CHIEF MUKORO MOWOE: A LEADER WITH A BIG HEART

By Olorogun Onoriode Esobito-Ineh   This year marks 73 years since the passing of the great Urhobo Icon, CHIEF MUKORO MOWOE, it was important to list some unique qualities that made him an exceptional leader. In the early 1900s when inter-ethnic coexistence and survival were dicey, Urhobo elites needed to come together in a “brotherly” fashion. Together they pushed for an “Urhobo Agenda” to guard against growing concern for misinformation and misrepresentation of the ethnic nation. They were faced then with what Professor Obaro Ikime called the “pains of marginalization”…

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Urhobo Youths Marks 72nd Mukoro Mowoe Memorial Day Celebration

  By Emmanuel Agbubi,   The Ukoko r’ Okugbe r’ Ighelle r’ Urhobo (Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Youth Wing) led by Comrade Nixon Ufouma Duru and his executives marked this year 72nd memorial of late Chief Mukoro Mowoe. Mowoe is the pioneer President General of the UPU, 1937-1948. The event which took places both in Warri and Ughelli on the 10 August, 2020 witnesses a cross section of Urhobo youth across the 24 Kingdoms of Urhoboland. Deacon Victor Mowoe who had on behalf of Mukoro Mowoe for the family in Warri,…

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