Kegite Club
Formation1962 (1962)[lower-alpha 1]
TypeSoci-cultural club
Legal statusActive
PurposePreserve African culture, promote peace
HeadquartersObafemi Awolowo University
Region served
Worldwide
Key people
Olusegun Obasanjo (Grand Patron)[2][3]
Formerly called
Palm Wine Drinkers Association
It is the second oldest social club in Nigeria after National Association of Seadogs

The Kegite Club formerly known as Palm Wine Drinkers Association is a soci-cultural group in Nigeria headquartered in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, Osun State, Nigeria, founded in 1962.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ↑ some source says 1963[1]

References

  1. ↑ Ologbosere, Olumide (23 January 2020). "LASU Kegites Club celebrates 30 years anniversary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Reporter (17 April 2017). "EX-PRESIDENT OBASANJO, THE GRAND PATRON OF KEGITES CLUB, GYRATES WITH YOUTHS". City People Magazine. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Odunayo, Adams (17 April 2017). "Obasanjo the Grand patron of supreme kegite club pictured gyrating (PHOTOS)". Legit.ng. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  4. ↑ U. Ohaeri, Jude; O. Oduyela, Samuel; A. Odejide,Olabisi; M. Dipe, T.; U. Ikwuagwu, Princewill; Zamani, Andrew (10 July 2009). "The History and Drinking Behaviour of the Nigerian Students' Palm Wine Drinkers Club". Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 3 (2): 171–183. doi:10.3109/09687639609017391. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ Ejifoma, Rebecca (29 September 2020). "Nigeria: Kegites Are No Cultists, Says Hotelier Bose Daramola". This Day. Retrieved 22 February 2022 – via AllAfrica.


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