The aims of the organization shall be:

a. To promote and encourage scholarship in IGBO Studies.

b. To forge intellectual links among members of the organization and network with scholars, policy makers, and activists inside and outside USA.

c. To participate actively and collaboratively in continental and global debates with interested organizations in the U.S., Nigeria and other countries on issues specifically relevant or related to Igbo studies.

d. To work actively for the promotion of the Igbo language with interested organizations and/or institutions in diverse regions of the world.

e. To promote knowledge of Igbo economic, social, cultural, political and technological development.