From Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki
The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) in Ebonyi state, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has sent his message of goodwill and felicitations to the people of Ezza on the occasion of their 2022 Oke-aku festival.
In a statement issued by the Director of Media and Publicity of Anyichuks Campaign Organization, Chief Abia Onyike ,Odii described Oke-aku festival as iconic cultural heritage that promotes love,unity, social and cultural development.
Odii reinterated his avowed determination to continue to work and associate with Ezza people, describing them as creative and innovative class of people who have made tremendous contributions to the development and advancement of Ebonyi state in particular, and the World in general.
“I warmly and profoundly felicitate with the people of Ezza Ezekuna on the occasion of their Okeaku New Yam Festival 2022.
“The Ezza nation, is a resilient, hospitable, humble, competent, courageous, confident, dependable, creative and innovative people who have over the ages made tremendous contribution to humanity. Through Okeaku you have sustained an iconic cultural heritage and ideals that promote love, unity, social and cultural development of the society, particularly in Ebonyi State.
“Okeaku is significant because it has progressively illuminated your unrestrained and enterprising intellectual capacity, just as it has stimulated a wide endorsement of its invaluable concourse as instrument of peaceful coexistence.
Its yearly observance is God’s awesome reawakening of His gracious presence and blessings upon you as manifested in the matchless accomplishments of the Ezza nation.
“I therefore explicitly associate with your aspirations as you showcase this harmonious display of great ideal of traditional value.
May God attend your observance of the festival with unrestrained grace and protection.
“Congratulations and God’s blessings! ” the statement said.