Gov Ugwuanyi tasks Ohanaeze on preservation of cultural heritage

By Adeleye Kunle

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state at the weekend tasked the pan-Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the need to promote and preserve Igbo cultural heritage as the custodian of Igbo culture and tradition.

Governor Ugwuanyi gave the task at the Okpara Square Enugu as the State chapter of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group marked the 2022 Iri-ji (New Yam) Festival.

The event, which attracted the high and mighty in the State and beyond, was described by guests as epochal.

In his remarks, Governor Ugwuanyi, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, congratulated Ohanaeze for sustaining the rich cultural heritage of Ndigbo and urged the group not to rest on its oars.