Today, a prophet is recognized by his own people
JAN 3, 2021
Pictures, they say, sometimes speak louder than words. To some extent, that might be true. It is just as these colourful pictures captured the vibrancy of the chieftaincy title-taking ceremony of Professor Kingsley Chiedu Ayodele Moghalu, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (2009-2014) and Presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) during the 2019 presidential elections. The event took place in his native Nnewi Community on Monday 28 December 2020.
Professor Moghalu was conferred with the traditional title of “Ifek’ego” – meaning “Greater than Money” – by the traditional ruler of the Ancient Kingdom of Nnewi, HRH Igwe Dr. Kenneth Orizu III at the Igwe’s 57th annual Ofala celebration. The Igwe celebrated the Ofala on his 95th birthday anniversary and used the opportunity to honour a few indigenes of the community who distinguished themselves in various disciplines. Professor
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Professor Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and a presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, was recently conferred with the traditional title of Ifek’ego Nnewi (‘That which is greater than money’) by the Igwe of Nnewi, HRH Dr. Kenneth Orizu III.
The title was conferred by the monarch of the 600 year-old kingdom at a colourful ceremony in Nnewi during his 57th yearly Ofala Festival on December 28, 2020.
With this recognition, Moghalu is now a member of the prestigious Body of Titled Chiefs of Nnewi, one of Nigeria’s most dynamic commercial towns. x
Igwe Orizu, 95, and one of Africa’s longest reigning monarchs, having clocked 57 years on the throne, said that he conferred the Ifek’ego title on Moghalu in recognition of his “meritorious contributions to the development of Nnewi town.”