HRM ASAGBA (OBI )PROF. EPIPHANY CHIGBOGU AZINGE, SAN, OON, FICMIC, FNIALS, KSG, KSJI, the 14th Asagba of Asaba, promise during coronation to build a befitting permanent Royal Palace for the Asaba monarch comes to reality yesterday as sons and daughters of the host community of the state capital at home and abroad, on Saturday converged on the Dome Event Centre, Asaba for the Fund raising of the Asaba Community Permanent Palace Building.
The fund raising was one of the activities lined up to celebrate the coronation of the 14th Asagba of Asaba, Obi Prof Epiphany Chigbogu Azinge, SAN, which commenced on January 1, 2025.
About N1 billion was realized on the occasion.
The project site is on DLA road, Asaba and sits on 28,860 square metres of land, with proposal for such facilities as the palace, an administrative block, a museum, a library, a pavilion, a multi – purpose hall, among others.
Earlier on, a member of the Organizing Committee and Research Assistant to the Asagba, Dr. Victor Amuwah, highlighted the need for a befitting permanent palace for the Asagba of Asaba, which His Royal Majesty, Obi Prof Epiphany Azinge, SAN, OON, was determined to achieve.
Dr. Amuwah urged sons and daughters of Asaba, as well as friends and well wishers of Asagba Prof Azinge and the Asaba community to donate generously to the project.
He revealed that the ultra – modern palace was expected to cost N2 billion, while the ancillary facilities would gulp N1 billion, pointing out that the community hoped to deliver the projects by the end of the year.
The fund raising, which was attended by the Obis, Olinzeles, Ogbueshis, among other traditional groups in Asaba, was preceded by the unveiling of a prototype of the palace, designed by an indigene, Architect Patrick Elikwu.
The coronation celebration will be rounded off on Sunday, January 5, with a thanksgiving at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, West End, Asaba.
Already concluded activities are cultural carnival, inter-village football match finals, musical carnival and homage to the Asagba
