15th October 2025
The 2023 Governorship Candidate of the Young Progressives Party, in Abia State Dr. Chimaobi Anyaso, has stressed the need for national unity, advancement in education and enhancement of national cultural pride in Nigeria to move the country to a higher height.
Anyaso, stated this while speaking to journalists during 2025 edition of his annual new yam cultural festival titled, “Iri Ji Ofuji 2025”.
“With unity, Nigeria will achieve more cohesion as a political entity, with serious advancement in education, Nigeria will have a place in the committee of learned countries in the world, particularly in this age of Artificial Intelligence, and with development of cultural exhibitions, Nigeria will make itself a tourist heaven and money will flow.”
Anyaso, who bears the traditional title of “Ofuji Ndi Igbo”, said the theme of this year’s celebration is, “Celebration of Two Decades of Bountiful Harvest: The Role of Education and Training in Cultivating the Next Generation of Wealth Creators”.
The occasion which took place at the palace of HRH Eze Anyanta Joseph in Igbere, coincided with his 45th birthday.
The Abia politician said he was celebrating the new yam festival in line with the cultural practice in Igbo land “to thank God for bountiful harvest in 2025”.
According to him, “when you thank God for what he has done. He will do more for you. We are thanking Him for also keeping us alive to reap what we planted. Staying alive to harvest what you planted is at the mercy of God. Many are not alive to reap what they sowed.Again, I celebrate my new age to thank God and to ask for more years”.
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