The General Manager, Corporate Communications, Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Dr. Obinna Joseph Ezeobi, has admonished the younger generation to acquaint themselves and avail themselves of the opportunity of writing, which will enable them to excel in their future endeavors.
Dr. Obinna made the call during the unveiling ceremony of the Igboukwu undergraduate essay writing competition, sponsored by Dr. Obinna Ezeobi Foundation, at the grand initiation ceremony of his Nze Nâ Ọzọ initiation as Nze, Eze Ịfeakọnaobi Nâ Igboukwu ancient kingdom at his country home, Igboukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.
He said, “Today I am unveiling Dr. Obinna Ezeobi Foundation Essay Competition for Igboukwu undergraduate students, and there are prizes to be won”.
“The intent is to encourage young ones to study hard and continue to write essays that will form part of their future. If you write well, you will excel. I am a writer; I have worked in different media platforms. And today, where I work, I am also a writer; with writing, I have excelled in life.
I believe our young people can equally write well and go far places. Writing not only elevates you, but it also puts you on the path of leadership. Therefore, I enjoin our people to be part of other endeavors of life, but we also need to go to school and be educated”.
Dr. Obinna Ezeobi posited further, “We have done the cultural part of today’s event, which is my Nze Nâ Ọzọ title initiation. The unveiling of Igboukwu undergraduates’ essay competition is the intellectual part of today’s occasion. I am a man of two parts: cultural and intellectual”
This part of the event is my support for Igboukwu sons and daughters in the higher institutions. We must encourage our sons and daughters who are in learning institutions,” Dr. Ezeobi stated.
In an exclusive interview with theportcitynews, Teleola Oyeleke, the Assistant Manager, Planning and Internal Policy, Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, commended Dr. Ezeobi for his human development gestures and expressed his delight at the events of the day.
He said, “Today’s events are wonderful ones, and it is an epoch-making event that we have planned for long before now”.
“It is a two-in-one event; he took the Ọzọ title, and he also launched Dr. Obinna Ezeobi Foundation through the commencement of an essay competition for undergraduates in Igboukwu ancient kingdom. This is a way of giving back to the society that built him. This is encouraging, and we call others to emulate it; promoting education, growth, and development of the young ones in one’s environment”
Teleola expressed further, “Dr. Obinna Ezeobi today took the title of Nze in Igboukwu kingdom. This is the title he has earned over a period of time due to his hard work and diligence, having been a cultural and native person. His community has found him worthy to be conferred with the Ọzọ title in Igboukwu kingdom.
It is a welcome event, and it’s also worthwhile to note that Dr. Obinna Ezeobi has been a very good community person and an active activist of growth and development in his native environment and in his professional life.”
Present at the events were: Chief Ifeanyi Ezeịfe and Chief Nathan Egba, two-time former commissioner for information in Bayelsa State; other former commissioners; honorable members; past President Generals of Igboukwu Kingdom; and Academics who have excelled through academics.
