The traditional ruler ofOgbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area, Igwe Johnmark Anyaoha, has celebrated his 2022 new yam festival.
The ceremony which commenced with a holy mass officiated by the parish priest of Saint Monica’s Catholic Church, Ogbunka, Reverend Father Jeremiah Okafor, was graced by the Chairman Orumba South Traditional Rulers Council, and traditional ruler of Nawfija, Igwe Clifford Okeke, his Owerre-Ezukala, and Eziagu counterparts, Igwe Thomas Ogbonnaya and Igwe Bernard Emejuo.
Performing the event, Igwe Anyaoha said the festival is a special moment for members of the community to thank God for preserving lives during planting season and bountiful harvest and promised cash reward to farmers in future.
He prayed for peace in Ogbunka community, the State and nation at large, and expressed the community’s delight over Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s appointment and reappointment of Ogbunka indigenes, pledging unalloyed support of the people of the area to his administration.
The Traditional Prime Minister of Ogbunka and Chairman of Igwe’s Cabinet, Chief Matthew Ezeabikwa, an illustrious son of Ogbunka, Chief Sunday Ndubisi, the Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA in Orumba South Local Government Area, Mr Godwin Egwuonwu, who described the festival as a unifying factor in the community, called for peace and sustainable development in the area.
Members of Amaala Ogbunka led by the Chairman, Chief Pius Ozoemena, Umuada Ogbunka led by the Chairlady, Mrs Godgift Tagboo, attended the cultural festival that featured masquerade displays, as well as distribution of tubers of yam, bags of rice and cartons of noodles to selected individuals and groups.
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