops. There are also some who engage in livestock and fishing. In recent times, however,

209-443: The cultural aspects of the people reveals that they are blessed with rich Yoruba traditional dances such as Ogodo dance, Egungun and Bolojo dances, in some areas of the Local Government. Obafemi Owode Local Government has some motorable (graded) roads which are linked by state and federal road network for inter and intra city connections. The Federal roads running through the Local Government area include: State roads within

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228-399: The curative aspect of health, this Local Government attends to the preventive aspect particularly in the area of contagious diseases such as guinea-worm eradication and global 2001 programme. The Rotary Club of Ake, Abeokuta has also given support in this respect. File:Aerial view of ibafo 3.jpg - Wikimedia Commons Obafemi Owode Local Government is endowed with vast fertile land suitable for

247-401: The designs are named, with popular ones including the jubilee pattern (first produced for the silver jubilee of George V and Queen Mary in 1935), Olokun ("goddess of the sea"), Sunbebe ("lifting up of the beads") and Ibadandun ("Ibadan is sweet"). Nigeria is also known for its two-tone indigo resist designs, created by repeat dyeing of cloth painted with cassava root paste to create

266-646: The diaspora such as Dr Toyosi Craig, an innovator and energy expert, and Nigerian artisans like Nike Davies-Okundaye , who inspire younger designers ilike Amaka Osakwe (with her label Maki-Oh). Political figures and celebrities such as Michelle Obama and Lupita Nyong'o have worn adire-inspired clothes recently. Also, Bamidele Abiodun , the wife of the governor of Ogun State, launched Adire Market Week in 2022 as an initiative meant to promote adire and protect local textile manufacturers. Today, there are three primary resist techniques used in Nigeria: Most of

285-454: The early decades of the 20th century came new access to large quantities of imported shirting material via the spread of European textile merchants in Abeokuta and other Yoruba towns that caused a boom in these women's entrepreneurial and artistic efforts, making adire a major local craft in Abeokuta and Ibadan that attracted buyers from all over West Africa . Abeokuta is considered to be

304-527: The following Local and State Governments: Population: Obafemi-Owode Local Government has an estimated population of 230,000. Land mass: It is made up of about 1,204 towns and villages with a land mass of 104,787.07 hectares of largely agricultural land. Obafemi Owode Local Government is made up of people residing in Adigbe , Oba , Kobape , Obafemi, Ogunmakin , Ajebo , Owode , Mowe , Ibafo, Iro town and Mokoloki towns and they are mostly Egbas. Therefore

323-525: The people of the area engage themselves in Quarry business, artisan works and handcrafts, such as dye making and pottery. The popular adire fabrics are also produced in some areas of the Local Government. The major markets in the area includes the Siun market, Ogunmakin market, Obafemi market, Mokoloki market, Mowe, Ibafo and Owode markets. Obafemi Owode Local Government has within it privately owned hotels for

342-831: The relaxation and comfort of residents and visitors. Notable among these, are the Owode motel , based in Owode-Egba and the Don-Emilia Royal hotel based in Mowe-Ibafo. Tourist attractions of the area include the wildlife forest of the area, grass less mountains found in some area and the Youth centre at Ofada town . For administrative convenience, Obafemi Owode Local Government is politically divided into 12 wards: Local Government Areas of Nigeria Nigeria has 774 local government areas (LGAs), each administered by

361-712: The state governments and the federal government. The functions of local governments are detailed in the Nigerian constitution and include the following: Lagos State Agege, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Alimosho, Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa, Badagry, Epe, Eti Osa, Ibeju-Lekki, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Kosofe, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ojo,, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere. Adire (textile art) Initially produced in south-western Nigeria, adire textiles traveled to northern Africa through Yoruba traders and trader families. Some families who chose to migrate up north began creating adire cloths to market to other women. Because it

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