INAUGURAL LAUNCH OF IBF
AN ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES – MR. INIOBONG NWOKO
TUESDAY, MAY 21ST, 2019
Ephesians 6:8, KJV: “Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.” Ephesians 6:8, NIV: “because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.”
Greetings to all Ika Elders, Sons and Daughters,
IBF – HOW IT ALL STARTED:
I want to give thanks to the Almighty God for making this day a reality. It is very fulfilling to see this number of Ika indigenes coming together to pledge their commitment to the development of Ika as one Community. From today a new thing has begun in Ika. The future is going to be brighter and brighter.
IBF has Mission to Promote and Sponsor educational, recreational, social, sustainable development and charitable –related activities for the benefit of Ika Citizens and their communities.
Our Vision: Develop Ika Community to be a place of peaceful coexistence and prosperity
Our Mission: “Be a Platform for identifying promoting and sponsoring charitable socio-economic, educational and other sustainable development projects for the benefit of Ika Community”
How do we intend to achieve our mission – We are gathering the sons and daughters of Ika who are willing to give back in one way or the other to Ika. Our goal is to have several Ika sons and daughter who can commit to investing- again Investing their time and ressources – towards Ika Youth repositioning/development Programs.
The goal will be to build a Legacy for Ika and its citizens in the form of a Community development and youth re-positioning programs.
The philosophy is that IBF plans to inject funds into various programs to enhance the development of the Human Capital for Ika Local Government Area.
The Projects to be executed are being developed by the various groups which IBF has carefully selected volunteers to identify them. Each project will be reviewed and approved for implementation based on the perceived impact it will have on our target population.
Again I believe we are on the march into a New Dawn Era. This is a Movement for the benefit of all Ika Communities.
We call on all Ika indigenes to step and commit to moving IBF forward.
Many of us in the forum are very determined to make Ika a great Place to belong to.
God bless Ika,
God bless Akwa Ibom state
God bless Nigeria.
