ABOUT
US

Who We Are

The Izon Cultural Heritage Centre (ICHC) is a creation of the Sacred order of the Egbesu brotherhood founded by Apostle Bodmas Prince Kemepadei for the advancement, sustenance and promotion of the core values, virtues of the Ijaw spirituality and philosophies.
The Izon Cultural Heritage Centre (ICHC) with corporate affairs registration number, 6896174, is therefore now a registered socio-cultural Non-Governmental Organisation with the overall aim of sustaining the moral values of peace, unity, love, uprightness and promoting genuine means of livelihood throughout the length and breadth of the Ijaw Nation.
The organisation is devoid of political patronage with a sole aim to advance Ijaw Nation through the ethos of the historical foundation of the Ijaw ethnic nationality founded and grounded on the concept of TRUTH.

The Izon Cultural Heritage Centre (ICHC) is rooted in the fundamental principles of ensuring and contributing to the people of the ethnic nationality in various areas of human capacity building, sustainable peace, youth empowerment through positive and productive engagement, environmental protection/advocacy, awareness campaigns, job creation, basic education, girl-child and women empowerment and an all-round development of the region that will facilitate growth and the capacity for healthy competition with other ethnic nationalities in the subregion, and as well create outstanding impacts and change the negative narratives against the backdrop of years of marginalisation, deprivation and denigration of the Ijaw people in Nigeria and the world over.

ICHC BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Apostle Bodmas Prince Kemepadei - Chairman
Ellington T. Bakumor - Secretary
Benaebi Benatari Oguoko - member
Oyinkedi fuofegha - member

Our Story

The Izon Cultural Heritage Centre was born out of a passion to preserve the unique identity of the Izon people. As one of the largest ethnic groups in the Niger Delta, the Izon culture is rich in traditions, stories, and values passed down through generations. However, in an ever-changing world, we recognized the urgent need to document and share this wealth of heritage for future generations.

Our journey began with a simple idea: to create a platform that bridges the gap between tradition and technology. Today, we are a thriving community dedicated to celebrating Izon culture through festivals, educational materials, and volunteer-driven initiatives. At the heart of our mission is the belief that culture is a living treasure. By preserving it, we not only honor the past but also inspire a future rooted in pride and identity.

Apostle Bodmas Prince Kemepade

Chairman, Board of Trustees

Apostle Bodmas Prince Kemepade

Chairman, Board of Trustees

Aims & Objectives

1. To promote peace and development in Izon land.

2. To preserve, develop, promote and defend the Ijaw values of social harmony and heritage of the Izon People.

3. To serve as a vehicle of loving brotherhood and fraternity in the believe of the IJO (IZON) IBE norms, traditions, and be dedicated to the development of the Izon People, through peace building, Spirituality, Education, Ethics and Morality in the service of the Supreme Creatress "Woyin".

4. To carry out humanitarian projects, and build a caring and supportive IZON IBE community.

5. To refine and restore forgotten traditions with the aim to weed out negative Traditional beliefs and to initiate and establish positive Traditional beliefs that will help in making IZON society a better place for all.

6. To bridge the huge sociocultural gap created by open neglect, abandonment and disconnection between the people and their heritages by way of identifying factors responsible for sociocultural setbacks through serving as an institutional organ in the refinement and regulation of customary norms, practices and values.

7. To work in partnership and synergy with various existing government agencies, nongovernmental organisations, academic institutions, sociocultural groups and traditional institutions of government with the aim of helping to find practical, sustainable, workable and lasting solutions to the various sociocultural issues within and between indigenous communities.

8. To bring the knowledge of Izon cultural heritage to the level of global recognition.

9. To train, teach and produce certified academians, educationists and professionals who will be involved in the process of further propagation, spread and institutionalization of the Izon heritage as a body of knowledge under various subject disciplines or areas of higher learning.

10. To reduce and halt the negative impacts and influences of colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism on the African mind, consciousness, ideologies and worldview. This will serve as a process and means of unlearning, relearning and healing for the enslaved Izon mind thereby leading to mental freedom.

11. To initiate Izon heritage into arts, music and crafts, and use such to beautify the Izon region.

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