Emeka Esogbue

  Dear Ibusa, Time to Think Community-Based Tourism Initiative (CBT) By Emeka Esogbue Since 2008, I have been in the advocacy of the establishment of tourism in Ibusa community using the Okpuzu Waterfall as a potential site for the initiative expecting that the Ibusa Community Development Union Worldwide (ICDU) would stay in the forefront in conjunction with the government at the state and local government levels to advance the cause. The community has the human resource capital to purse the initiative and the Ibusa Community Development Union Worldwide has the potential to rally around the people to plan the project. However, this only happens in the community where peace and unity exist with other necessary factors in place to make it a possibility. There must be development such that even in the absence of government support in the community, the Ibusa people should rally to strive to develop their town. One common feature noticeable in Ibusa is the tendency to develop b...

 Huxley Unumadu, Izomo of Umuebu Wins the King of Tradition award - Dedicates Award to Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State for Effective Leadership and Transformation By Emeka Esogbue  They say honour and good works do not go unrecognized as they breed value and respect and this is seen in Ugoesa Huxley Adiniebo Unumadu who was recently honoured in far-away Garden City, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.  There seems no end of glorious awards and honours for the Izomo of Umuebu Kingdom in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. To those who know him closely well, Ugoesa Huxley Unumadu, the Senior Special Assistant to Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tourism and Culture is everything, the culture, and tradition of the Anioma nation, traveling to cart home nearly every available award from corporate bodies, the media, and government agencies around Africa.  In the present Delta State administration, the Izomo is not only seen to have justified his portfolio bu...