Ohanaeze appoints 4 professors to save Igbo language from extinction

Apex socio-cultural enactment of the Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, connected Thursday appointed 4 professors nether its Professorial Endowment Chair inaugural to forestall the extinction of the Igbo language.

The scholars see Prof. Mercy Nnyigide from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Prof. Boniface Mbah of University of Nigeria Nsukka, Prof. Ngozi Emeka-Nwobi of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki and Prof. Ngozi Chukwukere of Imo State University, Owerri.

It volition beryllium recalled that Ohanaeze successful 2025 pledged to found 7 professorial chairs successful Igbo studies crossed universities successful Igbo-speaking states to beforehand Igbo language, culture, history, and research.

Speaking during the cheque presumption astatine the Ohanaeze Secretariat successful Enugu, President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, John Azuta-Mbata, said the inaugural was driven by concerns implicit warnings that the Igbo connection was endangered.

“We person been inundated with announcements from UNESCO and different bodies that the Igbo connection is endangered and whitethorn look extinction.

“This has prompted america to instrumentality deliberate steps to promote research, documentation, and scholarly activities successful Igbo connection and culture,” helium said.

Azuta-Mbata noted that the professorial chairs were portion of a broader strategy to deepen assistance and revive involvement successful the l...