FOUNDER’S INDUCTION ADDRESS
AT 2018 UMUADA IGBO ORGANIZATION USA INC.
HOUSTON BRANCH INDUCTION
Honorable Chairman, Ichie Ezeugonna Engineer Emma Odimgbe, the members of the high table, distinguished guests, titled men and women, Ladies and gentlemen, supporters and well-wishers, and all of you wonderful citizens of our good Republic, greetings. On behalf of all the members and Branches of Umuada Igbo Organization USA Inc., with joy and gladness, we warmly welcome all of you to this one of a kind Induction of Umuada Igbo Organization USA Inc. Houston Branch. God bless the great City of Houston.
We are here this evening Saturday, July 7, 2018 to induct our sisters in Houston, Texas to consummate the welcome process into this one of a kind sorority of Umuada Igbo Organization, to uphold our proud, rich, and noble heritage, to enable them to continue to enjoy the unique camaraderie native to Umuada Igbo Sorority.
Honorable members of Umuada Igbo, our brothers and sisters in Houston, please join me, to congratulate the Umuada Igbo Organization USA, Houston branch and all the Executive Officers and members of the Branch, for the good job they have done in nurturing the Branch from its infancy to its adulthood. Thank you very much. We appreciate all your efforts. We commend all of you for your dedication to the progress, welfare and values of the 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.
Before the induction ceremony, let me remind the members that membership of Umuada Igbo Organization comes with responsibilities that start with fidelity to the principles policies and moto of Umuada Igbo.
The motto as you were told when you joined this organization is INTEGRITY, UNITY, PEACE AND PROGRESS. These principles and virtues, otherwise, motto 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, as we all know, 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.
Finally, we thank our National President Lolo Christie Nwaiwu (Oledo) and all the Executive Officers, and our National Board of Directors, National Advisors, and all our Umuada Igbo sisters, Presidents, Officers and Branches throughout USA and Overseas. Our efforts here today and every day will bespeak a desire to see all Umuada Igbo united to promote and uphold our culture. Once more, we heartily welcome all of you here tonight to this wonderful induction ceremony. As you see these elegant and beautiful ladies shine tonight, so will they shine in executing the Umuada Igbo programs to reach for the sky and to see the Igbos achieve their common destiny.
With cordial regards, thank you,
CONGRATULATIONS TO UMUADA IGBO ORGANIZATION USA INC.,
HOUSTON BRANCH.
Ezenwanyi Lady Bridget Akazie (BB)
Founder/Grand Patron, Umuada Igbo Organization USA Inc