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The Igbuzo Singles Meet (ISM) Conference: What they said at the Conference


 The Igbuzo Singles Meet (ISM) Conference: What they said at the Conference


Hon Innocent Esewezie: I am determined to pursue and achieve the interest of the Ibusa Youth and will use ISM as a platform. Our youths especially women should be empowered. I had to put off my other engagement to be here to relate closely with our Ibusa youths. 


- Hon Esewezie, Oshimili North LGA Chairman


Emeka Esogbue: Our youths are in neglect. Ibusa should give priority to the affairs of the youths in the community. The branches of the Ibusa Community Development Union, the Ibusa leadership should take the lead. Our people should stop seeing our youths as liabilities while giving priority to politicians that they run to. Tactical avoidance of our youths is a denial of our future.


- Elder Emeka Esogbue, Founder, Igbuzo Singles Meet Worldwide (ISM)


Nnediohanma Ezinne Patricia Nnabuife: When we marry from our area, our children are not lost. I will work closely with Emeka Esogbue to support ISM to achieve its objectives. Our children should speak our native dialect outside the English.


Dr. Ruth Nwaobi-Nkeaka: The individuals and government have a role to play in curbing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases among our people. 


- Dr. Ruth Nwaobi-Nkeaka, Medical Doctor and Resource Person at the Conference 


Chief Mrs. Rosemary Ikolodo: I am an Igbuzo woman and always proud of my community with her people.


- Chief Mrs. Ikolodo, Hon Grand-Matron, Igbuzo Singles Meet Worldwide


Pastor Felix Nzemeka: We should empower our Ibusa girl-child to discourage men from taking advantage of them in marriage. Poverty is what makes some men believe they want to favour our young girls with marriage promises


- Pastor Felix Nzemeka, a Canadian-based Awardee


Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Onianwah: Marriage in Igbuzo traditional clime is complementary. The man and woman contribute and the marriage works. I grew up to meet this in our Ibusa society.


- Dr. Onianwah, Researcher and Resource Person at the Conference

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