Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano
has said Nigerian youths can bring an end
to the present unrest and insurgency
ravaging parts of the country if they gal
vanise their opinions and channel their
energies to productive ventures. The
governor spoke in Awka yesterday when
members of the Society for Peace and
Mutual Co-existence (SPMC) also known as
Peace Ambassadors presented a certificate
of recognition to his Special Adviser on
Youth Mobilisation, Mr Chinedu Obidigwe
as a Peace Ambassador for his roles in
maintaining peace during his tenure as
Transition Committee chairman of
Anambra East Local Government Area.
Obidigwe, who presented Governor
Obiano’s views said if youths embraced
peace and intensified efforts to reach out
with peace to other youths, there would be
relative peace, development and growth in
the North East rather than maiming,
destruction and kidnapping by
Boko Haram
insurgents presumed to be youths.
He dedicated the recognition and certificate
to Governor Obiano for bringing peace to
Anambra in line with the efforts of his
predecessor, Peter Obi in maintaining
peace and expressed hope that the atmo
sphere of peace would be sustained in
Anambra State.
Obidigwe expressed surprise that he was to
be recognised and decorated as a peace
ambassador by the youth group unsolicited,
as all he did while in the local government
was to enthrone peace as he could have
taken his people to war with some elements
from Kogi State who laid claims to the oil
facilities in his territory but he chose the
way of peace not knowing that his efforts
were being monitored.
Presenting the certificate of recognition
and honour to Obidigwe, President of the
Society for peace and Mutual Co-existence,
Ambassador James Lawson said Obiano’s
leadership in Anambra has achieved a good
level of peace and one of the most peaceful
in the country, based on empirical records.
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