The local government is one of the largest Fadama lowlands in the state with River Niger as the primary source of water.

[3] The Nupe people of Pategi are majorly farmers- harvesting cassava, millet, rice, guinea corn, melon.

They also make a lot of local snacks such as "efan", "gbankuru", "liala", Kuli-kuli, "dankuwa" "banbara", "alewa" etc.

[8] However, there were intermittent opposition by some indigenous or Nupe groups to the rule of Dendo descendants in Bida.

[8] Among these rebel groups was the Yissazzhi faction, originally led by Jimada a claimant to the Bida throne prior to the Fulani dynasty of 1857[8] and in 1897, by Idrissu Gana.

The main part of the festival consists of canoe races and displays on the Niger at Gbaradogi on the west bank; the second part of the festival takes place in the palace of the Etsu of Pategi and involves a variety of Nupe cultural displays.