Monarch Bags International Peace Award

A Non – Governmental Organisation ( NGO), Relief International Africa, has given an International Legacy of Excellence in Leadership Award to the traditional ruler of Ulakwo Clan in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State, Prof. Onyeche Obinna, following his peaceful disposition.
A representative of the body, Ambassador Smith Nwokocha, presented the award to the monarch , during a briefing with members of Marinetime and Energy Practitioners of Nigeria  (MEMPON) in Port Harcourt recently.
Nwokocha said that the group could not hold back its decision to honour the Etche  ancestral King after a peep into his peaceful reign in his Kingdom.
According  to him, such award was not given to people with  questionable character, but those with integrity and high moral standard.
“The aim of the award is to recognise the peaceful leadership of His Highness, and the award is International Legacy of Excellence in Leadership”, he noted.
The group’s representative, also called on the Etche traditional ruler, to see the award as a clarion call for a higher task, and added that peace was key in every human environment.
In his reaction, Eze Obinna said that he would do more to ensure that his Kingdom would enjoy enduring peace.
The Etche monarch who also is the President, Transparent Leadership Initiative International, noted that he would take further steps in introducing more programmes that would usher and sustain peaceful coexistence in the community and beyond.
“Such programmes could come in form of free training in  Agriculture for the youth and others in order to keep them busy and away from crime”, he said.
He pointed out that most people involved in crime do so as a result of idleness, and stressed that a busy man could not indulge in crime.
“All those youths who indulge in crime  are doing so, because they are idle. If they are sure of a lawful means of making money every day, I do not think that they would go into crime”, he added.
He dedicated the award to MEMPON led by its President, Dr John Raph, as a sign of partnership with the association and an attempt to promote peace in Rivers State, Nigeria, and across the international hemisphere.

By: King Onunwor