Saki West

About

Saki West is a Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria, with its headquarters in the town of Saki. It covers an area of 2,014 square kilometres and had a population of 278,002 at the 2006 census. The area is located near the border with Benin and forms part of the Oke-Ogun farming region. The local economy depends mainly on agriculture and trade. Farmers grow crops such as maize, yam, cassava, tobacco, cotton and rice, and also raise livestock. Saki is historically known for cotton weaving and traditional dyeing among the Yoruba people, and hosts institutions including a resettlement centre of the 2nd Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, the Oke-Ogun Polytechnic and a technical college.