Railway Transport and the Development of Offa Area in Kwara State

The work explains the importance of railway transport to Offa people. It analyzes how the establishment of railway transport brought development to economic activity of Offa. This translated to establishment of churches and Missionary schools. This has helped the Offa community to have great scholars in Nigeria today with about ninety Professors. The work discusses the significance of education to Offa people. The economic activities of railway transport had ushered in rapid development in Offa and its environs are well analyzed. The importance of modern architecture in Offa could be ascribed to the coming of railway because of number of building erected in the railway quarters for the benefit of the railway workers. It serves as the bedrock of new architecture in Offa. The coming of railway transport encouraged the Muslim scholars to propagate the religion of Islam beyond the land of Offa. Not only this, it encouraged many Muslim to participate in pilgrims because of the availability of railway transport which remained the only means of transport for long distance before the coming air transport.