By Deborah Omojuwa

In an effort to ensure unity, peace, social harmony and development in Okpella clan of Edo State, Okpella Unity and Peace Initiative, has organised a Unity and Peace Conference.

The conference, with the theme: Repositioning Okpella for Growth And Development, was attended by prominent sons and daughters of Okpella resident in various parts of the country.

The objectives of the conference were to entrench peace and harmony in Okpella clan, forge unity among the people, find solutions to challenges of insecurity in the land, reposition the community to take political advantage of its numerical strength and adopt a blue print for the development of the clan.

In his welcome address at the conference, Chairman, Conference Organising Committee, Dr. Gerald Adewole lamented that Okpella people have suffered marginalization and neglect for a long time because the citizens have not been able to positively harness and productively channel their numerical strength and natural resources for development.

He called on all indigenes of Okpella to work together for the development of the clan.