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Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by 1clickict(m): 1:23am On Oct 11, 2016 |
The Federation of Igbo Students, Obafemi Awolowo University Ilé-Ifè on Saturday October 8, 2016 held a very important cultural event. The Coordinator of Igbo Students in the University, Ngwu Ikenna in his quest to promote the Igbo culture, organized the event titled new yam festival cum Orientation. This is the first time the festival is celebrated in the University. In his welcome address, Ngwu Ikenna gave vote of thanks to Crown Fm 101.5 Eleyele Ilé-Ifè for giving us the opportunity to go on air and invite the general public , Eze Ndi igbo and his Cabinet was recognized, Special Adviser to Kogi state Government, professors, Doctors, Post Graduate Students, Students From The Polytechnic Ilé-Ifè, fellow students of the University, Nke ochi chiri ya zere, ekwe kụọ ama agbaa. Aguyee ụzọ aguye ọnụ, onye obula debe ahụ jụrụ a jụrụ na uka akpara akpa bu isi ka eji ekwe ya. Mmemme gaba n'ihu. The planning of the event was triggered in order to inculcate to students, especially those of Igbo extraction, one of the cultures of our land. The Federation is made up of Igbo students from ENUGU, Anambra, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia, Delta and River State. The event kicked off at about 2pm under the chairmanship of Mr. J. I Ibeh, a lecturer in the University. Invited guests : Eze Ndi Igbo na Ile-Ife, Eze Ezekiel Chinedu Onyejekwe, JP father of the day. Special adviser to Kogi State Governor, Hon. Barr. Moses Okezie. Anambra Women wing, Ile-ife. And a host of lecturers of the university. Prof. E. A Agbakwuru, a Surgeon and a lover of tradition presented lecture on Tthe Essence of New Yam Festival". According into him, yam is the king of all Igbo foods, hence, the new festival is a period to thank Chi ji for making our yam to grow. He hinted that it is advisable for every farmer to first thank Chi ji before eating his new yam. He also talked of how to celebrate the new yam fastival, which he went on to commemorate after his lecture . He was presented with 4 out of 20 tubers of roasted yam, Cola nut, Nzu, and a Roasted full Chicken. And he began with the folliwing: Nke onye dịịrị ya ka nke anyi dịịrị anyi Onye iro anyị biri ka anyị biri Ya baara onye baara onye Onye iro anyi anwula ma anyị efula Ogburu onye na onye ga-ala Njo na njo zu mma na mma zu kwa Ka anyị rie ji ohuru nke afọ a na udo Egbe bere ugo bere, nke sịrị ibe ya ebela nku kwaa ya, The people responded, Iseeeee. He went on to cut the yam into 4 parts along the length saying: Eke mutara anyị ji Orie mutara anyi ji Afo mutara anyị ji Nkwo mutara anyi ji Ahia anọ di na izu mutara anyi ji anọ n'afọ na abia abia. The people responded, Iseee! There was Ukpaka prepared with red oil for eating the roasted new yam. It was served, and the celebration continued. The chairman of the Occasion Mr. J. I Ibeh in his opening remark was very happy with the planning of the event, especially the lecture that will be delivered. Hence, after the lecture by Prof. E. A. Agbakwuru, he added few words, especially for Ndi Igbo born outside Igbo land and not brought up by their parents in the Igbo way. He said " This is a very good opportunity to those of u My mama say i be igbo, to know the reason behind our tradition. He urged the youths to know the culture of the land so as to be able to pass it on to their children. He faulted our parents, saying that, you cannot give what you don't have. That most parents do not even know any thing about their culture, hence their children will definitely detest the tradition and in most cases term it evil practices. There was also lecture by Hon. Barr. Moses Okezie, the Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor. He talked about Ndi Igbo and Politics. According to him, Ndi igbo are good in business but nonchalant about Politics. He hinted on the need for The Eastern part of Nigeria to be strong politically and otherwise. He elaborated on brotherhood, that he who finds himself to be the ladder should allow others to climb so that within a short time, Ndi Igbo will be well represented in Political systems in Nigeria. After his lecture, he was presented with an award of Distinguished political personality of the year by the Federation of Igbo Students. The event featured Curtural dance (egwu omenala) by the students, news (akụkọ ụwa), masquarade (iti mmonwu), presentation by TC Creation, the guiter man; Emperor Ikukuamanonya, the regea master. The pictures will tell more about the event
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Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by Miriam19(f): 1:39am On Oct 11, 2016 |
Not my business ![]() |
Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by 1clickict(m): 1:44am On Oct 11, 2016 |
The event was just on point.
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Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by 1clickict(m): 1:50am On Oct 11, 2016 |
Did we actually roast 20 tubers of yam? ![]() 2 Likes
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Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by NobleRomm(m): 4:21am On Oct 11, 2016 |
igbo kwenu....!!! 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by johnydon22(m): 7:42am On Oct 11, 2016 |
Miriam19:then you should have simply skipped the thread... |
Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by johnydon22(m): 7:44am On Oct 11, 2016 |
NobleRomm:Iyaaaaaaaaa... nnam dalu .. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by orimsamsam(m): 8:27am On Oct 11, 2016 |
Good |
Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by hausadreturn(m): 8:58am On Oct 11, 2016 |
1clickict:u go fear question |
Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by NobleRomm(m): 11:39am On Oct 11, 2016 |
johnydon22:.... where are u from |
Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by obiZEAL(m): 12:00pm On Oct 11, 2016 |
Nice one....I hope FISA from other schools will try this |
Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by 1clickict(m): 8:54pm On Oct 11, 2016 |
More pics of the same event
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Re: Igbo Students OAU Hosts New Yam Festival/orientation by johnydon22(m): 12:36am On Oct 12, 2016 |
NobleRomm:Enugu 1 Like |
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