About 200 delegates are  expected to attend the event, which begins on Friday to run till Sunday, March 8, according to the organisers. The conference is a follow-up to its first edition held in 2012 at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife that brought together 136 participants.

This year’s edition, which will hold at Kwara State Council for Arts and Culture, has as host Kwara State University and the Vice Chancellor, Prof AbdulRasheed Na’Allah will be the chief host.

The conference, its convener Prof Osofisan said, is holding in line with the decision taken to make the Confab a biennial affair, adding that it is a gathering of professional workers in literary and dramatic creativity, where common problems and challenges are discussed.

“Let me emphasise again that this is not an academic meeting (we already have SONTA for that); and it is not meant either to compete with ANA. Pertinent to the above, we will also welcome suggestions about topics you wish us to discuss at the Confab.

Participant will be required to pay a fee of N5,000 for registration. However, the organisers say, “there is also an additional N5,000.00 which was decided at the last conference as a regular membership fee to be paid by all members. Those, who have not, would be expected to pay is N10,000.”