Progressive Union of Nigerian Citizens based in the U.S.A, congratulates His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga the newly elected Chairman of SDMP Edo state.



Progressive Union of Nigerian Citizens based in the U.S.A, congratulates His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga the newly elected Chairman of SDMP Edo state.
His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga giving acceptance speech after being elected as the New Chairman Edo SDMP

The United State based Progressive Union of Nigerian Citizens have congratulated His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga the newly elected Chairman of the Social Democratic Mega Party- SDMP Edo State of Nigeria. In his remark to His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga who was also the SDMP governorship candidate of SDMP in the just concluded governorship polls of Edo state adjudged the best in Nigerian History, the leader of the progressive union Mr. Charles Jagun based in North Carolina said they are very proud of His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga in his manifesto and leadership qualities addressed to take Edo state of Nigeria to the promised land flowing with milk and honey.
In his reply His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga thank the Progressive Union of Nigerian Citizens based in the United states of America for their appreciation and lauded the Nigeria -United States Relations as one of the best thing that ever happened to both countries in contemporary times in particular the tenacity and support of the United States government in the enthronement of genuine democracy in sub Saharan Africa and in Nigeria in particular.
Chief Saka Saidu
SDMP Secretary Edo State.


Nigeria Presidential polls 2015 -SDMP His Excellency ,Prince Frank Ukonga Strategic positioning:

His  Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga Presidential Aspirant 2015, answering questions from Media Practitioners @ the SDMP Congress where he was elected the new Chairman of SDMP -Edo -Recently
Nigeria Presidential polls 2015 -SDMP  His Excellency ,Prince Frank Ukonga Strategic positioning: 
His Excellency, Prince Frank Ukonga, a presidential Hopeful of the Nigerian Federation  has strategically positioned as the new Chairman of the Edo State SDMP and as a governorship contender during the Edo 2012 polls , so with this new position the Prince of Kukuruku Provinces , principalities and powers becomes positioned as an automatic member of the SDMP National EXCO which is a vantage position for him to engage in internal party horse trading so that he can emerge as the preferred candidate  of the party during the Presidential Primaries.of 2015polls..  This is a great strategic move...which if well articulated could see the Prince of Kukuruku becoming the President of Nigeria come 2015 general polls...His popularity is rising since becoming the Chairman of Edo SDMP as many are decamping from other political parties to join hands with him coupled with his youth friendly and women friendly manifesto he could spring surprises out of protest vote of the general masses of Nigeria who are eagerly waiting for the dividend of democracy to translate to better living standards and food on the tables, jobs for all, electricity for all etal and these are the noble ideals His Excellency promised to deliver when voted in to power as the president of the Nigerian federation come 2015 general polls.ideals


President of National Youth Council of Nigeria-Edo, Solomon Idiogbe, congratulate His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga newly elected Chairman SDMP Edo state.

President of National Youth Council of Nigeria-Edo, Solomon Idiogbe, congratulate His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga newly elected Chairman SDMP Edo state.
The President of the Nigerian National Youth Council on the behalf of all Nigerian Youth and Africa and world youth congratulate His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga over his election as the newly elected SDMP Chairman of the Edo state of Nigeria and  urged Prince Frank ukonga to continue with his youth friendly and women empowerment initiatives
Mr Solomon Idiogbe
which if well articulate would liberate the entire youth and women of Nigeria , Africa and the entire world from quagmire.
In his key note address His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga praised the Nigeria and Africa youth as one of the most illustrious and industrious group and advised them to continue to contribute their quota to the development and  advancement of Africa despite the various idiosyncrasies... 
Henry Ogbemudia
SDMP-Edo state Media and Publicity Secretary

His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga lecture 23: The imperatives of Ebira Unity of 40 million people to the development of Ebira Nation, Nigeria and sub Saharan Africa- A realistic perspective. Lecture delivered to the Ebira summit in Okene on the 30th March 2013.



His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga lecture 23: The imperatives of Ebira Unity of 40 million people to the development of Ebira Nation, Nigeria and sub Saharan Africa- A realistic perspective. Lecture delivered to the Ebira summit in Okene on the 30th March 2013.
I acknowledge the President of the Nigerian Federation His Excellency Dr Goodluck Jonathan, I acknowledge the governor of Kogi state His Excellency Captain Idriss, I appreciate the Ohinoyi of Ebira Land HRH Ado Ibrahim, and also I acknowledge the Otaru of Igarra Kingdom HRh Adeche Saiki,  and all other leaders of the Ebira Nation. I also pay homage to all the leaders of the tripartite Ebira Nation Crested on Ebira great peoples, the peoples of Igarra Kingdom and Ebiras of the Niger state. I commend the leadership of EVI whose founder and world president Mr. Akomode for his tremendous dexterity to unite the entire Ebira peoples worldwide… I acknowledge the President of  the Director General of EVI in parson of Mrs. Aisha Lovable and all the executives of the EVI for organizing this great summit of Ebira sons and daughters to ruminate of the future of the Ebira Nation in Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa. Finally I salute all the peoples gathered here today, diplomats, technocrats, students the gentle men of the Media and all protocols observed:
I am highly appreciative to the invitation to this summit as a special guest of honor and guest speaker, a position usually reserved for highly achieving personalities and leaders of the Nigerian Political Economy and the sages and I will be for ever be indebted to your union for  this great respect accorded to me.
The Role of Ebira Nation in Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa: The Ebira Nation is about 40 million peoples of sub Sub Saharan Africa living in more than 10 states of the Nigerian Federation as ethnic indigenes spanning the states of Kogi, Kwarra, Niger, Edo , Taraba, Adamawa, FCT, Nasarawa, Benue, etc. The Ebira Nation is the forth largest tribe in Nigeria and sub Saharan Africa after the Hausa, Yoruba and the Igbo. This is a significant demography of highly industrious peoples that can form an independent Nation which will be about the size of the united Kingdom and perhaps the size of the Republic of Ghana plus Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo and Mali put together..The land mass which the Ebira Nation covers as regards it various towns and settlements’ is also considerable. Highly commendable is the role the Ebira Nation in the industrial, political and economic advancement of Nigeria and sub Saharan Africa but more would have been desired save for the want of unity of the peoples, lack of cohesion of strategies ,plans, policy thrusts and purposes of the various colligating segments of the Ebira Nation.
Who we are: In general the Ebira peoples are brave, courageous, hardworking, and steadfast, God fearing peoples where ever they find themselves. The Ebiras are detribalized, sociable and friendly peoples that have the qualities of mixing and assimilation into other tribes and Nations of the Nigeria and the world which make us acceptable and loved by the other colligating tribes and Nations of Sub Saharan Africa.
Origin of the Ebira People: The Ebira people are of the Mandingo Nation of North Africa and they migrated to Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa along with the Fulani and the Yoruba Nations. The Ebiras are Mandinka by tribe. According to German historians and archeologists the Ebira Nation, the Fulani Nation and the Yoruba Nations were part and parcel of the Meronic Empire of Kush of the central Nile River that was part of the Egyptian civilization. When Egypt and Kush were invaded by the jet color Coptic Race who brought their own forms of worship and culture it was not overtly acceptable to many tribes and some of them emigrated to North Africa and Sub Saharan Africa. The German Historians identified three routes of migrations of the peoples of Ebira, Fulani and the Yoruba Nations to this part of the world. All the routes I have personally investigated and found out that the Germans are correct. The first route was south westwards of Egypt to Timbuktu, Tamaraset, Goa, Bamako, up to Senegambian valley and the coast towns of Walata and the gold and diamond mines of Wangarra. While the Fulani settled in towns of Futa Jalon and Futa Toro founding the Futa Toro Empire. But in contrast the Ebiras were great, rich miners of the gold and diamonds and solid minerals of sub Saharan Africa and their Headquarters was located in Wangarra of Mali Empire.
 Politically the Ebiras   were the Mandingos who the founder and ruled the great Mali Empire in partnership with the Fulani and perhaps the Yoruba Race. Whence the great Mandingo kings and Princes of, Mansa Musa etc and the great Mandingo Prince Abubakadir that abdicated the thrown in 1311, to discovered America were all of Mandingo Nation. The Fulani Prince Samanguru toppled the Mandingo dynasty in the Mali Empire and ruled for upwards of 100 years until when the Fulani were toppled by the Almoravids to form the Songhai Empire, and the Fulani’s became narrowed down to rule their Fulani Empires of Futa Toro  and Futa Jalon in the Senegambian valleys., and from here we all migrated southwards to Upper Nigeria while the Fulani settled in Sokoto and the Northern aspects of Nigeria because of the arable savannah belt, good for their cattle  and farming; the Ebira who are mainly miners of gold and diamonds, farmers  and sailors moves southwards to the River Niger Benue confluence and the hilly terrain were they can engage in their preoccupations. The Yoruba move south westwards to the coast of Nigeria. The second emigrational route of the peoples of Ebira and others into Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa according to German Historians was through the route southwards of Kush from Egypt to Kenya, Tanzania cutting trough central Africa , Sudan, Chard and entering through Adamawa and Taraba states. That is why most Ebiras believe we are from Taraba state. The journey moved from Taraba to Zuba , Abaji, Okene and Igarra as the most southern settlement of the Ebira Nation. This is also correct. The third route was through east wards to Northern Cameroon, Gongola into Taraba and further southwards. I have researched extensively on these three routes and found the German historians correct in all their assertions.
Historical legacies and culture of the Ebira Nation: The Ebira Nation boast of distinct and unique culture crested on the Judeo-Christian/ Islamic pattern of ethics and adulterated by Hermitic. When the great researcher of Afro centric bias Cheik Anta Diop asserted that Judaism, Christianity, Islam and traditional pattern of ethical resolves were already well established in Egypt and Africa before the coming of the white Race in Race Relations, he was saying an obvious truth .His thesis has been found applicable to the case of the Ebira Nation. Nevertheless the Ebira Nation had well established institutions of governance, marriage, civil administration, agriculture, education, commerce, trade, and infrastructural developments before the advent of colonization as part of the Jukun and Nupe Empires though the Hausa Fulani empires had alliances with the Ebira Nation particularly in the rise of the Zauzau Empire. The Ekouchi Masquerade festivals common among all the various ethnics of the Ebira Nation and its spiritual and historical significances is an attestation that the Ebira Nation worldwide has claims to rich culture, traditions, norms, mores, and pathos. The Aba Festival of the trinity of the God head of Igarra kingdom: Oshomoshi, (supreme creator-God the father), Ori Ofu (God the Son), and the people as the third arm of the triangle celebrated by the Igarra peoples every 7 years bear credence to the proof of Cheik Anta Diop’s thesis that the concept of the God Head of Trinity was an African legacy stolen away by other religions and esoteric knowledge, adapting it to market their religion and concepts on a global basis. The Christian trinity of God was adopted less than 700 years ago in the great meeting of all Christian’s arms in Constantinople while the Africa concept of trinity of the God head is more than 2000 years old.
The importance of the Unity of the Ebira Nation in the 21st century: In contemporary time it becomes imperative that the Ebira Nation unite as one to be able to rediscover herself and her immense destiny in stabilizing and ruling politically, economically Nigeria and many Nations of Sub Saharan Africa. This has become expedient addressed to pull our resources together both our demographic strength in population as well as our energies to make deference in the 21st century. It is  appalling to announce that there has never being an Ebira son nor daughter becoming the Head of state of Nigeria nor the President of Nigeria in a democracy despite the huge population of above 40 million people as  the 4th largest Nation of Nigeria. Other tribes like the Fulani who are about 4 million had produced more than five Head of states and presidents of the Nigerian federation. In the state level there is no Ebira son or daughter that has become democratically elected as a state Governor. And in the overall assessment the Ebira Nation has a portable record of middle level manpower contributions to the advancements of Nigeria which though commendable but more would have been desired. The reasons for these portable contributions are due to lack of unity of the Ebira people.
The novae path for the Ebira Nation: It has become imperative for the Ebira Nation to unite as one people and speak with one voice if we must rise up to the occasion of taking our rightful position in the Nigerian state and no more be used as willing tools by others. There is strength in unity and pulling resources together. And that is the purpose of this lecture to announce as a clarion call to all Ebira sons and daughters to come together under one umbrella and Marche hand in hand steadfast into the future addressed to contribute to the political, economic and industrial becoming of the Nigerian state not as a second fiddle but taking the front seat as Nigeria jockeys in to the 21st  century and yonder. We shall become more and more irrelevant in the schemes of things in Nigeria and sub Saharan Africa, if we hunt alone and separately.
To facilitate the unity among the Ebira Nation I suggest the establishment of the followings:
1)      The Ebira Political Forum-EPF- that will be dedicated to chart a new political path for the Entire Ebira Nation addressed toward political unity of all the Ebira kingdoms
2)      The Ebira Economic Forum- EEF- That will engage in a functional plan to empower all Ebira citizen nationally and worldwide and committed to the rapid industrialization of the Ebira kingdoms.
3)      The Ebira cultural and Educational Forum- ECEF- This will be dedicated to the cultural and education advancement of the Ebira Nation.
Conclusion: Once more I thank the organizers of this great Ebira Summit addressed to chart a new path for the Ebira Nation to take her rightful position in the front seat of Nigeria’s social, economic and political entropy and I sincerely hope that we shall rededicate ourselves again to the novae enlightenment of the noble pursuit of unity, love and brotherhood of all Ebira people, the Nigeria Nation and the world in generality. Thanks and God Bless
Long Live Ebira Nation, Long Live the Nigerian Federation.
Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga
Chairman SDMP –Edo state and Presidential Aspirant 2015

Delta SDMP Chairman Dr. Oke Idawene congratulate His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga the newly elected Edo SDMP Chairman, Blast governor Oduagan of Delta State. SDMP Delta plans to host His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga in Asaba , Capital of Delta State in a big way.



Delta SDMP Chairman Dr. Oke Idawene congratulate His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga the newly elected Edo SDMP Chairman, Blast governor Oduagan of Delta State. SDMP Delta plans to host His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga in Asaba , Capital of Delta State in a big way.
Dr Abubakar Sadiq Gombe SDMP National Sec, Proff. Pat Utomi SDMP Presidential candidate. ,Chief Olu Falae SDMP National chairman @ Abuja convention recently

Dr. Oke Idawene ,the Chairman of Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP)of Delta State on the 26th of March congratulated His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga, the newly elected Chairman of Edo SDMP and called for cooperation between the Edo state SDMP and the Delta SDMP addressed to move the former Mid West Region  of Edo state and Delta state to higher level of industrial, social and economic prosperity. Dr Oke noted that it is only the government of SDMP which is a Social Democratic progressive party that has the necessity and sufficiency policy thrust to deliver the dividends of democracy to the teaming masses of the Mid West Region. Dr. Oke said that the Delta SDMP is planning to host His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga in Asaba the Delta state capital in a big way.
Dr Oke Idawene also blasted the current governor of Delta state His Excellency governor Oduagan for abandoning the progressive parties in the state in the context of extending olive branch of governance to other political parties, and for his unwillingness to conduct the Delta State Local Government polls which he said was overdue.
His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga thanked the SDMP Delta state Chapter and urged them to cooperate with the Edo state SDMP addressed to win the entire Mid West in the forth coming 2015 general polls of the Nigerian Federation. “It is time we chase the PDP and the A CN out of commission in the entire Mid West Region as they are usurpers and pretenders to power in the region. SDMP was formed by Chief Anthony Enahoro and Chief Olu Falae as the policy thrust of of mainstream progressives of Nigeria and Africa. It is only the people’s government of SDMP that has the imperatives of policy thrust to deliver quality services of the dividends of democracy to the great peoples of the Mid West Region. “His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga concluded.
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Henry Ogbemudia
SDMP Media and Publicity Secretary Edo State.


IRI- International Republican Institute of USA Host His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga the newly elected Chairman of SDMP Edo State.: H.E. Prince Frank Ukonga thanks IRI, President Obama , the United States Government and American good people.



IRI- International Republican Institute of USA Host His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga the newly elected Chairman of SDMP Edo State.: H.E. Prince Frank Ukonga thanks IRI, President Obama , the United States Government and  American good  people.
His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga was hosted today the 26th of April 2013 by the prestigious International Republican Institute of the United States on the heels of His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga’s election as the new Chairman of the Edo SDMP, the mainstream progressive party in Nigeria and the African continent. A top Executive of IRI Mr. Emeka Diru and his counterpart Mr. Bature Bem the IRI Program Officer for Nigeria ,hosted His Excellency in the prestigious five star Hotel of Best Western Homeville Hotel in Benin City Edo State of Nigeria. The hosting began from the Bar of the Homerville Hotel and later it ended in the swimming pool bar were Prince Frank Ukonga was treated to latest wine and food of top quality by the hosts.
The International Republican Institute is a world institution that assist in the training of Party agents, candidates and capacity building of political parties as well as election observers on a global basis addressed to entrench genuine democratic culture, peace and stability in the entire world. And currently the IRI have trained more than 60 agents and above 70 candidates of political parties in the forth coming Edo local Government elections of April 20 , 2013.
In his keynote address His Excellency Prince Frank Ukonga thanked the President of the United States of America, His Excellency Plenipotentiary Extra Ordinary President Barack Obama, the American Congress , the IRI Country Director in Nigeria Mrs. Robina Namusisi and the entire American good people for their support in the Edo state Governorship polls of 2012 adjudged the best election in Nigeria and Africa and one of the best election in the world of all times…”This giant strides in the development of democracy in Sub Saharan Africa and Nigeria in particular was made manifest by the steadfast support and tenacity of the American state of USA to entrench genuine democracy in Africa and we the peoples of Nigeria and sub Saharan Africa will continuously be grateful to President Obama, the IRI, and the entire America citizens till the end of time…We appreciate you and we are indeed grateful…we  also appreciative  His Excellency President Goodluck Jonathan and  Prof. Atahiru Jega in their great contributions to the success of Edo state governorship polls of 2012.” His Excellency Prince Frank Onaivi Ukonga remarked.
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Henry Ogbemudia
SDMP-Media and Publicity Secretary-Edo State.