Ogbunka: Anambra Community Where Natural Resources Reside
Ogbunka, a community in Orumba-South local government area of Anambra State is one of the towns richly blessed and endowed with both human and natural resources.
The community could be best described as a virgin land and a vision untapped because the federal and state governments have not intensified their exploration activities therein as the community has the potentials of laying the ‘ golden egg ” for the nation at large.
Ogbunka community whose neighbours in Anambra state includes Umunze, Umuchukwu, Owerreezukala, Nawfija, Eziagu, Eziama, Umueji and a host of others in Orumba-South, also has boundaries with Imo, Abia and Enugu states respectively. The community consists of five villages which are Awuka, Agbala, Umunebo, Agwuoba and Isiokpu respectively; a closer appreciation of the town also reveals its agricultural potentials. The need to tap into the rich natural endowments of Ogbunka community becomes very pertinent as the town holds great proficiency for Internally Generated Revenue for the people and government of Anambra state.
According to the Independent, The town came to the fore at the coronation ceremony of Igwe Dr.Foster Ezenwa Ihejiofor at the Ogbunka Civic Centre where the five villages congregated before the forefathers and ancestors of Ogbunka kingdom in thanksgiving to God for having bestowed on the community another traditional ruler who takes over the custody of the customs and traditions of Ogbunka kingdom thirteen years after the former monarch returned to his ancestors in the land of the great beyond.
Amidst canon shots, masquerade performances, Ogene music and other traditional dance displays that rend the air at the Ogbunka Civic Centre, Igwe Dr. Foster Ezenwa Ihejiofor revealed that Ogbunka kingdom could be the goose that would lay the golden eggs for Anambra state because it is abundantly blessed with resources that could change the fortunes of the state and the nation at large.
