Ekpon Summit Sets Agenda for Community Development

An Ekpon Roundtable Summit has set an agenda for the people of Ekpon in Edo State to make the town an unparalleled community of peace, freedom, security and shared values in Esan land and the state in general.

According to a communique issued after the two-day summit held on August 11 and 12, 2019, in Ekpon, “The event defining moment for the good and growth of the town, as it was attended by the Onogie of Ekpon, His Royal Highness, George Edobor, to witness and affirm the birth of a new dawn in his domain.”

At the end of the Summit, it was agreed that the apex social-cultural body in the land, Ekpon Development Union (EDU), be formally registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) “to reawaken the ideals and aspirations of the defunct Ekpon Progressive Union (EPU) that was registered in 1944 under the Corporate and Allied Matters Act.”