Mboho Mkparawa Ibibio, the foremost Ibibio socio-cultural organization worldwide was formed in Calabar on 1st August 1987 when the present Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria was a component of the old Cross River State. It is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission under the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

The Mboho is an active, virile, and prolific socio-cultural organization of a forward looking, God-fearing, creative, dedicated, and self-scarifying Ibibio people that draws its inspiration from the 1928 declaration of the legendary Ibibio Union of old. As a pressure group, its mission is uniquely driven to engineer and build the Ibibio Nation and Akwa Ibom State and her people for the good of all, based on love, unity and strength.
As a proactive Ibibio organization with global perspective, the Mboho has chapters in major cities in Nigeria and the diaspora among them London, Manchester, Heathrow, Essex in the United Kingdom; Houston, Los Angeles, Detroit, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Dallas in the United States of America; Bologna and Rome in Italy, Vienna in Austria as well as Johannesburg and Douala on the African continental shelf. Significant coordination work is ongoing to establish Chapters in Germany, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Belgium, Slovenia, and other parts of the world.

Manchester Chapter was formally inaugurated on 3RD MAY 2008 and have members in the Northwest, Midlands, and Central England. It is registered with the Companies House UK as a non-profitable organization with the head office in Manchester.