stories and histories IYANFOWOROGI A TOWN IN IFE EAST LG

Adeyemi Olajide » Iyanfoworogi a town in Ife East LG

Iyanfoworogi: My Home.

Iyanfoworogi is a town situated along Ondo Road, south of the main city of Ile-Ife, Iyanfoworogi is a town in Ife East LG.

The town serves as the center to different towns and villages in Ife south and Ife East LGs.

The town can be traced and dated back to the stone age with the proof and evidences at Agidi village ( Agidi monolith)

The first settler and the owner of Iyanfoworogi is Adagba, the first son of Ooni Olojo. Who owns the land from Isoya to Iyanfoworogi). Iyanfoworogi became very popular when the first Ife-Ondo Road was constructed and passed through the town. Because of thea Road, the market in Iyanfoworogi was boosted being the center to many villages and it became one of the most prominent markets in Ife and environ in the 60s to 90s.

The name came as a result of draught that happened when Adagba and his children first moved there, They planted yam there believing it will not do well because of draught but against every odd, the yams did well and when people saw them taking poles (Oya) for the yams stem to the farm, they were asking if the yams are doing well despite the draught and they were replying them that Iyan (which is isu) ti n fi owo ro igi o. That is the yams are growing well o. That is how people were joking and calling the place ibi ti Iyan ti n fi owo ro igi. The area was a very good soil for Iyan ori-igi and Breadfruit (which is good for Iyan, pounded yam) when it was brought to us and it almost replace yam. Many people believed that the place was named Iyanfoworogi because of abundance of Breadfruit.

Owena River is the main river that pass through the town and it serves as the main water source for many villages that it passed through. It is so big that it can serve as dam, for Production plants use as well as Agricultural use.

The present Iyanfoworogi town is made of many communities such as Iyanfoworogi, Adagba, Aroko, Agidi, Aba Nla, Aguro Elempe /Sifalu, Aganran, Ifesowapo Idu, Daranjo, Ayingun and Gidiogbo, and many more.

Iyanfoworogi is blessed with Natural atmosphere. There are signs of Gold, precious stones deposits along Owena River and artifact like Okuta Agidi (Agidi Monolith) which served as tourist attractions for many people in the world, with the efforts of the late Apena Oodua Dr. Omotosho Eluyemi.

Religion:

Islam
Islam is one of the famous religion in Iyanfoworogi with Iyanfoworogi Central Mosque beside the Old Palace which is the main and Jumat mosque with Ratibi mosques in different Villages e g Aroko, Orisumbare, Ladin , Aguro Sifalu etc

NASFAT is one of the Islamic societies that is deeply rooted in Iyanfoworogi

Christianity

There are many churches in Iyanfoworogi since early 1950s : Catholic church, The Baptist church, Anglican Church, The Apostolic church, CAC , Cherubim and Seraphim Church and new Pentecostal churches like Redeem Christian Church and many more.

Traditionalist are also there.

The Official Title Of the King is ADAGBA OF IYANFOWOROGI.
HRM Oba Adebolu Fatumise was the first monarch to be crowned as a king in this town in 2010.
HRM Oba Abdul Rasheed Adetayo Oladele (Adegbaju 1) Adagba of Iyanfoworogi is the present king of the town.

Kabiyesi Igba Odun Odunkan
Kabiyesi has really tried by investing in farming with the support of
Ife Heritage investment company who has their farms and industrial site at Iyanfoworogi.
They just started Gaari production factory in the town. More Industries are being expected

Education

There are public and Private schools in the town with various level of Education ; Elementary level, Secondary, Technical and Vocational study.

Iyanfoworogi people are mainly Farmers and produce merchants.

They were merchant of Cocoa, kolanut, Coconut, Bitter Kola, palm kernel, palm oil, maize and friuts.
The Old Palace has been converted to a museum for anyone who want to know about the town since the reign of the late monarch HRM OBA Adebolu Fatumise.

The town is progressing with the back of the people like Asiwaju Alhaji Azeez Ajisefini, Sooko BunmiTunde, Hon. Yekeen Olatunji, the Oloris of the Late Oba Bolu Fatumise, Chiefs, Baales and Balees, the youth and Elders.

Iyanfoworogi is a town of Excellent, make a visit today and enjoy the Natural atmosphere.

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