Mopa, Kogi
Mopa is a town in the Nigerian state of Kogi. Mopa means ("imo papo" in Yoruba), which implies people with same ideology. It is the headquarters of the Mopa-Muro Local Government Area of the state. Mopa is 95% Christian dominated, over 4.5 traditional believers and the remaining fragment Muslims who are 99% outsiders living in Mopa. Local industries include Mopa Breweries, Boja Industries, SBD Farms and two marble quarries.
Mopa has a state-run Government Technical College, and several other colleges that were established and managed by the missionaries in conjunction with the Mopa community i.e. Ecwa Secondary School Mopa (ESSMO), Baptist Girl High School Mopa (BAGHSMO).
Sunday Awoniyi, the chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, was Aro of Mopa. A very high chief in Mopa kingdom
Professor Seth Sunday Ajayi, (NNOM, MiBiol, FRHD, FIIA, FRZSS), a scholar, prolific researcher, recipient of The 1994 United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) roll of honour, a Nigeria Merit Award winner for Science, who is also the first African Professor of Wildlife conservation, is also a notable indigene of Mopa.
Mopa people speak their indigenous Yagba language, which is dialect of the Yoruba language. They are people with strong cultural inclinations. They are organised into clans: IYA ODE, ARIBO, OMOE AGE, ANUNMADE, ANNUMOTE,IYA OTO, IYA MOGBE,OMOLOKUN, ARUPE DENA, IYAA MELEDA, OMO-HOPA, IYA-LOJO,IYA LERE, IYA GBADI etc.
Mopa has deposits of talc and mica.
Mopa is bound to the north-east by a hill. History has it that Mopa people used to live on the northern side of the hill but later moved to the southern side so the hill could protect them from attacks by rival settlements to the north.
Coordinates: 08°05′50″N 05°53′45″E / 8.09722°N 5.89583°E
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