Onye ji ofor-who holds the aces or rather staff of authority?

You might just as well hold the aces,why not,reborn.it is your own makings but with a clause this time,to serve and deliver.
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Still to figure out what you're about tosay.

Rule the roost in your own little way,make a diffrence,leadership is not a perquisite right of anybody,but for those with insights and selfless spirits.

It is like those that still believe in osu class(slaves descendants),and the osu's themselves believing they osus,man and self imposed derogatory and injustice.Leadership in nigeria today is chaotic,and it should no longer be left in the hands of the so-called ruling elites that have so far brought the country to her knees.

redsun:

Onye ji ofor-who holds the aces or rather staff of authority?

You might just as well hold the aces,why not,reborn.it is your own makings but with a clause this time,to serve and deliver.
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I can not understand you sir!! besides offor to my understanding is not staff

romeo:


I can not understand you sir!! besides offor to my understanding is not staff

Ofor is staff of in Igbo land

In Igbo language ofor is justice (oji ofor he who has justice in his hand). it's not a real staff. But some chief priest do hold ofor as symbol of justice to who ever do wrong. and the ofor represent something that a common man can hope for to have his justice and it's something that a true igboman never take for granted cause it punishment is that of OGU which lead to the intervention of the god of thunder.
So ofor is not a staff while staff in igbo language is Mkpara. OFOR NA OGU is not a name an IGBOMAN mention in vain. hope I made it clear.

ofor eze. . .kings staff of office
Oji ofor. . . .symbol of justice.a just justice
@OP what are you trying to say?whats the message now?whats all these rantings abt osu?

Ama m ihe m na-eme ma amaghi m ihe na-eme m

echelon:

Ama m ihe m na-eme ma amaghi m ihe na-eme m

kpomkwem

Work it out,whether aces,symbol of justice,staff of office,it all connects,it's about you taking a stand as an individual and start making a diffrence.The staff of office,justice or authority,whatever,doesn't recognise who holds it,it is the person that holds that knows what it stands for.

Stop winging and start thinking,there is no specific explanation to proverbs,see the world in your own eyes and reinterpret words for positive and constructive changes.

In a nutshell,leadership is a total failure so far in nigeria,we need to inject some new blood and ideas,not just inherent backward traditions and procedures of stealing and redundancies.

redsun:

Work it out,whether aces,symbol of justice,staff of office,it all connects,it's about you taking a stand as an individual and start making a diffrence.The staff of office,justice or authority,whatever,doesn't recognise who holds it,it is the person that holds that knows what it stands for.

Stop winging and start thinking,there is no specific explanation to proverbs,see the world in your own eyes and reinterpret words for positive and constructive changes.

In a nutshell,leadership is a total failure so far in nigeria,we need to inject some new blood and ideas,not just inherent backward traditions and procedures of stealing and redundancies.

A true talk from a true son of the soil.
But sir, can you set up an example for us to follow?

presido1:

Ofor is staff of in Igbo land

Igboland adi abuo? LoL!! Just leave Be Eliza and come home sharp sharp, you're calling Ofor "staff"?

"Oji ofor aga" does not mean "walking with staff" rather it means a straight forward person

Ofor does not stand for authority to my understanding, rather it stands for "Justice and Fairness"

Egbe beli,Ugo beli- Let the kite perch,and let the Eagle perch,the one that refuses the other to perch,let her wings be hacked.It is time we begin to see meanings in our adages and parables and begin to act on it,maybe it will give us some sense of selfless responsibilities,care and love for one another and most of all basic human independence for all.

Understanding the fundamentals sets you free.

redsun:

Egbe beli,Ugo beli- Let the kite perch,and let the Eagle perch,the one that refuses the other to perch,let her wings be hacked.It is time we begin to see meanings in our adages and parables and begin to act on it,maybe it will give us some sense of selfless responsibilities,care and love for one another and most of all basic human independence for all.

Understanding the fundamentals sets you free.

Egbe belu, Ugo belu.

Thank you,that is what it is all about,getting it right.Revival

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Many words don't have a single meaning. The ofor can mean staff or symbol of authority and it can mean justice depending on the notion. During the Igbo precolonial administration, Okpara is the head of family and also the ofor holder. The ofor here symbolizes staff or symbol of authority.
Again when u say as an ordinary person who is not an Okpara or even an Okpara "ejim ofor na og
u. The ofor here symbolizes justice. So ofor doesn't meaning only staff or symbol of authority or justice alone. Thanks.

Staff in this notion does not signifies walking stick but position. During the precolonial administration, even in most Igbo land today, the okparas are seen as the elders. The Okpara may not be the most senior but for the fact that he is holding the ofor, he is the elder in that family.
The ofor may not be a piece of stick as it used to be in those days but most Igbo land still recognize it. If u want to understand this better start attending customary courts in the south east especially in Imo, Anambra and Abia states.