UN Group To Train 500 Nigerian Peace Officers

Towards ensuring peace in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, the United Nations (UN) International Organisation of Youth Promoters of Peace (IOYPP) says it would train 500 Nigerians as World Chaplaincy Officers.
This was part of the communiqué issued at the end of a youth summit organised recently by the association in Abuja.
The training was aimed at ensuring that Nigerian youths embrace peace and become peace ambassaors for the country, Africa and the world in general.
UN Peace Ambassador, Captain Hounakey Kafu-Ata, said peace was necessary for the country ahead of the 2023 general election.
“Nigeria is the heart of Africa and neglecting her peace is a very big risk for Africa,” he said.
Kafu-Ata said further that the organisation’s presence in Nigeria was to empower men and women that would propagate peace in all nooks and crannies to save the country from atrocities and vices that could destroy it.
“Every African country is concerned about peace in Nigeria. We are going to Abeokuta on September 10 to train and empower youths on mediation.
“And on September 14, we will be in Port Harcourt to do the same thing with youths in Rivers State.
“On September 16, our UN Chaplaincy Officers training will take place for two weeks and those to be trained will officially become UN Chaplaincy Officers in Nigeria.
“After the training, they will have the mandate to carry out assignments on the field as UN Chaplaincy officers to help Nigeria to handle minor problem of peace building.
“We will also train Justices of Peace, International Police Chaplain Officers that will carry out our activities of diplomacy, mediation, settlement through co-habitation, dialoguing and human right defenders,” Kafu-Ata said.
The International President, IOYPP, Commandant Johannes Makouvia, said the country cannot afford to have peace mediators whose duty would be to unite citizens at every given time.
“We are here to promote peace and that is why we are talking about training the youths for mediation.
“Once you train many youths on mediation and they know how to manage conflict, they will be mediators in all their areas of residence and operation, and by so doing, ensure peace”, he stated.

Makouvia said the training was targeted at the Northern and Southern parts of the country to have a balanced result.