Cameroon Igbo Community Cultural Head throws weight behind Muyuka Oru Cultural Festival

Eze Onyengubo Jonathan Thomas, the Cultural Head of the Cameroon Chapter of the All World Igbo Community who equally holds the illustrious Traditional Title of the Gburu Gburu 1 of this Community has thrown his weight behind the Annual Cultural Festival of the Oru Community in Muyuka. This was made evident on Sunday, December 6, 2014 during the Annual Cultural Festival and the launching of the uniform of the women’s wing of the community. The cultural flag bearer supported the festival and the uniform launch financially and also promised to provide scholarships to deserving students and support initiatives of the community among other things. 

Approached by this reporter, he expressed the way he felt in the following manner: “I am a very happy person. You see, Oru is a part of the Igbo Community in Cameroon and as such constitutes part of the community that I take care of. They are part of the people I take care of and I appreciate the honour they gave to me. I talk of scholarships and I never really say things and don’t do them so I must do it the way I say it. I told them especially the women that if they remain the Law abiding people that they’ve always been, then I will do whatever thing that I promise them. I am a man who stands by his words. I therefore call on them to be law abiding citizens and not to look for problems. However, if problems come, we will know how to handle them.”

Chief Dominic Emejuru Ekwueme 1 of Oru and President of Oru Community in Muyuka on his part said the occasion served to give value to the culture of Oru and helped to motivate it. Hear him; “actually I am very impressed but we learn from each occasion so as to make future events better. This occasion has once more shown that where ever the Igbos are, they always go on with their culture. I use this opportunity to tell the Igbo Community to make sure that Igbo Culture is preserved. I call on the Igbos to remember and showcase their culture where ever they find themselves. Africans in general are now hammering on their culture. Without our culture we will not have where to source from.

 Nnamdi Ekwebulem of the Oru Community in Muyuka opined that the occasion moved on marvelously and said he was glad. He equally hoped that the present spirit is maintained so that next year’s occasion turns out even better than this one.

Ibe Evans, the Public Relations Officer of the Oru Community in Muyuka summed it up in the following manner; "this occasion serves as a mile stone for Ndi Igbo Cameroon and I think Gburu Gburu 1 is doing a great job at it. I think it should be created here so as to maintain our culture. We are also waxing up strong to make sure that things go the right way. That’s why when somebody like Eze Onyengubo Thomas Jonathan, the Gburu Gburu 1 of Ohana Eze Ndi Igbo Cameroon came here today, I was very happy because it will go a long way in achieving the dream of creating that body that will sustain our culture. So I am solidly behind him."
 

Uzofoh Sebastian Organising Secretary

The organizing Secretary Uzofoh Sebastian on his part said "the main challenge we had was the lateness of some of our members. This discouraged some invitees who had come with an intention of supporting us. God helped and the occasion went well with the help of Eze Gburu Gburu 1. The aim of this event was to showcase the Oru Cultural heritage. The idea of an Oru Community started in Cameroon in Muyuka. Some of the people who started it are either dead or have traveled. More recently this community organisation was created about 5 years ago and election of the executive was democratically done. 

We equally acknowledge the importance of the All Igbo Movement in Cameroon and would like it to be implanted in Muyuka. We call this movement in the Igbo Language Ohana Eze Ndi Igbo and we look forward to becoming part of it with the help of the King Eze Gburu Gburu and we call on all the Igbos to become part of this movement."




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