OMU OF IBUSA ATTENDS OTU EHULU FULU IBUSA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

- Emeka Esogbue

The Omu of Ibusa, Obi Josephine Isioma Nwannabuogwu on Friday, joined other Ibusa guests from different walks of life to attend the Otu Ehulu Fulu Society of Ibusa scholarship award program which held in the community. The program, the first of its kind for the community's women society and also the first major outing for the Omu of the community was hailed in various quarters as successful.

Pundits in Ibusa had asserted that with the recent Omu coronation in the community, activities of Ibusa women representation will peak and Otu Ehulu Fulu, justifying it, stood out with the initiative that not only encouraged education but also emphasized the need for hard work among the youths of the community. Obi Josephine Nwannabuogwu, the Omu of Ibusa, after her coronation, represented Ibusa on April 18, at the recently held Anioma Cultural Festival of the Organization For the Advancement Culture in Asaba and received ovation from within and outside.

Scholarship was awarded eleven brilliant students of Ibusa extraction by Otu Ehulu Fulu Society of Ibusa, a women's indigenous group headed by amazon, Ezinne Philomena Okonkwo and in attendance was Hon Innocent Esewezie, the Chairman of Oshimili North Local Government Area. Among the successful brilliant recipients of the award was Little Theola Adaora Ifechukwude, daughter of Mr. Philip Ngozi Ifechukwude, a renowned novelist and writer from the community.

The Otu Ehulu Fulu Society of Ibusa also officially acknowledged and received Obi Josephine Nwannabuogwu, the Omu of Ibusa while also promising to synergize with her to move the Ibusa community forward.

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