Following the announcement of Prince Mathew Alaji Opaluwa as the Ata Igala Designate by the Kogi state Government, Idah, the traditional headquarters of the Igala people and the Ancient Ata Igala’s Palace in particular has been agog with activities, preparatory to the installation of the Ata to sit on the ancient throne of Igala Kingdom
Ojuju Agbadufu, Igala forum which is the foremost Igala Youth Social Cultural Organization World Wide has taken cleaning the Palace as their own Contribution
Speaking to OBSERVERSTIMES at the Palace, the President in Council Mr Christopher Ukwenya and the Clerk of Council Comr. Maji Isah who were literally happy supervising the workers expressed happiness and satisfaction in their role
Comr Maji Isah in his own Words ” I am happy to be a part of this process
Speaking the President said ” There’s a lot of work to be done here in the Palace to make it appealing as we are expecting people from all over World to visit Idah soon to witness the ancient Installation process of Agabaidu that is returning from his hunting expedition. Ojuju Agbadufu is currently clearing the Palace as a way of contribution and we are happy doing it. There’s a lot to be done and I use this opportunity to call on every Igala Sons and Daughters, foremost Organizations to come through for the land by making a contribution in ensuring we fix the palace to look befitting for the return of Agabaidu”
” little little contributions like this by many people and organisations would amount to a huge work done on aggregate. Let’s not leave this for anyone to come do it for us. It is our duty, it is our responsibility to fix our house when expecting visitors and so everyone should make their own contributions however small” he concluded
Comr Maji Isah in his own Words ” I am happy to be a part of this process. It is a lifetime opportunity and so I do not take it for granted. Idah is history, The Ata Igala Palace is history and so when I match the ground here, I do it with caution because I am walking on a historic site”
” In the last one year that Igala Nation has been in mourning, the grasses in the Palace has grown so fast and so big that it taking Ojuju Agbadufu the employment of over 25 persons to do a manual clearing while employing three machines to work on other parts. This guys has worked for three days now and they will still work for two more days considering the situation we met. The Palace is really fertile which is a representative of the entire Igala soil” he said
Though the date for the Inauguration has not been officially announced yet, but the Igala people are turning every stones in the Palace to make sure the occasion is colorful