Bianca Ojukwu speak on Igbo fallen heroes not properly honoured

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Widow of the late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca , has said Igbo fallen heroes are not properly honoured .

She said such personalities should be immortalised in such a way that would reflect their ideals and philosophies.

Bianca expressed this in a funeral tribute to a former President General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Dozie Ikedife in Nnewi , Anambra State.

While calling for proper immortalisation of Ikedife , Bianca asked the Ndigbo to brace for such occasions by working out good immortalisation schemes for their people .

She said , “It has always been an issue on how to immortalise great men, especially of Igbo extraction .

“ I think individuals ; organisations and institutions should sit down and think of enduring monument for such great people .

Such monument should not just be in making statutes to remember the dead .

“ It should involve setting up of projects that show the person ’ s philosophies, ideologies and all the things he believed in life .

Such beliefs, philosophies, ideologies should have a place they are discussed, espoused, promoted and investigated, ” she stated .

She described Ikedife as an extraordinary man whom she said spent time with her late husband, Ojukwu, to tackle issues that promoted Igbo cause .

“ He was a true Igbo man who advanced the warfare and cause of the Igbo nation .

He was always there to fight for their rights, ” she stated.

Ikedife died on December 11 , 2018 , and was buried the next day according to his wish .

His family organised a day of tributes for him on Saturday .