Pategi

Patigi
Town
Nickname(s): Paris
Motto: mayin lo, mayin lo, ezhi patigi [the best place to be is patigi]
Patigi Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 8°44′N 5°45′E / 8.733°N 5.750°E / 8.733; 5.750
Country	Nigeria
State	Kwara State
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)

Patigi is an ancient town in Kwara State, Nigeria. It is inhabited by the Nupe people who also exhibit a linguistic reportoire of the Yoruba dialect. They are farmers, acquatic sellers/fishers and traders.

-The Nupe people of patigi kingdom are very compassionate and welcoming to visitors, though they are masterminds in whitchcraft, especially as a sign of strength to their own kins; they are also good farmers- harvesting cassava, millet, rice, guineacorn, melon etc. They also make a lot of local snacks such as "efan", "gbankuru", "liala", "kuli", "dankuwa" "banbara", "alewa" etc. The people of Patigi also engage in fishing. They are also very industrious.

The name “patigi” was derived from the Nupe word “Pati” meaning “hill”, it is surrounded by water from the North and South. This kingdom is one of the ancient kingdom of the Nupe people and was created by the immigrant from Gbara. Patigi was also a capital of Nupe people prior to the pre colonial era.

Patigi is also a place of pervasive bucolic ideals and native tastes despite the wide reach of technology the kingdom still wallows in the realm of very old cum archaic traditions. Festival is also a means by which most native Nigerian community entertain themselves, thus the one prevalent in Patigi is the "Regatta" festival.

In a paper by late Prof. Idrees Aliyu A. "The Patigi Regatta Festival: its origin, historical significance and tourism prospects";

The idea of the Patigi Regatta Festival was conceived in 1950 by the traditional Council of Patigi Emirate (Nigeria) and it was inaugurated in 1953. After a description of the background of the festival and its objectives (to foster unity amongst the riverains in order to stamp out the problems created by colonial policy), the paper deals with the festival itself which is celebrated at two-year intervals, involving the entire people of Patigi Emirate and the north bank riverains living in the present Niger State of Nigeria. The main part of the festival consists of canoe races and displays on the Niger at Gbaradogi on the west bank; the second part of the festival takes place in the palace of the Etsu of Patigi and involves a variety of Nupe cultural displays. The festival attracts many tourists from far and wide.

North Central.

Coordinates: 8°44′N 5°45′E / 8.733°N 5.750°E / 8.733; 5.750

Kwara

State capital: Ilorin

Governors	David Bamigboye (1967–1975) Ibrahim Taiwo (1975–1976) George Agbazika Innih (1976–1978) Sunday Ifere (1978–1979) Adamu Atta (1979–1983) Cornelius Adebayo (1983–1983) Salaudeen Latinwo (1984–1985) Mohammed Ndatsu Umaru (1985–1987) Ahmed Abdullahi (1987–1988) Ibrahim Alkali (1988–1989) Alwali Kazir (1989–1992) Shaaba Lafiaji (1992–1993) Mustapha Ismail (1993–1994) Baba Adamu Iyam (1994–1996) Peter Ogar (1996–1998) Rasheed Shekoni (1998–1999) Mohammed Lawal (1999–2003) Bukola Saraki (2003–2011) Abdulfatah Ahmed (2011–present)

LGAs	Asa Baruten Edu Ekiti Ifelodun Ilorin East Ilorin South Ilorin West Irepodun Isin Kaiama Moro Offa Oke Ero Oyun Pategi

Cities	Ilorin Jebba Offa Omu Aran

Towns	Ajasse Ipo Amoyo Aran-Orin Babaloma Edidi Esiẹ Elerinjare Ganmo Idofian Igbaja Ijara-Isin Ilala Isanlu Isin Jimba Oja Kabba Dongari Kaiama Oke-Onigbin Omupo Share

1. Patigi 2. Baruten 3. Edu 4. Lafiagi 5. Ifelodun 6. Ilorin East 7. Ilorin West 8. Irepodun 9. Isin 10. Kaiama 11. Moro 12. Offa 13. Oke-Ero 14. Oyun 15. Asa 16. Ekiti 17. Tsonga

References ~ Ewald, Janet (1975). The River Niger and River People in Nupe (MA Thesis), University of Wisconsin, Madison.

~ Madaki, Muhammad Baba (2004). Fulani Dynasty in Nupe Kingdom. Minna: Diamond Publishers.

~ Wasabi, Alhassan (2002). Counting in Nupe Language. Minna: Ajiboye Printers Ltd (

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