Land in Ekiti South-West, Ekiti

Ekiti South-West is a Local Government Area (LGA) in Ekiti state, Nigeria. It has its capital/headquarters in a town known as Ilawe Ekiti. The Local Government was created on 1st September, 1976. The major towns that form the council area (Ekiti South-West Local Government) are as follows: Ilawe Ekiti, Igbara-Odo Ekiti, Ogotun Ekiti. It has additional 33 villages and farmsteads. The people of Ekiti South-West Local Government are predominantly farmers; they grow cash and food crops.

The people are homogenous in culture, tradition and values. There are pockets of other tribes like Ebira, Ibo and Oyo people from Osun State. Indigenes speak the Ekiti dialect with slight different intonations of the various towns and villages. The culture of the people is identical and similar to that of Yorubas of the south western Nigeria. The people are predominantly Christians some are Muslim faithfuls, while few practice the traditional religion such as ogun, ifa, obatala, sango etc.