Olobu Market
Situated along Ilobu-Ifon Osun road, it is one of the oldest markets in Yorubaland and it comes up every 3 day. It is the best place to buy and sell stable and cash crops, jewelries, plantains, citrus fruit, yams, cassava, sorghum, beans, okra, peppers, and gourds. Cash crops such as cocoa, cotton, tobacco, palm oil, and palm kernels are collected and sold at Ilobu.
Livestock, including dwarf cattle, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, and guinea fowl, are also an important part of the town's economy. Weaving and dyeing are the prominent traditional crafts. Ilobu is connected by road to Ogbomosho and Oshogbo. Population (1995) 194,400. The market attracts a lot of people from within and outside Ilobu most especially from around the neighbouring cities, towns and villages. One of the remarkable things about OLOBU market is the largeness of its size and the ability to and it is normally held from morning to noon.
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