Nwaukoni Wants Govt To Boost Tourism By Upgrading Local Cultural Endowments

The Iyase of Ogwashi – Uku Kingdom, High Chief Mike Nwaukoni  has called on the Federal and State Governments to upgrade the rich cultural endowments of the people to International standards to  boost  tourism and enhance the  foreign exchange earnings for the country.

The Iyase of Ogwashi -Uku Kingdom, High Chief Mike Nwaukoni made the call while speaking to journalists at the just concluded  annual Ineh Festival  by the people of Ogwashi – Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. 

Chief Nwaukoni said the  cultural heritage  of the people which he described as age long  valued identity of Nigerians should be aggressively  projected  and promoted to the global community.

He said the Ineh Festival was inherited from the founding fathers of the kingdom  as a specific period to thank God for His bountiful blessings at the end of the farming season and the beginning of another calendar year of anticipated fruitful yields. 

Iyase Ogwashi – Uku admonished the people to continue to preserve the festival as their cultural identity and resist acts that could erode  archival trade marks and  peoples’  identity. 

Chief Nwaukoni also urged his people to remain resilient, dogged and undaunted in the face of multi dimensional challenges insisting that they should not despair but keep hope alive of a better tomorrow.

 A former commissioner  in Delta State Chief Fred Majemite  hailed  High Chief High Chief Mike Nwaukoni for his consistency in celebrating the Ineh festival annually for over  19  years running adding that  his people-based  development initiatives in Ogwashi – Uku kingdom had further endeared him to the people at the grassroots.

The Secretary General of Ogwashi – Uku development  Union,World Wide, Mr Elue Adigwe extolled the impeccable leadership qualities of Chief Nwaukoni  adding that as the Iyase of  Kingdom he had provided quality leadership in leading the people particularly in the area of development of infrastructure, promotion of peaceful co- existence, justice and equity in  all its ramifications.

Mr Adigwe explained that the annual Ineh Festival provided the ample opportunity for the Iyase to host and celebrate with his kiths and kins from across the world. 

As part of the celebration, the chief Celebrant accompanied by his Wife, family members and well wishers walked in a procession from his palace to the Ancient Ogwashi – Uku Palace where he paid obeisance to past traditional rulers of the kingdom. The festival which was carnival like   featured several activities including visits by Chiefs and title holders to the Iyase, prayers and merry making.

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