By Ezekiel Dontinna
Plateau State Coordinator of HeForShe Network, Dara Gyang Dalyop Dudu, has described peace and security as the best weapons that could be used in fighting hunger and poverty in any society.
He stated this recently, while addressing members of Civil Society Organisations and partners shortly after a Peace Walk from the Secretariat Junction to the NUJ Secretariat Jos on the occasion marking International Peace Day.
The Coordinator said, “peace is absence of crisis. Without peace, definitely, there will be poverty. When you are talking of fighting poverty, the first thing you should fight is insecurity.
“So, the weapon to fight poverty is peace and security. We have seen a moment of insecurity on the Plateau but today, we want to appreciate God for restoring peace on the Plateau.
“Today as we come together irrespective of tribes or religion, we have pushed one factor, and that factor is P.E.A.C.E! So, we have pushed in peace and so shall it be with all of us and our nation Nigeria”, he prayed.
Dudu, also observed that as a people, they needed peace of the heart to coexist because without it, the country would suffer all forms of vices that could brought the nation down.
Emphasizing on this theme for the International Peace Day: “Cultivating the Culture of Peace”, the Elder noted that it was something every person must be deliberate about it and not to play lips service to it.
On her part, the Representative of the WPS Media Network, Nene Dung, called on citizens to learn how to live together as brothers and sisters and do away with mutual suspicion and be their brothers’ keepers.
She said, “I want to call on all citizens of Plateau State irrespective of where you come from. Whether you are from Plateau State or not, we must work toward the peace of Plateau State and it is only when there is peace that government can deliver dividends of democracy”.
Also, the Chairperson Of Women Mediators, Plateau State Chapter, Grace Joseph Gora, prayed God to let peace continue to reign in people’s hearts, homes, Plateau State and Nigeria at large.
She, therefore, called on citizens to ensure that peace surrounded them wherever they go saying, “if you are not at with yourself, what do you expect from your neighbour? So, since we are preaching peace, let it be anywhere you go for people to see the peace in you”.
The International Peace Day Celebration Walk was organised by UN-Wonen WPS Structure made up of WPS Media Network; the HeForShe Network and the Women Mediators Network respectively.
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