PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
Igarra Development Association (IDA) for Inaugural AGM and
Reception on December 26, 2016
ABUJA, December 14, 2016: Igarra Development Association (IDA),
a community development association, will on December 26, 2016,
hold its inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Igarra, the
headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area in Edo State.
The association will use the occasion to hold a reception for
Mr. Taiwo Akerele, the Chief of Staff to the Edo State Governor,
and Mr. John Mayaki, the Acting Chief Press Secretary to the
governor. They were recently appointed by the Governor of Edo
State, His Excellency, Mr Godwin Obaseki, after having served
meritoriously in the previous government of Mr Adams Oshiomole.
Another important activity scheduled for the day, is a Business
Forum, the forum is meant for members of the association and the
greater Igarra community to brainstorm on business ideas that can
be used to uplift Igarra town and its people the aim is to
transform Igarra to a commercial nerve centre in the Edo North
Senatorial Zone and environs.
IDA was formed in May 2016 by likeminded individuals desirous of
the infrastructural and physical development of Igarra. The
Association has continued to grow in terms of membership and
relevance. IDA is an association of Igarra indigenes who reside in
Igarra, throughout Edo State, all over Nigeria, and in the
diaspora. It was formed to drive the development of Igarra from
leveraging on cooperating with government, indigenes, friends,
well-wishers and the business community of the town.
Speaking on the forthcoming AGM, Chief Mike Ukana, President of the
Association, said that, “We have decided to come together as a
people to work for the development of Igarra. A people united, as
you know, can achieve whatever they set their minds to achieve and
that is already working for us. We are therefore forging forward
with a sense of focus.”
Chief Ukana added that “we are glad to also use the occasion to
host two of our illustrious sons, Messrs. Taiwo Akerele and John
Mayaki, whom Governor Godwin Obaseki considered worthy to be called
to serve in his administration. We want to demonstrate that we are
proud of them and that we identify with their successes.”
The Administrator of IDA, Alhaji Abdulsalami Uba Ajayi explained
that, “The event is unique in that it will mark the formal
inauguration and the choosing of an Interim Executive Committee to
run the association. As at today, it is on record that Akoko-Edo is
the longest existing local government area (LGA) in Nigeria because
it has never been split since it was created. Igarra, the
headquarters of the LGA, has been neglected for no just reason for
so many decades. As a result, we have come together as one strong
body to be agents of change to bring development to Igarra and make
it a truly great community and center of excellence.”
Frederick Apeji,
Secretary, IDA Publicity Committee
+234 803 063 5853
fredoapeji@gmail.com
www.ida.org.ng