BY ABOGHE CHRISTY
ALL roads are set to lead to the oil-rich Delta State of Nigeria this weekend, where Professors Timothy Nwala, Patrick Utomi, and other renowned gurus would be addressing Igbo-speaking people of Nigeria.
The event with the theme: “Igbo-Bu-Ofu” holding in Asaba metropolis, precisely at Jace Darl Hotel, Okpanam City, on Friday, August 29 and Saturday, August 30,2025, is being organised by ‘Igbo Unification Movement’ in collaboration with ‘Ndi N’asu Bia Socio-Cultural Organization’.
In a statement signed by Chairman, Local Organizing Committee (LOC), Chief Cosmas Agada and Coordinator, Kingsley Kainebi said, “Through this Conference tagged; ‘Ogbako-Igbo Zara Igbo (gathering of all those who are called Igbo)’, we want to make our diverse people, especially those who are having identity crisis, to understand that we are one people”.
“We are expecting Igbo people from 13 states of Nigeria. The keynote speakers and guest speakers were chosen based on the zeal and patriotism they have displayed in Igbo matters.”
Professor Nwala, the keynote speaker, is renowned as father of Contemporary African Philosophy and the first Nigerian graduate in Philosophy from an indigenous university.
Prof Utomi, a guest speaker, is a Nigerian professor of Political Economy and management expert, a native of Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Other guest speakers include Prof Obasi Igwe, Prof Paul Opone, Dr Chidi Osuagwu and Chinedu Enweoye who would be handling various topics geared towards the realization of Igbo unification, said Agada and Kainebi .
The organizers expressed the hope that after the gathering, the issue of identity crisis amongst various Igbo sub-groups and dialectical groups would become a thing of the past.
They appealed to all Igbo-speaking people of Nigeria to keenly participate in the conference, which they described as the first of its kind.
