Itele

Itele, or Ijebu-Itele, is a town in the Ogun state of Nigeria, about 286 miles (460 km) from Abuja, the country's capital.

The town produced one of the foremost Chartered Accountants in Nigeria, a former president of ICAN Otunba Adedoyin Olaide Ogunde, who also was a partner at KPMG Peat Marwick Ani Ogunde &co. A former deputy governor of Ogun State, Alhaji Chief.

In the diaspora, Late Chief Mrs Opeoluwa Solanke-Ogunbiyi (Nee Obisanya), popular known in the United Kingdom in the 1940s and 50s as Mama WASU was from the town.

The town has actually evolved in terms of educational institutions as it can now boast of many of them, both publicly owned and government controlled schools, even now a university.

There is a time of the year, in the month of November, to be precise when the sons and daughters of the town gather to celebrate Itele Day.

The following are the quarters and villages in Itele: The government of Ogun State is presently negotiating the proposal of a power generation in one of the Villages under Itele Local Government (precisely Tigbori - TIGBORI POWER PLANT GENERATION COMPANY).