Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, delivers a lecture at the 2019 Ahiajoku Lecture series which started yesterday, Friday, November 29 and continued today Saturday, November 30 at the Ahiajoku Convention Centre in Owerri, Imo State.
The Ahiajoku Festival and Colloquium is a forum for Igbo intellectual harvest and cultural renaissance founded in 1979 by the then governor of Imo State, Sam Mbakwe.
According to the organisers, the 2019 edition marks the fortieth anniversary of the pan Igbo cultural festival.
According to Dr. Amanze Obi, the DG Ahiajoku Institute, Owerri, the Lecture Series, was initiated as an intellectual festival that celebrates Igbo civilization and culture.
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“The Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has taken it upon himself to revive the almost moribund lecture series as part of his intervention in culture and tourism in the state,” Obi said.
“This year’s festival will draw attention to the great attainments of the Ahiajoku lecture series since it’s inception 40 years ago,” he added.
Chidoka, described as an avid lover of Igbo culture, who is a special guest of the governor, will deliver a lecture on ‘Leadership in Igboland: Urgent Need For A Paradigm shift’.
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Eminent Igbo scholars who have delivered a lecture in the Ahiajoku colloquium include but not limited to Professor Ben Nwabueze, Professor Chinua Achebe, Professor Pius Okigbo, Professor Chinedu Nebo, Professor Emmanuel Obiechina, V.C. Uchendu, M.A. Onwuejiogu, among others.
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