South African President – Jacob Zuma
What Zuma’s Igbo Title Means
South African President, Jacob Zuma has been conferred with a traditional title of Igboland, the South Eastern part of Nigeria, ‘Ochiagha Imo’. It means the War Commander of Imo.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and the Eze Imo (King of Imo), His Royal Highness (HRH) Samuel ohiri, led traditional rulers on Saturday who gave Zuma the title.
The governor also unveiled a giant statue of Zuma in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
Zuma has also charged African leaders to invest more in the education African children as a way of empowering them.
He made the remarks during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), between his foundation, Zuma Foundation and Rochas Foundation, hosted by Okorocha, at the Rochas Foundation African College, at SPIBAT, Owerri.
Zuma said that the unity of African continent must be seen in the light of doing it than saying it.
His words: ”Why I have a foundation; people may not understand it. I am passionate about education to empower African children. My father died when I was young. My advice for Africans is that they should imbibe the culture of reading. I read so many books about oppression of people. That gave me an insight on the plight of some Africans.
So, when you read, you understand the solutions of African problem. Education empowers; gives hope to the hapless. It is my conviction that the African child must be educated.”