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Okrika Youths Set To Organise Festival
The President General of Wakirike Youth Federation (WYF), Comrade Charles T. Melford, has said that arrangement for the body to organise the maiden edition of Kon Festival is in top gear.
According to him, the event will hold in December.
He stated that the three-day festival is first of its kind in recent times and its geared towards fostering the existing peace and unify the Wakirike people in Rivers State.
Melford said this while briefing newsmen yesterday in Port Harcourt, saying that the Wakirike has abundant cultural values
He explained that Kon festival, is a fishing festival that will depict the rich traditional fishing gift of Wakirike people, adding that the festival has the features and potentials to be added in the world tourism calendar.
“The idea of this novelty event was conceived by members of WYF with the aim to foster the existing peace and expose the rich traditional fishing and masquerade displays and dance steps of Wakirike people to the outside world.”
Apart from that, he said the Kon festival is also aimed at unifying the Wakirike Kingdom.
He used the forum to commend King Ateke Tom, the Amanyanabo of Okochiri, for his immense contributions towards the festival.
“We thank our royal father, King Ateke Tom and other Amanyanapus of Wakirike Kingdom for their various contributions towards the festival”, he stated.
The President General also appealed to multinational companies, politicians and well meaning individuals to support the event to succeed.
Tonye Orabere
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Kalabari Media Forum Hails Recognition Of Dokubo Asari As Amayanabo
The Kalabari Media Forum has endorsed the recognition of Alabo, Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo Asari as the Amayanabo of Torusarama Piri and the historical relevance of the award.
A communique issued after the 2024 end of year summit of the Forum also commends the Executive Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialaye Joseph Fubara for the recognition which they described as the best end of year gift to the Kalabari people.
The Communique signed by the Coordinator of the Forum, Alabo Dagogo Clinton and the Secretary, Mr. Harry Awolayeofori Macmorrison states that the gesture should make the Kalabari people to get back to the drawing board and consolidate on existing inter and intra communal peace within the region.
According to the statement, Torusarama Piri was the first place where the founding fathers of Kalabari converged from different cultures, tribes and backgrounds. Adding that those saying that the Kalabari people are not united should think again.
” As the different founding fathers were able to form a formidable ethnic nationality, modern day Kalabari should be able to sink the differences between the constituent communities and with other non-Kalabari speaking neighbours to achieve the needed internal cohesion for development”. It states.
The Forum further congratulated Alabo Asari Dokubo on his recognition and urged him to use the opportunity to do even more for the Kalabari people and Rivers State as a whole.
According to the statement, the Forum is happy with the recognition of Dokubo Asari not because he is one of the patrons of the Forum, but because he is about the most Kalabari-centric figure living, who has also committed enormous resources for the protection of the Kalabari people.
They urged the Kalabari Se Kobiri and the entire people of the ethnic nationality to work with Alabo Dokubo Asari and put to rest speculations about Kalabari that some persons have exploited against the interest of the Kalabari people over the years.
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