The Anioma nation has cancelled the celebration of the annual Anioma Cultural Festival for 2024. The president of the Organisation For the Advancement of Anioma Culture, OFAAC, Mr Kester Ifeadi, disclosed on Wednesday that the decision to cancel the celebration is to honour and respect the departed Anioma monarchs, the Asagba of Asaba, Obi (Prof.
The Anioma nation has cancelled the celebration of the annual Anioma Cultural Festival for 2024. The president of the Organisation For the Advancement of Anioma Culture, OFAAC, Mr Kester Ifeadi, disclosed on Wednesday that the decision to cancel the celebration is to honour and respect the departed Anioma monarchs, the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Chike Edozien and Omu Martha Dunkwu.
The Asagba in his time attended all our festivals until recently, when he could not because of old age but he ensured that his first-class chiefs always represented him.” When quizzed if the cancellation of the Anioma cultural festival will be a precedent for future occurrences, Ifeadi said that the Anioma nation is only responding to the peculiar nature of its reality, as he mooted that the annual cultural festival will come back stronger in 2025.