Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has designated the last Saturday of every January as Igbo Adoration and Thanksgiving Day, a day set aside for collective gratitude to God for His mercy and grace upon the Igbo nation.
The decision was announced in a statement issued on Wednesday by the organisation’s Publicity Secretary, Ezechi Chukwu, following a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on January 20.
According to Chukwu, the resolution came after an appeal by the Igbo College of Bishops, which was represented at the meeting by Archbishop David Onuoha of the Owerri Anglican Province and Archbishop Sosthenes Eze of the Enugu Anglican Province, alongside other clerics.
He explained that the bishops requested a review of an earlier decision by the Imeobi Ohanaeze meeting of December 23, 2025, which had proposed the last Sunday of January for the observance. In response to the appeal, the NEC resolved that the event should instead hold on the last Saturday of the month.
In his remarks, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Senator Azuta Mbata, urged Igbo people at home and in the diaspora to recognise the spiritual importance of the day.
He described it as a moment for collective thanksgiving to God for sustaining the Igbo nation despite decades of challenges.
Ohanaeze also called on all churches in Igbo land to fully observe the maiden edition of the event on Saturday, January 31, 2026, between 9am and 12 noon, with prayers, adoration and thanksgiving.
The organisation appealed to all Igbo people to participate wholeheartedly, describing the day as a unifying spiritual landmark for the Igbo nation.
