Igala:the plight of Igala people in Anambra state

IGALA:THE PLIGHT OF IGALA PEOPLE IN ANAMBRA STATE.
   lgala is an ethnic group In Nigeria with over ten million population as of now.   The home of the Igala people is situated east of the river Niger and Benue confluence and astride the Niger.
  the Igala people share boundary with the igbos(ibo) people at the south, idoma at the east, Benis people at the west and Ebira people at the north.
   The Igala people are found in Kogi state with 55 percent of kogi state population and also found in Anambra state, Enugu state, Edo state and Delta state.
   The Igala people which are found in the Anambra west are mostly  Mmiata Anam, Umuoba-Abegbu Anam, Umuenwelum Anam, Oroma-Etiti,Umueze Anam, Umudora Anam, Umuikwu Anam, Inoma-Akator, Nzam, Igbedor and Iyiora Anam all from the family of Ogbe the descendants of General Ajida, a notable warrior of Idah origin(Idah is traditional headquarters of Igala kingdom) Ajida is the father of field marshal Ogbe who was married to Iyida.
The  family of ogbe and other Anambra west villages. Anam, Anako, and Akpanam people have recently neglected their real tribe Igala which was the language they were speaking originally as their mother tongue before the Nigeria civil war.
   As a Igala tribe in an Igbo state, it is very difficult because Anambra state government has make it compulsory for all the school to speak igbo(ibo) through out which sometime makes it difficult for Igala young one to speak Igala.
  Igala people in Anambra west are making a lot of mistakes now because some of them are given igbo names to their children rather than Igala name.  They know that they are Igala people but the Anambra west generations of youths does not really knows who there are rather they thinks they are igbo because most of them bears Igbo names.
   The history of Nzam are traces back to descendants of General Ajida, a notable warrior of Idah origin who came to the town. Ajida is the father of field marshal Ogbe who was married to Iyida. He was the first settler of the present place Ogbe area of Anambra west.
   In my interview with a man called chinedu Idoko an indigene of the land.  I ask him about himself and his tribes and also his names.
This was his reply,  my names is chinedu Idoko, I am an Igala man,  but I bears igbo names while my father names Idoko Atama an Igala names. I was given the name after the Nigeria civil war in in 1971.
  Speaking further to chinedu.
Why are you people in this Generation doesn't want to give yourself Igala names again?  I don't know maybe it is because we are living in Anambra an Igbo state. But we still speak our Igala language as our mother tongue.
Most youths in Anambra who are bearing Igbo names and some times are not living in Anambra west will thinks that there are igbos not knowing there Igala people.
Our land has lack development and government neglection on our land.  Our only roads that links our town is not something we might talks about because it is not good.
Nzam people must know their origin and try to preserve their origin before it dies off.
An advice to Ogbe family of Anambra west. Stop given your children Igbo names and teach your children how to speak Igala.
Do you know that the king of Nzam originally was called Ide of Nzam. Which means the Guardian of Nzam people. Ide means Guardian in igala not igwe now they are calling them.
This post was written by Ojonugwa Victor, an admin of Igala nation unite freedom fighter and should not be copy without consulting me.
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