COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE 2022
THEME: END RACISM BUILD PEACE
21st September 2022 of every year is day set aside by the United Nations General Assembly as International Day of Peace, in commemoration of the day globally critical stakeholders come together to discuss and chart a new cause for peaceful World
This year 2022 Peace Ambassadors Centre for Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment (PACHE) in collaboration with British Council, other partners organised a high level conference in maiduguri to discuss Challenges and success recorded in the fight against insurgency in the north east and also visited communities affected by insurgency and experiencing returns of repentant insurgents with the objectives to sensitize and also interfaced with them.
The Conference featured Goodwill from leaders and presentations from key actors and panel discussion on the journey so far, the fight against insurgency.
While on the second day the team visited Alay Lewanti community in Konduga Local Government Area today.
The community discussion centred on the reintegration processes of repentant Boko Haram members in the state.
President of PACHE, Ambassador Ahmed Shehu said there is the urgent need for more community Empowerment, inclusiveness and provision of security to communities to enable them have access to their farms, stating that their findings revealed ccases of strategic kidnap for ransom and inability for farmers to have access to their farm which require urgent response before communities will experience hunger ,starvation and negative coping mechanisms.
PACHE team and the community leader, Bulama Dulo cautioned the community members against partaking in violence of any form.
The findings revealed members of the returnee community welcomed the reintegration process and appealled for victim-centred empowerment especially youth and youth groups for the sustenance of peace in the state.
PACHE in partnership with partners will release the communique develop from the consultation and findings in Commemoration of the international day of peace to relevant stakeholders for intervention and necessary action
