The Chief of Staff, Government House Owerri, Sir Jude Ejiogu has disclosed that the reason why Governor Rochas Okorocha decided to revive the cultural heritage of Ndigbo was to create an identity and therefore distinguished a real Igbo man from strangers.
Sir Ejiogu revealed this at Ahiajoku Center on May 27th 2013 during the selection of Opara and Ada Imo cultural contest in Owerri, the capital of Imo State stressed the need for all parents to engage their children in any venture that would instil cultural values in them advising Imo people not to allow western education to reap off their true identity from them.
He therefore commended Governor Okorocha as well as Commissioner for Community Government Council, Barr Nnanna Okoro for organizing event that geared towards improving the cultural living standard of the people and enjoined all and sundry to support the initiative.
The Chief of Staff while speaking further described committee set up to handle the event and headed by Paddy Obinna as credible stressing that with the package put together by the state government, individuals would know what the society forbids and what it allows.
Sir Ejiogu while assuring the people of the state government’s determination to revive the culture and tradition of Ndigbo said that the prediction that Igbo language would soon go moribund has become thing of the past and urged all Imo people to embrace their cultural heritage as the only instrument that would preserve their identity.
He therefore advised the new Opara and Ada Imo respectively to use the honour bestowed on them by the state government under Governor Okorocha to enrich the entire society at large and to shun any act capable of truncating their God given talents in order to make the state and beyond a better place to live even as he charged traditional rulers in the state to step up to challenges facing the entire society, and find alternative towards alleviating them.
