From the community picnic to the New Yam Festival, and now toward our biggest chapter yet Yala United Forum Worldwide 2026: one project, two strategic milestones, one vision. YALA FIRST.
One Project — Two Strategic Milestones
The Exclusive Unveiling will be a high-level strategic gathering focused on formally introducing the leadership, vision, strategic partners and institutional direction of Yala United Forum Worldwide, alongside the official launch of the Yala Security Trust Fund.
As part of the event, the Blueprint for the Yala Vigilante Team (Ogbo'wole) will also be formally presented as a framework for community-based security, cooperation and the protection of lives and property across Yala communities.
This first milestone is deliberately exclusive and strategic. It will bring together selected traditional leaders, key stakeholders, professionals, partners, security-minded community leaders and other strategic participants who can contribute to building the institutional foundation of the Forum and its security initiative.
The Grand Unveiling will be the major public celebration and official presentation of Yala United Forum Worldwide to the sons and daughters of Yala and friends of the Yala nation.
The event will bring together traditional leaders, community stakeholders, professionals, youths, women, entrepreneurs, organisations and friends of Yala to witness the formal unveiling of the Forum and the presentation of its 10-Year Development Vision for Yala.
The Grand Unveiling will serve as a powerful public expression of the Forum's commitment to unity, development, peace, security, youth empowerment, education, cultural identity and long-term prosperity for Yala.
These are not two separate projects. They are two carefully coordinated milestones within the same Yala United Forum Worldwide 2026 Project.
This is the strategic foundation where the institution, security initiative, partnerships and implementation framework are established.
This is the public expression of the vision where the people of Yala come together to witness, embrace and support the Forum's long-term development agenda.
23rd December 2026 lays the institutional and strategic foundation.
27th December 2026 takes that foundation to the wider Yala community.
Together, the two events represent a new chapter in the collective journey of Yala.
Let's come together to unite, plan & build a greater Yala!
Before the big days in Okpoma, YALA UNITED has already brought people together here's a look back.
Sons and daughters of Yala came together for a day of food, fellowship, and fun the first real gathering that showed what YALA UNITED could become. Families, youths, and elders shared a field, a meal, and a growing sense that this movement was bigger than any one community.
Every August 30th, Yala-speaking communities at home and across the diaspora pause to honour the new yam harvest with dance, food, and tradition. This year's celebration carried that same spirit into homes and halls from Yala land to wherever our people have settled.
