Eze Madumere. Deputy Governor of Imo State. |
The Deputy Governor of
Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has called on parents to put more effort in
teaching their children Igbo cultures and traditions.
The Deputy Governor of
the state made the call while speaking to newsmen in Ukpo, Anambra State during
Ofala Festival at the country home of Prince Engr. Arthur Eze popularly known
as Ozo Igbo Ndu.
Madumere while
congratulating 'Eze nu Ukpo' on 2018 year's colourful Ofala Festival where Igbo
cultural heritage was on display, he commended him for the colour and pageantry
that have been brought into it, making it very attractive to the younger
generations.
Prince Madumere who
was in Ukpo, Anambra State, to identify with Eze whose brother-Igwe was
celebrating said; I salute the good people of the state for preserving this
rich cultural heritage. I know that Ofala Festival is an annual event where a
traditional ruler commomerate his coronation and will use the opportunity to
tell his subjects his activities for the year and also speak on other issues
that deserves their attention. What makes it so beautiful and alluring are the
cultural and traditional heritage of our people that are on exhibition."
Madumere did not spare
parents who have chosen to embrace Western culture in-to-to without any effort
towards exposing their children to the cultures and traditions of the people.
He opened up on the need to preserve those values of Igbo people that have
remained relevant in the way we bring up our children and to also teach them
the belief of Ndi Igbo.
He therefore called on
state governments in the South East to do more to ensure that history is taken
seriously in the academic curricular to ensure that present generation and
generations to come do not lose touch of their background, who they really are
and what their historical antecedents have been.
His words; " I am
one of those who have been preaching the need to re-fashion our educational
curricular to accommodate history and make a compulsory subject. There is also
the need to unearth those areas of importance that have been veiled with lies
by some unpatriotic elements. We will be undoing ourselves if we fail to pass
on to the present and next generations what our background is about, our
historical antecedents and our challenges in history. It will mean a lost
people who know nothing about themselves and therefore vulnerable."
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