WELCOME ADDRESS PRESENTED BY EMEKA ESOGBUE, PRESIDENT OF IBUSA SINGLES MEET ON THE OCCASION OF THE 4TH ANNUAL IBUSA SINGLES’ CONFERENCE ON JANUARY 2, 2015 IN IBUSA, DELTA STATE

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Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my honour once again to stand before you here. Anytime our people of Ibusa gather for a good cause such as this, it gives me the clear idea that something good is beginning to happen in Ibusa because it gives us the opportunity to interact in a way that we can move our community forward. In this case, this gathering with our youngsters under the justification of Ibusa Singles Meet is something worth that is worth it.  
This is the fourth of our annual conferences and everybody here, made it happen, one way or the other for the love of our community. The love of Ibusa brought us together. Over the last four years, we have been able to make some improvements and this atmosphere already speaks of such improvements. We noticed that Ibusa inter-marriage dropped drastically and set out to improve on it and we are beginning to achieve positive results. I am happy to inform you that in 2015 alone, four of our members married themselves. One marriage took place in Lagos and the other in Ibusa. All four parties to the union hail from Ibusa. Only three days ago, we returned from the marriage of Sandra and Nonso, both from Ibusa. Happily, Sandra and Nonso met at the last edition of our conference in January 2, 2015. The result of that friendship is the marriage we talk about now. Indeed, it is my personal conviction that many more will follow because Ibusa Singles Meet is a gathering of serious-minded people.
However, Ibusa Singes Meet is not all about marriage as it also offers the platform for interaction and fosters unity among members. But we must also beg our Ibusa parents to offer us necessary supports to enable us actualize the aims and objectives of this organization. We keep receiving daily complaints that most parents often forbid their children from visiting home. These sets of parents should understand that they will never live forever on earth with their children. Most Ibusa parents have also vowed that their children will never marry from Ibusa. Some of them keep rejecting their daughters’ suitors on the assumption that they are not wealthy. These are some of the challenges confronting us in the administration of Ibusa Singles Meet. We definitely need the assistance of Ibusa parents.
One of the highlights of today’s events is the decoration of five dignitaries present here today. They have always been in attendance of our conferences since foundation. Consequently, we will confer them with the ‘honourary membership’ of Ibusa Singles Meet. These personalities are Chief Daddi Ifeanyichukwu Okeleke; Chief Kizito Osadebe Ijeh; Mr. Emmanuel Kwasa Amatokwu; Mr. Godfrey Osakwe and Mr. Philip Ngozi Ifechukwude. There is also an award to be conferred on Mr. and Miss ISM, who emerged by voting and another award of excellence to be conferred on two of our pioneering members, Miss Kobindi Ofili and Pat Adigwe.
There is no gainsaying that today’s event will be fun-filled and with the caliber of our keynote speaker will be full of significant lessons. Once again, I welcome you all. Thank you all.    
    

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