Admin l Wednesday, May 12, 2021
LAGOS, Nigeria – Former military administrator of Abia State, Air Vice Marshal Frank Ajobena (Retd), world-class consultant, Moses Akpobasah and other prominent Okpe leaders will speak at the 91st anniversary of Okpe Union.
The event will be held on Sunday, May 16, 2021 at Okpe Union Headquarters, 65 Moshalasi Street, Obalende, Lagos. The theme of the event, according to General Secretary, Okpe Union, Barrister Kingsley Akpederin is ‘’ Repositioning Okpe Union for the next century’’.
‘’The union’s election on Saturday, May 15, 2021 and the 91st anniversary in Okpe House, Lagos will be the launching pad for the unity and development of the kingdom’’. Kingsley, Akpederin said in a statement issued in Sapele.
‘’Okpe Union, the umbrella body uniting all communities in Okpe kingdom, has since its inception in 1930 become a formidable forum for Okpe people to express solidarity in their collective quest for economic empowerment and political emancipation within the context of their belief in one, united and prosperous Okpe kingdom in particular and Nigeria in general’’
‘’This year’s event promises to be unique because it is coming against the backdrop of a sensitive political consciousness among Okpe towards a reassertion of their ethnic and cultural identity, and a clear re-definition of their positioning within the political landscape of the Nigerian nation state’’
‘’The event is being organized to promote Okpe culture, review the state of development in Okpe kingdom, provide fresh and in-depth perspectives to Okpe issues and identify critical factors in the development of the kingdom’’. Delegates from Ghana, South Africa, Europe and America started arriving Lagos Tuesday evening.
