page_title: Igbuzo
section_title: Notable natives of Ibusa
hierarchical_section_title: Igbuzo / Notable natives of Ibusa
caption_attribution_description: English: A Photo of Ibusa natives dressed in Akwa-ocha (Otu-ogwu) at a funeral ceremony in the town
context_page_description: Igbuzo, also known as Ibusa is a community in Delta State, Nigeria, founded in 1450. It has an estimated population of 566,310 people in 2009. The people speak Enuani dialect of the Igbo language family. The name of the community is more commonly and officially known and written as Ibusa. The movements forming the process of Ibusa can be linked to the first and second waves of the movement of Igbo migrants into the West Bank of River Niger, the first adventure led by Edini from Nshi and the second of the two waves of the migrations led by Umejei resulted in the formation of Igbuzo.
context_section_description: Ibusa is the birthplace of many prominent personalities, preponderant intellectuals, men and women of tremendous financial means and individuals who have distinguished themselves in different walks of life mostly drawn from the academia, business, politics, music and sport and have contributed critically to national development. The town is credited with an intimidating number of professors, top civil servants, professionals and wealthy men and women.
  Professor Pat Utomi has attributed the reason for the stupendous achievements of Igbuzo's indigenous and successes to the advent of catholic missionaries in the community in 1898, and Ibusa traditional hard work ethic that promotes hard work over indulgence and inculcated in the youths though various traditional institutions play a vital role in the successes recorded by Igbuzo indigenes. He also believes that education has played important roles in the successes recorded by Igbuzo. (Obi) Prof Onwuachi on the hand believes that "wherever an Igbuzo man finds himself, he moves to be the best. Perhaps it is a spiritual compensation for its geographical deficiency"
caption: Igbuzo natives dressed in Akwa ocha (Otu-ogwu) at a funeral ceremony in the town
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