Iragbiji

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Iragbiji (also Iragbigi) is a town in Boripe Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria, and is inhabited by the Yoruba people.[1] It is the birthplace of artist Yinka Adeyemi.[2]

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[edit] History

According to local history, the town was founded by a hunter chasing an animal. After he finally caught and killed the animal, he sat down under an ira tree, and other people joined him there. "Iragbiji" means "a settlement under a shady tree."[1]

As of 2003, Timothy Oyelade was the Aragbiji, traditional ruler, of Iragbiji.[3]

[edit] Health and education

Iragbiji contains eight schools. As of 2006, about 75% of children in five different schools in Iragbiji were found to have intestinal helminth parasites (a type of parasitic worm.)[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Iragbiji, Nigeria. Obatala Centre for Creative Arts. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  2. ^ Yinka Adeyemi. African Encounters. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
  3. ^ Bello, Sam. "Tinubu not from Iragbiji town, says monarch", Daily Independent Online, Independent Newspapers Limited, 2003-02-19. Retrieved on 2007-10-12. 
  4. ^ Ijagbone, I. F.; T. F. Olagunju (2006). "Intestinal Helminth Parasites in School Children in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government, Osun State, Nigeria". African Journal of Biomedical Research Vol. 9: 63–66. 

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