Eziafanu!!!,

I will begin with a heart felt thank you to the entire membership of Ogwashi-uku Association for your attendance of the Ogwashi-uku Association’s 6^th Bi-Annual Convention in Boston Massachusetts and for your overwhelming support of my election to the office of the presidency of this great Association. I am very humbled and will strive not to disappoint you and the trust you bestowed upon me on this July 2^nd, 2011. ·I congratulate the newly elected executive members of Ogwashi-uku Association who are already poised to go to work for this Association. We have listened to you and your concerns, and my administration and I will work with the Chapter Presidents ·(Governing Council) ·to move forward the agenda of the people of Ogwashi-uku as discussed at the National Convention.

This administration will work diligently to fulfill our campaign promises of transparency and full financial accountability to the Ogwashi-uku Association members, unification of our members will remain top priority. We encourage all Ogwashi-uku indigenes all over the United States, and beyond to get actively involved in Ogwashi-uku Association as there is power in unity; and to remember that in order to effect changes, you will have to remain an active participant in the system for which you are advocating that change.

Our special thank you to the Ogwashi-uku Association families who spent a great deal of money, time and effort to bring our children together for this Convention in Boston; it is especially remarkable and exciting to see our children interacting with one another, and also for the simple reason that they are the future of this great Association, and without them there will be no continuity, we thank our parents. We thank and congratulate the Boston Massachusetts’s chapter for the successful hosting of the 6th Bi-annual Convention, we celebrate their resolve to work for the good of Ogwashi-uku and her people despite the challenges; we thank their dedicated members for their hard work and hospitality, we ask God to reward them accordingly.

Our greatest appreciation goes out to our donors who donated selflessly and generously to the Ogwashi-uku· Association for our· great and worthy cause, we pray that God will·replenish them. To each and every Ogwashi-uku person who contributed one way or another to the success of the 6^th Bi-Annual Convention we thank you; our work has just begun, and we implore each and every Ogwashi-uku indigene in the United States to stay committed and involved in our efforts to make Ogwashi-uku proud again.

Thank You so very much, Eziafa Ka Ego!!!.

Josephine Russell-Toks

National President· O/uku Assc. USA Inc.