stories and histories INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT AJASE IPO PEOPLE OF KWARA STATE

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT AJASE IPO PEOPLE OF KWARA STATE

Ajase Ipo welcomes a new King, let us take a look at a brief history of the ancient town.

Ajase Ipo is an ancient town in Igbomina-Yoruba land of Kwara State. Ajasse Ipo is sometimes spelt as Ajase-Ipo and is also known as Ajasse or Ajasepo. It is one of the prominent towns in Irepodun Local Government Area of the Kwara State. Ajasse Ipo is situated in the northeastern part of Yoruba land in northcentral Nigeria and consists of other different villages such as Eleyoka, Amberi, Falokun, Araromi
etc.

KINGSHIP.

The present Olupo of Ajasse Ipo is Olupo Ismail Atoloye Alebiosu (2021 - date).

Tourist Attraction

1. Ita oba: A festival to behold as it attracts almost all the indigenes of Ajasse Ipo with various activities such as traditional dance, competitions and relaxation

2. Odo Osin (River) which was thought to have been a fat pretty woman before she turns to a river in Ila Orangun when she was insulted for her bareness, she flows from Ila Orangun, to Ajasse Ipo, Ilala and many other places. River Osin, which runs from Ila-Orangun right into the River Niger practically encircles all the Igbomina peoples with the exception of only two or three.

3. Oba Igba: A man who did not die but reduce to a day-old baby size. Kept in a calabash, no one should look inside the calabash till date.

4. Odu Ajasse Ipo

5. Central Ifa temple

6. Afin Oba's palace beautifully built and decorated by Ex-Governor of Kwara State "Governor Mohammed Alabi Lawal".

7. Comprehensive High School Fish pound and many other attractions

Annual Festival

Major festivals in Ajasse Ipo include:

Traditional festivals such as Egungun festivals

Christian festivals e.g. Christmas and Easter celebrations

Moslem festivals e.g. Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha celebrations

Ajasse-ipo day and

Ita Oba: Usually comes up 3 days after Eid Al-Adha (ileya).

Tertiary Institutions in Ajasse ipo

1. North South College of Health Technology, Ajasse Ipo

2. International Vocational Technical and Entrepreneurship College, Ajaase-Ipo

3. Institute of Basic and Advanced Educational Studies, Ajasse Ipo.

North South College of Health Technology, Ajasse Ipo

North-South College of Health Technology is located along Igbo-Nla in Ajase-Ipo, Kwara State. It is a private partnership College established by the Board of Trustees/Directors of North-South Educational Investment Limited as an arm of the Educational Investment Limited in Nigeria. It was duly registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission and approved by the Government of Kwara State through the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Technology. All their programmes are recognized and goes in-line with the requirements of the appropriate health professional regulatory bodies regulating such health care profession and training in Nigeria.

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