He recalled that on assumption of office in 2022, the current executive members of ASMATA, generated an unprecedented N2.9 billion for the state government.
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Why Igbo attach importance to names
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• Some people believe that names connote good or bad luck
• Names of communities reflect their roots
• Our names immortalize our linage Nveneh, Ishi-Ozalla PG
• They reflect the attachment of the people to their god Akwukwegbu
• Names have ancestral meanings in Igboland Obasi
•Ohanaeze chieftains in a meeting
By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Dennis Agbo, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Ugochukwu Alaribe, Chinedu Adonu, Chinonso Alozie, Ikechukwu Odu & Steve Oko
NDIGBO attach a lot of importance to the names they bear; both individual names and names of their communities. There are varied reasons for this. The names are so valued that in case of community names, any attempt to change it without the agreement of the entire community always led to crisis.