Anambra traditional rulers have pledged their support to efforts to save Igbo language and Culture from going into Extinction.
The Deputy Chairman, Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, and traditional ruler of Okpuno community in Awka South Council Areas, Igwe Sunday Okafor, made the pledge when a US based Igbo Advocate paid them a courtesy visit at their Council Headquarters, Government House, Awka.
Igwe Okafor who welcomed the August Visitor pledged the traditional rulers’ unalloyed support towards saving the Igbo Language from Extinction.
He urged other royal fathers, parents, guidians and care givers to always teach their children / wards Igbo language.
The traditional Rulers of Isseke, Igwe Emma Nnabuife, his Ezinato counterpart, Igwe Ezenwaka as well as Igwe Joel Egwuonwu of Umuawulu also harped on the need to teach the younger ones Igbo traditional dress code/ attires, proverbs and other Igbo quotes.
The traditional rulers also frowned at those who pervert the culture that woman should be allowed to break Kolanuts or assume rightful positions meant for men in the diaspora.
He called on such individuals to retrace their steps as according to them, the importance of Igbo language to Ndi Igbo can not be over emphasized.
Speaking earlier, the US based Igbo Advocate, Prince Okwuchukwu Nwosu, commended the stance of the royal fathers to save Igbo language culture.
He condenmed a situation where a woman is about to assume position that rightfully belongs to men as a result of alien culture.
Prince Nwosu stated categorically that the Igbo language is the symbol of identity, a medium of communication, adding that most cherished norms and behaviors are preserved in the language, hence the need to save it from going into Extinction.
