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Festival</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ijakadi_with_Olofa_and_Essa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ijakadi_with_Olofa_and_Essa.jpg/600px-Ijakadi_with_Olofa_and_Essa.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="429" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ijakadi_with_Olofa_and_Essa.jpg/900px-Ijakadi_with_Olofa_and_Essa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Ijakadi_with_Olofa_and_Essa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="750" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Olofa and Essa</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_language" title="Yoruba language">Yoruba</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ADD8E6">Origin</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">Local Wrestling.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Northern Region, Nigeria</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ijakadi</b> Is an annual cultural festival in <a href="/wiki/Offa" class="mw-redirect" title="Offa">Offa</a>, Kwara state <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> it's aimed to promote <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> rich culture on international <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> map.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The word Ijakadi literally means <a href="/wiki/Wrestling" title="Wrestling">wrestling</a> which has a significant role in the history of <a href="/wiki/Offa" class="mw-redirect" title="Offa">Offa</a>.The <a href="/wiki/Festival" title="Festival">festival</a> targeted to bridge the gap of rapid erosion of cultural values in the society in other to promote it's cultural traits that have served as the identity of Offa <a href="/wiki/Community" title="Community">community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It aimed at promoting <a href="/wiki/Fairness" class="mw-disambig" title="Fairness">fairness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justice" title="Justice">justice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Equity_(law)" title="Equity (law)">equity</a> among all sons and daughters of the ancient town.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the source the community sons and daughters including those in the <a href="/wiki/Diaspora" title="Diaspora">diaspora</a>, expressed their <a href="/wiki/Determination" title="Determination">determination</a> to promote the annual Ijakadi festival of the ancient town, both within and outside the country, to enhance the socio-economic development of Offa and its people.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Celebrations">Celebrations</h2></div> <p>During the festival people come from different walks of life to celebrate the festival its usual takes place annually in December. The people of Offa put on traditional clothes and there are masquerades dancing and drumming including mock wrestling between olofa of offa and the higest chief Essa.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Significance_of_the_festival">Significance of the festival</h2></div> <p>The community believe that the festival would promote love and communal bond that can transform the festival into a global event and promote social cultural development.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_individuals_who_have_earlier_attended_the_festival_includes">Notable individuals who have earlier attended the festival includes</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AbdulRahman_AbdulRazaq" title="AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq">AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq</a> the executive governor of <a href="/wiki/Kwara_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwara state">Kwara State</a> and he bagged the title aree Soludero of Offa during the 8th edition of Ijakadi Festival in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lai_Mohammed" title="Lai Mohammed">Lai Mohammed</a> The former Minister of culture and Tourism attended the 2017 edition and he said that Ijakadi Festival’ would be included in National festival calendar<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he also said the "Federal Government was working with the private sector to make major festivals in the country attractive to domestic and foreign tourists and to leapfrog the events to the top cadre of global festivals."<sup id="cite_ref-Anyanwu_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anyanwu-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adebayo_Shittu" title="Adebayo Shittu">Adebayo Shittu</a> is the former Nigerian Minister of Communications between 2011 and 2019 under former President <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a>. Shittu succeeded <a href="/wiki/Omobola_Johnson" title="Omobola Johnson">Omobola Johnson</a> as Minister of Communication and succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Isa_Ali_Pantami" title="Isa Ali Pantami">Isa Ali Pantami</a>. The former Minister attended the 2017 edition of the program along the former Minister of culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed.<sup id="cite_ref-Anyanwu_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anyanwu-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Olofa_declared_winner_at_the_Ijakadi_Festival.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The image of Olofa of Offa during the Ijakadi Festival"><img alt="The image of Olofa of Offa during the Ijakadi Festival" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Olofa_declared_winner_at_the_Ijakadi_Festival.jpg/120px-Olofa_declared_winner_at_the_Ijakadi_Festival.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Olofa_declared_winner_at_the_Ijakadi_Festival.jpg/180px-Olofa_declared_winner_at_the_Ijakadi_Festival.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Olofa_declared_winner_at_the_Ijakadi_Festival.jpg/240px-Olofa_declared_winner_at_the_Ijakadi_Festival.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The image of Olofa of Offa during the Ijakadi Festival</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ijakadi_with_Olofa_and_Essa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The image of Olofa of Offa during the Ijakadi Festival"><img alt="The image of Olofa of Offa during the Ijakadi Festival" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ijakadi_with_Olofa_and_Essa.jpg/120px-Ijakadi_with_Olofa_and_Essa.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" 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