"MY OMU REIGN WILL ADVANCE OUR IBUSA CAUSE AND RE-POSITION THE PLACE OF OUR WOMEN," A SPEECH BY OBI JOSEPHINE NWANNABUOGWU, THE OMU OF IBUSA

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Igbuzo Igwe nu, Umuwanyi Omu, Omu, Ladies and Gentlemen, I send you my greetings for coming together to witness a day of the Ibusa people, a day of our Ibusa women especially. A glorious day for the Ibusa women is the day we have all decided to rebirth, renew and advance the traditional destiny of our dear Ibusa community with this noteworthy event in the history of our people. Guarded and Guided by the gods and goddesses of our land, it's been years of a journey of focused and tireless pursuit, perseverance, trust, and faith for me to serve our people in the way, our Omu matriarchs served us spiritually and traditionally.

In all modesty, let me submit that all my life, I have been divinely gifted with service to mankind, I have always taken service to humanity as a tool of healing humanity, conquest of insurmountable challenges and meekly speaking the language of love and kindness to the world in general. Personally, it was not therefore a surprise to me when the lots of the gods of our land fell on me to serve in this capacity. Omuship for me is a traditional advancement and repositioning of the Ibusa community by me in the 21st-century to match and surpass other communities in terms of growth and development, a voice of Ibusa women, and a cause to make our womenfolk overcome societal challenges and become repositioned.

For my Ibusa people, and by extension, Anioma Nation, Omuship has for centuries been a female traditional source of making giant strides in our society, a respected institution for making contributions to growth. The task of the discharge of Omu duties may be herculean but

the gods that specifically chose me and our great Ibusa ancestors now backing me will not allow me to fail. From Umueze to Umuekea, Umuodafe to Umuehea, Umuwagwu to Anyallaobum; from Umuidinasagba to Ogboli, and from Ogbeowele to Umuezeagwu, I will serve our people diligently. Beyond our Ibusa shores, to the world afar, I will function with my fellow Omu in Anioma, using the platform already created to serve humanity to bring glory to our land in line with our Omu dictates.

At this stage, I recognize that coming this far was not a result of my human or personal efforts but due to the backing of the Almighty God, maker of heaven and earth, sons and daughters of Ibusa, and the friends of our dear community alike who stood by me and rooted for the return of this prestigious institution that gifted our people. To this end, I thank the members of my family, Umuosowe and Umuodafe kinsmen. I cannot forget the help I received from Hon Innocent Esewezie, the Oshimili North Council Boss who believed so much in me. I am grateful to him in no small way.

I salute my father, the Obuzor of Ibusa, HRM Obi Prof Louis Nwaoboshi for his endless advice, the Diokpa of Ibusa, and nnam Onowu Paul Ijeh for his fatherly love,

I thank the Uwolo Ruling House for choosing me and for the bestowment of confidence in me. At this stage, I will not fail to salute my mother, my Queen Mother, the Omu of Okpanam/Anioma, and Nne Oha, HRM Obi Dr. Martha Dunkwu. She accepted me as her daughter and nurtured me to the fullest. Let us not forget that we do this today as a positive consequence of her revival roles. Without her, the Omu institution would have been dead in some Anioma communities.

I pledge my total commitment to the Ibusa Omu institution and loyalty to the entire Ibusa without any regret or reservation to be guided by the laws of the land. This Omu stool, I shall never take for granted. I am here today because of the selfless support reposed on me, by all of you here. I may not have the entire time to mention you by your roles one after the other, but you know yourselves and God knows you.

I thank you all for your worthy support.

God bless our Igbuzo!

God bless our Anioma!

God bless our Delta State!

BEING A MAIDEN SPEECH DELIVERED BY OBI JOSEPHINE ISIOMA NWANNABUOGWU DURING HER CORONATION AS THE OMU OF IBUSA ON TUESDAY APRIL 12 2022, IN IBUSA, DELTA STATE

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