Oro-Ago is in Kwara.

Understand

Oro-Ago is a settlement in the south-eastern part of Kwara State of Nigeria. It is about 110 km to Ilorin the State Capital. Oro-Ago District is located in Ifelodun Local Government Area. The district is a conglomeration of 7 dispersed settlements: Omugo, Okedaba, Ajegunle, Owa, Irabon, Oro-Ago and Oyate. The population is about 50,000 people. They speak Igbomina dialect. Most of the inhabitants work as subsistence farmers, weavers or hunters.

History

Oro –Ago Dynasty was co-found in 50 AD by one of the 7 children of Oduduwa by the name Alaketu or Ajagun and Obobo or Onijakere who was believed to have been staying in the place before. Oro – Ago is the is combination of all other settlement. Oro means after a tiresome and long trek, some memebers of the group said “Eje ka ro ni hin”; this means means, let us wait, settle or tary here. Oro could mean “a Traditional festival” which a woman is forbid to peep at, Oro could also mean think well before you leap” while Ago- liteally mean settlement.

Get in

By plane

• Ilorin Airport (distanced approximately 82 km)
• Oshogbo Airport (distanced approximately 100 km)
• Akure Airport (distanced approximately 120 km)
• Bida Airport (distanced approximately 120 km)
• Ibadan Airport (distanced approximately 180 km)

There are taxis at the front of the Airport that travellers can board to Oro-Ago.

By road

• Bus: There are various bus terminals at Ilorin for people goint to Oro-Ago and also in Oro-Ago for people leaving the city (cost of transportation depends on the distance).
• Taxi

Get around

• Taxi
• Tricycle
• Motor bikes

(Cost of transportation depends on the distance)

See

• Cultural Display & Traditional Festivals: various times of the year are set apart to honor deities that were worshiped in the land before the advent of Christianity. These include Ifa, Sango, Ogun, EegunOloboto, Epa, Aaba, Layewu, Odia and Alaku. Most festivals are done in December to tally with Christmas Celebrations.
• Owu Falls: in Ile-Ire District is less than 10 km to Oro-Ago. Regarded as the highest fall in West African.
• Church Olokuta: visit the first church in Oro-Ago and Environs and see the Bell brought by Red Guy Play Fair in 1915.
• Mountain Climbing: Oro-Ago is surrounded by various ranges of hills where the olden days people live. A significant hill is the Amusodi Hill. This hill was where the Ose people first settled before they later dispersed. As a mark of remembrance were 6 stones used to depict each wards during meeting. The stones are still kept till date.
• Okedaba Settlement: This settlement is located among various Hills and Rocks. It is another model of Idanre (the tourist town) in Ondo State.
• Oro-Ago Development Union Secretariat at Oke-Ayin square, Oro-Ago

• Sumal (First) Gallery of Fine Arts No. 2 GRA, Oyatedo Oro- Ago

Do

• Hiking
• Sightseeing

Buy

Oro-Ago market Locals buy foodstuff, clothings, decorative items, livestock and other things they need in the market

Eat

There are various local bukas in the area where people buy different cooked food.

Drink

Retail stores are available in the area where different drinks are being sold.

Sleep

• ECWA Guest House Oro-Ago: behind the field of ECWA school offer limited accommodation for guest: Odu Pro – +234 8037166413.
• First Hotel Oyatedo: offers social amenities and accommodation Call Golf on +234 8102005902
• Premier Club Guest House: Chalets for accommodation. Odu Pro – 08037166413.
• Dellat Hotel & Guest House: Offers Entertainment for now. Accommodation under construction +234 8060786263.

Connect

All major mobile phone service networks are available in Oro-Ago but with varying degree of reliability and usability. It is usual to occasionally experience network outage for all or some of the mobile phone service providers. Such situation is particularly common in some remote areas of the city. And it is also common for different networks to be more stable and reliable in different locations of the city at different times.

if you are planning a visit to this city, you should consider having multiple SIM cards preferably for all the mobile service providers, since you can't tell which will be more stable and reliable at a time in your location during your visit. And if you will risk not having any of them, you might be better off not risking the MTN network, because, from indications, it seem to perform well than the others, though its rates may be high and its offers and services might be stringent, but you are less likely to be concerned of erratic voice and data connection compared to others. The various broadband cellular network available include 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. And unlike many other cities in the country, there is a wider coverage of the 4G network in most locations in the city.

Of the service providers is Glo (or Globacom), which boasts of fast network speed for internet browsing activities, but that might not be enjoyable in some locations in Oro-Ago. Airtel is fairly satisfactory for all you might need to connect to the world, including rates and network stability. And 9mobile usually also performs well in internet browsing speed but not without locational limitations.

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