The paramount Fon of Bamendankwe Forchesiri III
took pains out on the 4th of January 2022 to explain to the
Press at the Palace Plaza the inside out of the dual traditional celebration
ceremony going on for his grand father Forchesiri II and father Nforngwa II who
ruled respectively from 1932 to 2020.
Speaking to the Press in the course of the two
weeks long symbolic traditional celebration ceremony, the Fon expressed
gratitude to his internal and external elites for their massive support,
contributions and mobilization.
He appreciated the infrastructural and
development works carried out by the village cultural and Development
association plus the traditional council to face lift the architectural values
of living structures in the palace and village by extension. He recognized the
individual and collective efforts of the people, above all, he thanked their
ancestors for paving the way and creating the room in the phase of the growing
Anglophone crisis for the dual ceremonies to succeed and go hitch free.
Hear him as he exploded with joy to the Press,
“that the Neukwe, is a symbolic ceremony because it is an opportunity for sons
and daughters of Bamendakwe to come together to celebrate culture and
tradition, doing that to recognize their iconic rulers who have gone to the
world beyond interceding for them. As a village it is an opportunity for us to
celebrate their great achievements and unite our voice to canvas for collective
peace in the face of the growing socio political crisis in the Region. We are
happy with the mobilization and turn out from the Diaspora. This cultural manifestations,
gives us the opportunity additionally to bring them back and get them actively
involved in community development. At the end of the day through such a forum
we are making our people to understand that, unity and love is important. It is
equally a moment or opportunity for us to preach peace and reconcile fellow
love ones, friends and family.”
About his engagement and commitment with the
people, he said, “he is proud of the support and collaboration from all the
traditional institutions in the village which is why they have been able to
realize such a giant venture and all the infrastructural developments in and
out of the palace in no distance time. Solidarity, amongst the Bamendankwe man
he also emphasized was manifested through out the occasion, demonstrating love
for one another. Thanking the population for all their sacrifice, he further
appealed to the population to keep to their village commitments as he live up
to expectation to meet the common goal of every body and the common welfare of
the village.”
As a message of gratitude, “he stressed on the
maintenance of peace and the desire for peace to be sustained in and around the
village by the Bamendakwe man and why not the population of the North West by
extension.”
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