Tinubu Names Kwali Road After Renowned Potter Ladi Kwali

Tinubu approved naming a 3.2 km road in Kwali Area Council after Ladi Kwali.
Wike announced the naming during the road’s commissioning and highlighted Tinubu’s commitment to Nigerians.
Ladi Kwali, featured on the N20 note, was a renowned potter from the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu approved the naming of a 3.2 km road in Kwali Area Council after Ladi Kwali on Tuesday.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, announced this during the commissioning of the road, which links the Kwali bridge in the Kwali Area Council of the FCT.

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Wike informed the residents of Kwali that President Tinubu remains dedicated to the well-being of Nigerians and is committed to delivering the dividends of democracy.

Ladi Kwali, whose face appears on the N20 note, was born in 1925 in the village of Kwali in the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria.

Pottery was a traditional occupation among women in her region.

She learned the craft from her aunt using the traditional coiling method. Kwali created large pots for water storage, cooking, and other uses, often decorated with geometric and stylized figurative patterns featuring scorpions, lizards, crocodiles, chameleons, snakes, birds, and fish.

Her pots were noted for their beauty of form and decoration, and she was recognized regionally as a gifted and eminent potter.

Kwali’s pots were featured in international exhibitions of Abuja pottery in 1958, 1959, and 1962, organised by Cardew.

In 1961, Kwali gave demonstrations at the Royal College, Farnham, and Wenford Bridge in Great Britain. She also gave demonstrations in France and Germany over this period.

In 1972, she toured America and her work was shown to great acclaim in London at the Berkeley Galleries.

Kwali was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1963. In 1977, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.