HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF AYEDE TOWN EKITI STATE, Nigeria
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GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND ITS EFFECT
Lying around the border fringes of
Ekiti and Kwara state is a thick forest region, hilly and rugged which render
the place a suitable refuge from enemies. The town Ayede lies somewhere around
this region, it is about 50 kilometer from Ado-Ekiti and 25 kilometers to
OtunEkiti which is a border town between the two.
The town is one thousand and eight
hundred meters above the sea level with an equatorial type of climate. Since
the vegetation of the area would have it, farming and hunting were the people’s
chief occupations. And they plant such food and cash crops like cocoa, cotton,
beans, plantain, yam, maize and oil palm to mention afew.
As one would naturally expect from
setting combatants, the choice of their settlement, like Ayede, was usually a
formidable environment. The people of Ayede were strong and rather belligerent
despite their possession of the inherent Ekiti meekness. However, it is note
worthy to mention that since the settlement on the land of Ayede the town and
its people have not witnessed any external aggression.
To a large extent the town could be
referred to as being a self-sufficient settlement. The town’s location is
within close shot of Ekiti and Kwara state borders. Inevitably the art customs
and traditions of the people cannot but reflect an harmonization of the traits
belonging to the two states. However, they are basically Ekiti. Like most other
Yoruba towns, Ayede has an enviable well-defined pattern of social
organization. The landscape and vegetation of the town compel its people to
live together in organization. The landscape and vegetation of the town compel
its people to live together in an organized since they have to settle down with
their place of jobs. It will be an unpardonable over sight not to acknowledge
the fact that the geographical location of the town with immense nature
barriers. Her administration was more often than not very stables she has never
witnessed any serious political disharmony. The people were strong and were
always ready to defend their territory when ever need arose.
It will also be suitable to mention
here that the political stability and internal security that she enjoyed
encouraged the progress and the development of arts and
commerce.
The
location also fell on the trade route (that fed the popular Ifaki market)
connecting Ekiti and Ilorin lands.
In
term of communications, the geographical location of the towns has an adverse
effect on her, being placed along the fringe of Ondo and Kwara states due to
its thick forest.
Generally
speaking, the development of the town has been very adversely affected by the
geographical location of the town. Since it falls too far in land from the
start centers of political decisions and activities.The rugged hill that abound
within. This geographical location is also an impediment to road construction.
Hence,
the very factors that influenced the choice that settlement and which fended it
safe from eternal incursion thus political, social and economic, stability and
development have now unlike during the yester years, become her source of
political social and economic backwardness.
The
effect of the geographical location becomes more pronounced with the mass
important orientation of the nation’s economy which the make people to leave
their villages and towns for cities near to the port areas.
Although,
the town now has electricity and pipe borne water but factors that usually
encouraged the establishment of various industries.
And
with the presence of a bank and post office along side other influence of
modernity that is gradually fluttering into the town. It is hoped that soon the
educated indigence of the town would start to establish industries there. At
present, there is only one major industry there.