Embrace Peace, UN Group Urges Nigerian Youths

The International Organisation of Youth Promoters of Peace (IOYPP) has urged the youth to champion efforts being made towards uniting Nigerians and ensuring a peaceful 2023 general election.
Representative of the Organisation, Captain Kafu-Ata Hounakey, gave the advice in Abuja, ahead the 2022 International Youth Summit for Peace scheduled to hold in Abuja on September 3.
The summit was aimed at galvanising the youth into playing key roles in steps aimed at bringing peace to every section of the country and in Africa, through the organisation which is an agent of the United Nations (UN).
Hounakey, a Togolese, said only peace could guarantee upscaling of rural development to enhance the alleviation of poverty and unemployment, thereby improving the livelihood of citizens residing in the countryside.
“You will agree with me that owing to the leadership role of Nigeria in Africa, there is the need to first galvanise the youth to champion peace for enriching interactions leading to playing key roles of our teeming citizens,” he said.
According to him, plans are underway to train Nigerian youths through the World Chaplains Association of Human Rights which will serve the citizens civil clergy and institutional chaplains.
He said the chaplaincy would be established in Nigeria and would be for the defence of human rights, and above all, the promotion of peace in countries that have ratified the UN Charter.
“As an association under the UN, we focus on the establishment of our representatives on the defence of human rights, the training of justices of peace, training of mediator judges and the training of Chaplains Officers of human rights,” he added.