First storey building in Old Aguata to be annexed to Anambra’s Igbo Ukwu Museum
Chief Okey Ubabuko, the first surviving son of John Ubabukoh, who was a former General Manager of the Petroleum Equalization Find and a Director of the defunct Nigerdock Ltd, the ship builders, recalled that building the house was very difficult for their father because at that time, the colonial masters barred people from cutting trees in the Eastern Region, adding that the colonial masters’ interest was to export all the wood cut in Igbo land forests to their country.
Ozioma Ubabukoh, the first grandchild of the late Chief John Ubabukoh, whose late father, Ifeanyi Ubabukoh, was a renowned journalist, is the brain behind the process of making his grandfather’s house an annex of the famous Igbo Ukwu Museum.
By Vincent Ujumadu The first one storey building constructed in the ancient town of Igbo Ukwu in Aguata local government area of Anambra State, will soon become an annex of the nationally acclaimed Igbo Ukwu Museum.
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