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ENUGU: PG seeks police protection over Ozalla chieftaincy election
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By Dennis Agbo
President General of Ishi-Ozalla community in Nkanu west local government area of Enugu state, Mr Obinna Nveneh has asked the police in the state to secure the community from impending mayhem that he said may take place in the community on Saturday, April 24.
Addressing newsmen at the Enugu press centre, on Friday, Nveneh said that all his executive members abandoned him and took sides with some stakeholders in the community, whom he alleged were bent on conducting a skewed election to fill the vacant position of their late traditional ruler.
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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.