ABSENCE AT IRI JI MBAISE: Is It a Sign of Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s disdain for the Mbaise Nation?
The Iri ji (new yam) is an annual rich cultural festival reveredly held by the Igbo people at the end of the rainy season in early August. The ceremony which is a very culturally based occasion, tying individual Igbo communities together as essentially agrarian and dependent on yam, is usually done as a thanksgiving for…