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; one of the first kings of Patigi lost one of his daughter to the White men who visited the kingdom in the early 20th century, and the other daughter - Amina Dufya has been the "Sagi" of Patigi for two decades.

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

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