OVIE OF UVWIE CONFERS CHIEFTAINCY TITLES ON VETERAN
JOURNALIST, OMAFUME, 31 OTHERS

OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO

HRM (Dr.) Emmanuel E. Sideso Abe 1, JP, OON, Ovie of Uvwie
Kingdom will on Saturday, December 7, 2019 confer chieftaincy titles
on some illustrious sons and daughters of the Kingdom

Among those to be honoured is Mr. Omafume Amurun, a veteran
journalist, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Delta Online Publishers.
He is also the Co-Publisher, NewsRoom247.com.ng and Editor-in-
Chief, Urhobo Times.

Also to be honoured also is Hon. Peter Iffie, Senior Special Assistant to
Delta State Governor on Community Affairs and a onetime Vice
Chairman, Uvwie Local Government Council.

The occasion will witness the display of Uvwie traditional culture and
the popular Ema Dance group.

It could be recalled that HRM (Dr.) Emmanuel E. Sideso Abe 1, JP, OON announced the creation of new administrative units in Ekpan also known as Etche and the appointment of heads for effective administration of the new administrative units.

The revered Uvwie monarch said this was necessitated by the increasing population, expansion and developments in the kingdom and for administrative conveniences and governance.

As a result, three additional administrative units were created from the only one which formerly existed in Ekpan to make four. The (Etches) administrative units are as follows in order of seniority. 1.Etche r’ Ekpan, 2. Etche r Uvwori, 3.Etche r Oriokpo and 4.Etche r’Ohorhe.

Those to run the administrative units are Etche R’ Ekpan. 1.Hon. Peter Iffie Unuevworo(pending when he would be conferred chief). Chief Stephen Onadowan(Usiavre), Chief Das1 Gbegbaje(Esierha). 2. Etche R’ Uvwori, Chief Stephen Urumeji.( Unuevworo), Chief Mackintosh Ikpesa (Usiavre), Chief Okerediden(Esierha). 3. Etche R’ Oriokpo, Chief Barr. Victor Otomievwo ( Unuevworo), Chief Godstime Emashemigbe(Usiavre), Chief Dr. Robert Ejifoma. (Esierha): 4. Etche R’ Ohorhe, Chief Dr. Samuel Jimoh Eshenake JP. ( Unuevworo), Chief Herbert Majemite (Usiavre), Chief Julius Ighojimoni(Esierha).

This appointment/ conferment takes effect from Saturday 28th September, 2019.

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