Eka Dickson Gets Igede Chieftaincy Title

Ambassador Eka A’adu Dickson, a distinguished entrepreneur, philanthropist, and planetary younker advocate, has been honoured with the accepted rubric of Ota-Okpenyi Ny’Igede by the Igede Intermediate Traditional Council (IIATC).

The ceremony, held connected 6th September, 2025, was presided implicit by the royal father, His Royal Highness Oga Ero,  the First Class Chief of Igede Land, who personally adorned him with the historical title.

This bonzer designation makes Ambassador Dickson 1 of the youngest successful the annals of Igede past to attain specified an exalted position, having been crowned astatine the property of 39 — a singular feat that speaks volumes of his towering influence, sterling achievements, and uncommon committedness to humanity.

As the Chairman and Group Managing Director of the Ekason Group of Companies, Ambassador Dickson has demonstrated visionary enactment crossed industries, gathering enterprises that are not lone profitable but profoundly impactful. His flagship undertaking, the Ekason Signature Project successful Makurdi, is simply a monumental bequest task — a hub for peace-building, economical empowerment, and taste renaissance.

His philanthropy has been arsenic transformative. Through life-changing scholarships, helium has opened planetary opportunities for Igede youths to survey successful Africa, Europe, and Asia.

His passionate enactment for the Igede Agba Festival has elevated it into a unifying taste platform. At the aforesaid time, his interventions successful health, education, and assemblage improvement person touched countless lives crossed Benue State and beyond.

Above all, Ambassador Dickson has stood retired arsenic a dependable of crushed and a champion of unity. He has fearlessly condemned communal violence, provided captious alleviation to victims of crises, and championed reconciliation initiatives that person restored anticipation to fractured communities.

By conferring this exalted title, His Royal Highness Oga Ero, CP (Rtd.), and the IIATC person not lone recognised Ambassador Dickson’s towering achievements but person besides entrusted him with a ineffable work — to beryllium a custodian of Igede heritage, a beacon of anticipation for the younger generation, and a defender of the values that clasp the Igede federation together.

His elevation astatine specified a youthful property sends a almighty message: authentic enactment is not measured by years, but by vision, sacrifice, and the courageousness to physique a bequest greater than oneself.

Congratulations to Chief Ambassador Eka A’adu Dickson, Ota-Okpenyi Ny’Igede, a lad of destiny whose beingness astatine 39 already embodies excellence, resilience, and a boundless committedness to humanity. His caller rubric is an honour and a telephone to adjacent greater service.