ABU Management, Alumni attend 2024 Ofala festival in Onitsha
… Felicitate with Chancellor on historic event
A delegation of Ahmadu Bello University led by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof Ahmed Doko Ibrahim, attended this year’s Ofala festival in Onitsha in Anambra State.
It felicitated with His Majesty Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha, on the historic event.
His Majesty is the Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
The theme for this year’s festival is ‘Courage, Perseverance, Self-reliance’. The theme responds to rapidly deteriorating situation in the country which demands self-sustenance.
Also, a delegation of Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Association Worldwide, led by its President, Malam Adamu Mamman Kontagora, attended the occasion.
The two delegations paid homage to His Majesty and felicitated with him on the 23rd Ofala festival of his reign on the throne as Obi of Onitsha.
Other members of the University Management on the delegation included the Registrar, Malam Rabi’u Samaila; the Director, Directorate of Advancement and International Education, Prof Sani Abba Aliyu; and the Director, Public Affairs Directorate, Malam Auwalu Umar.
They also included the former Head of Department of Fine Art, Prof Ken Okoli; and the Special Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor, Malam Auwal Yusuf Mohammed.
The ABU Alumni President was accompanied to the event by the association’s Vice-president, South East, Mr. Nwokoye Mathew Okechukwu; and the association’s Chairman, Anambra State Chapter, Sir Victor Okoli KSM.
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Public Affairs Directorate,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (AUD)
Saturday, 19th October, 2024.
