Urges Igbos to bury their dead.
The Omu of Anioma, Obi Martha Dunkwu has urged the federal government to give constitutional roles to traditional rulers, stressing that before the government came the communities functioned properly under their sole watch and care.
Obi Martha Dunkwu made the call on Monday December 5th 2023, at her palace in Okpanam, Oshimili North local government area, Delta State, when a delegation from the diaspora representing over 22 milion Nigerians visited the state to present a Global Icon Award for her contributions to the rich African heritage.
“So I am urging the federal government to put traditional rulers in the constitution, because when they were in charge of their villages when we did not have Nigeria, the villages were functioning."
“So let them give them a role in the constitution and hold them responsible."
Omu Anioma while speaking adviced the Igbos on the need to bury their dead from the Civil War for peace to reign in the land
You have your own problems unsolved but go about anioma lands creating division where there's none, please stop it."
While appreciating the Member representing the Oshimili South state constituency at the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Barr Bridget Anyafulu, a woman she tagged a great philanthropist, Omu Anioma instructed Hon Anyafulu to call a meeting of all young anioma women intrested politics to train them to come into politics the right way and not through the back door there by reducing women in politics to nothing.
She admonished that we put in same effort in the male child as in the female child.
In his words "I bring you great news on behalf of over 22 million people in diaspora."
"We are here to honor a woman who has taken the fight both home and abroad, our one and only global icon of cultural heritage."
He also hinted that the award would had been presented earlier but the Omu couldn't come to the UK because of her traditional engagements which made them push it till this time and also come to her palace harping on a catch phrase that " if the Mohammed doesn't come to the mountain, the mountain would come to Mohammed "
“Everyday she makes a comment and if you are reasonable enough you take the comment and read meaning into it, you will understand that she has been playing her role.
“Am happy that she is doing this within the 16 Days of Activism and she is talking about the girl child. She is talking about the rights of the girl child, talking about the role of the woman in the society.
“She is talking about the impact of women participation in politics in the last twenty four years, these are the I she has raised. All the issues she raised here today are very germane,”
She said "parenting has failed, the only thing we can do is to go back to the children and do our best because with this current generation we have lost."
"Lets also apologize to our children and see how we can hand over legacies of morals and values and hopefully this nation can have peace, lets stop the blame game and take responsibility of our homes, let's blame the govt less but ourselves, for if you don't know your children before 10 years then you have lost them."
The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ Delta State Council Comrade Churchill Oyowe, a Special Guest at the event, stated that the award did not come as a surprise, because the Omu had made her local community to gain global attention by her women rights activism.
“She is a strong voice who has attained international status, but has cascaded all that to the local environment, bringing to mind that when you have global understanding it should be made relevant to your community and she has done that excellently,” he said.
