A PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE OPENING RECEPTION CEREMONY
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Following Urhobo traditional practices, the UK & Belgium
Organizing Committee that hosted Urhobo Historical Society's
Third Annual Conference in London, England, made a presentation
of gifts consisting of money, drinks, and kola nuts to those who
had travelled from afar for the Conference. Chief Johnson
Barovbe, proprietor of Westminster College, Lagos, who hails
from Ovu in Agbon cultural unit of Urhoboland, accepted the
gifts on behalf of Conference participants. Sitting at the
center of the high table is the Chair of the Opening Ceremonies,
Olorogun Felix Ibru. Felix Ibru was the first civilian Governor
of Nigeria's Delta State. To the Governor's left are Mr.
Daniel Obiomah and his wife, Mrs. Lily Obiomah.
Daniel Obiomah
was the Special Guest of Honour of the Third Annual
Conference. |
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