About Umuada Igbo Organization
The name Umuada Igbo, with all its honor, pomp, and colors, engenders our responsibility and allegiance to our Igbo heritage, culture, and tradition which are the embodiment of our strong and enviable Igbo family values and extended family system.
As an Organization, Umuada Igbo Organization is a non-political and non-governmental Organization. Its membership is derived from the Umuada citizens of Nigeria’s seven Igbo speaking States – Abia, Anambra, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, and Rivers.
It is formed and registered in the USA as an Organization for the education and advancement of women, to promote and propagate our Igbo language, culture and tradition, in other words, to inculcate in our people and children our time-honored enviable family values and extended family system and relationships.
Above all, it is incepted to promote peace, progress, unity and camaraderie among our women, families, and Igbos in general.
OUR MOTO: INTEGRITY, UNITY, PEACE AND PROGRESS
Ezenwanyi Bridget Akazie Grand Patron & Founder Umuada Igbo Organization
Presidents of Umuada Igbo Organization
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Initiatives
Membership of Umuada Igbo Organization comes with responsibilities that start with fidelity to the principles policies and moto of Umuada Igbo. Our motto: INTEGRITY, UNITY, PEACE AND PROGRESS. These principles and virtues are what Umuada Igbo exude in all their actions, dealings and relationships.
They are embedded in the fabric of our being. The culture of Integrity and care-taker-ship of one another including the less privileged in our community, are the strength of our family values and the bedrock of our leadership.
It is a culture we must always uphold and socialize with our children through education, tolerance, communication, and development of human resources. We need these to ensure success in any walk of life of our choice.
Integrity encompasses respect, honesty, truthfulness, responsibility, and financial rectitude. This which includes accountability and transparency, and as leaders, we must always exhibit and exude them. Invariably, they are also crucial ingredients of peace that will cement our unity and oneness.