Prominent sons and daughters, together with friends and well-wishers of the Oro nation conveyed at the Oro Civic Centre, Oron in Akwa Ibom State on Thursday the 28th of December for the 2018 Conference/Festival of Culture. The event was held under the theme “restructuring Nigeria: towards moving Oro forward – issues and perspectives”.

Declaring the event open, the President General of Oron Union – Chief (Mrs) Janet Asuquo Amba noted that it was the first time the Union was hosting the event in collaboration with the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC). She reminded participants that the conference was aimed basically at promoting cultural ties between the various Clans as well as “provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and also to showcase Oro culture to the world”.

The first of the 3-day event featured sounding of traditional canon, traditional dances, inspection of arts/craft booth, inspection of the traditional cuisine booth, ballad rendition and presentation of Awards to deserving members of the society, who have distinguished themselves in the service of humanity. During the event, there was a colourful display of the rich cultural heritage of the Oron people such as the Ekpo, Ekpe, Abang, Ekong, Edeme Awan Nkugho, Mbaya, Kongoma, Mbok and Afiakegit. Click the link below to CONTINUE reading and VIEW more pictures ==> https://www.aksu360.com/2018/12/p-rominent-sons-and-daughters-together.html)