Comrade Johnson Agada charges parents to pass cultural values to their ward

The chairman Mannex production and organizer of Ogbadibo cultural carnival has emphasized the need for parents to pass the cultural values of the Idoma tribe to their wards in order to preserve the tradition of unity and social cohesion taught by cultural events taught by our forefathers. Agada whose company, Mannex production, has sponsored so many event over the years as part of its Heritage Series. He reiterated that unless parents took it upon themselves to propagate the values behind the cultural events, the next generation may consider the carnival fetish and thereby jettison them. He disclosed that the theme of this year’s celebration is curbing social menace in society through cultural celebration and celebrating our cultural heritage in other to succinctly captures the societal relevance of the CARNIVAL within the current milieu as well as a common resolve to ensure that it is cascaded to the next generation as a source of pride and honour for the Ogbadibo people and Idoma race.

The entertainment mogul and culture enthusiast recalled that “Over the years, Ogbadibo has remained not only a point of crystallization and social re-engineering; it is as well an avenue for the constellation of ideas and initiatives that are geared towards prompting the growth of the society and the wellness of its people”. He however declared that unless the next generation understood the essence of the carnival, it would soon become moribund especially in the event of the growing penchant for Western cultures by the Idoma youth. According to him, Ogbadibo cultural carnival is going to be an exhibition platform to display the cultural wealth of the people and the values that unite them and has assumed the role of a social melting pot where all divergent issues affecting the lives of the people are processed, congealed and digested and where the sons and daughters of Idomaland both home and abroad are mindful of their collective responsibility as active players in the socio-economic growth of the geographical space known as Idomaland. Comrade Agada consistent support for the carnival which has been of immeasurable value to the rapidly growing stature of the event, Agada further enthused that the Ogbadibo people had played significant roles in the social, political and economic history of Benue State.