Ijero-Ekiti

Ijero-Ekiti is a town and local government area in Ekiti State of Nigeria in West Africa, situated in the northwestern part of the state and serving as the Local Government Headquarters of Ijero. The main languages of its indigenes are the Ekiti dialect and Yoruba. The town is about one hour's drive from Ado Ekiti, the state capital, about five hours from Lagos and about seven hours from Abuja. The Ijero people are an agrarian society that grows yam, cocoyam, cassava, pepper, tomatoes and banana, and the town hosts primary and secondary schools, a Federal Road Safety Corps office and primary health care facilities. City Population gives 95,365 residents at the 1991 census.