THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ODO-OWA DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
This work is aimed at ensuring that socio-economic development of Odo-Owa in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State during the colonial period is
articulated and written down for historical purpose, thus ensuring that the basic information about the socio-economic activities of the people is documented.
It also aims at examining the colonial rule system, the various changes and activities during the colonial period. It hopes to advance the history of Odo-Owa
from essential political history to socio-economic history, the research also aims to show the major areas of concern which are the social and economic
developments that took place the town during the colonial period.
It must be noted the sources employed form this work have been made use of just to ensure that the authencity and originality of what will be written down
about the socio-economic development of Odo-Owa during the colonial period is right.
The objective of this work is to look into the socio-economic activities in the town before the colonial period, and the changes brought as a result of the colonial presence.
1.2. SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of this work can be seen form the socio-economic development of Odo-Owa before the colonial rule; how the colonial rule influenced the development and its erect.
There are different activities and event during the colonial rule, the people of Odo-Owa community were mostly farmers and because of this the children are taken along with them to the farmland. As a result of colonial rule people did not show interest in farming as it was before the colonial period some people now preferred white collar jobs, while
some farmland and levacant and people have build houses on it.
