Ofala festival in Ukpo which is usually held in the week that precedes Christmas, ends with a thanksgiving service at St. Mary’s Anglican Church Ukpo. In addition to some dignitaries that come from within and outside Nigeria to celebrate the Ofala with Prince Arthur Eze, the Ofala thanksgiving service is usually graced by different groups of choristers from within and outside Anambra State. It is the custom in St. Mary's Anglican Church, Ukpo every Ofala Thanksgiving Sunday for the Vicar to call on Prince Arthur Eze to come and talk to the congregation. And so, the long awaited time came and the Vicar of the Church as usual invited Prince Arthur Eze to talk to the congregation. You need to be there to see how one man dishes out millions and billions of Naira with his mouth. I nearly fainted as he mentioned the millions and billions he has given out already and yet to give out to different groups that are engraved in his diary. The ease within which he mentions these huge sums of money will make you think he plucks them from his backyard, and he does as he says. After all said and done, we got our own share. But hey, don’t start imagining how many millions we were given because ours is not that much but it is good. He loves Hymns and music and therefore will not want to lose the choir that comes around to sing for him. If he gives us millions or billions, what do you think? We will not desire to go sing for him again.

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