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Empowerment
By Collins Yakubu-hammer
Abuja, Sept. 21, 2016 (NAN) Peace has the potentials to enhance empowerment, good health and basic education, Mrs Eki Agorom, Chief Executive Officer, Katherine Parker Initiative (KPI) has said.
Agorom made the statement on Wedneday in Abuja in her welcome address at cocktail party to mark International Day of Peace.
“We are sitting here today with so much peace of mind while there are people wailing out of hunger and displaced by war.
“There are children who have never gotten a good night kisses.
“There are dead bodies lying in the mogue with no one to identify them all because there is no peace in our world.
“Can we put aside our grudges, differences, selfishness and just get along? Agorom asked.
According to the KPI boss, peace has no religion, profession, sex or social strata.
She described peace as an “indispensable necessity.’’
The mother of two emphasised that peace should begin with the individual in the society.
“Peace is our responsibility; nothing will change until we change what is in our hearts.
“Until the love we dream of in our hearts exist within us, it cannot exist in the world.
“Until love reaches the world we will continue to search for peace,” Agorom submitted.
Speaking along the same vein, Mrs Lauretta Achudume, Chief Officer, `Women of Women of Like minds Initiative,’ said that peace is a climate to freedom.
Achudume underscored the need to allow peace to reign in every endeavour of humanity.
“Peace is an instrument that facilitates the realisation of our dreams.
“It is necessary to preach peace to the world so that regardless of our different background, peace can make us one.
“Peace promotes local and foreign investments; the ability of peace should exist in every home all over the world,” Achudume said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that high point of the occasion was `parade of quotes’ where placards of different inscriptions to promote peace were displayed to the audience.
Some of the quotes in the placards read: “I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war;” “A world without violence is possible.” “Can’ t we all just get alone?” among others. (NAN)
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(Edited by Fatima Sule and Controlled by Archibong Asuquo