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President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday flagged off the peace conference blaming the elites and elders in Plateau State for plunging the state into crisis, leading to the declaration of a state of emergency. Speaking to a cross-section of elites and elders at the Hill Station Hotel, venue of the conference, President Obasanjo said it was their inaction to stem the ethno religious crises in the state that led to the imposition of the state of emer-gency. Although he was optim-istic that peace was returning to the state, he however said a lot still needed to be done, saying the success of the peace conference is impor-tant to the restoration of normalcy. He said the process of attaining the goals has started but the state had a long way to go. "The agenda and the fut-ure are in your hands. What you make of it will determine where we all go from here. We must have the courage to tell ourselves the truth. "We must go beyond escapist, opportunistic, dive-rsionary and emotional or invented blames and explanations. We must have the courage to look for ward to the interest of fellow citizens, our families, communities, state and nation. "We must seek to understand the remote and immediate causes of the conflict and violence in the state. We must consider, in a dialectical manner, how we can address the identified causes at the family, community... (Daily Trust) 
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