OBI of Onitsha commended Glo’s effort at cultural re-awakening

Obi of Onitsha, His Royal Majesty, Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, Agbogidi, has commended Globacom for its efforts at re-awakening the cultural essence of the Nigerian people.

The monarch made the remarks in Onitsha on Saturday at the beginning of this year’s Ofala Festival celebrations. He noted with delight that Globacom had supported the Oreze International Arts Exhibition as part of the Ofala celebrations in the last two years.
While calling on Nigerians to show more concern for the under-privileged in society, Agbogidi said that in the course of his seclusion preceding the Ofala, he had communed with the ancestors and God to forgive the people’s communal misdeeds and give them a brighter and hopeful future.
“For the second year running, our indigenous artists have mounted an international art exhibition in this palace as part of the Ofala Festival. The exhibition is showing works from some eighty artists from Nigeria, Ghana, Benin Republic, Togo, and Nigerian artists in the Diaspora. We are grateful to Globacom and the contributing artists for collaborating with the organisers of the exhibition since inception. We would like to thank all our sponsors for their continued support to make Ofala Onitsha second to none as a cultural festival. In particular, we thank Globacom Limited, which has been our main partner for the fourth consecutive year,” the monarch said.
Igwe Achebe commended the Federal Government for the robust and the systematic response to contain the Ebola endemic, adding that, but for the way it was managed, the virus could have caused unimaginable havoc in the country.
In his goodwill message to the festival, Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr. (GCON), said that the 2014 Ofala Festival “means a lot to us in the Globacom family as it signals the beginning of a new phase in our relationship with the Onitsha palace on Ofala Festival.”