The
President, Society for Peace Studies and Practice, SPSP, Mr Nathaniel Msen
Awuapila, FSPSP, on behalf of the National Working Committee (NWC), the Central
Working Committee (CWC), the Board of Trustees (BOT), the Body of Fellows and
Members of the SPSP, Felicitates with Nigerians as the Country celebrates her
63rd Independence Anniversary.
As
we Celebrate, Mr Awuapila tasks Nigerians to imbibe and embrace the path of
peace. He notes that Nigerians have shown much faith during the past months
when, collectively, they have also endured much hardship. He observes that the
path to greatness and sustainable development for any nation is hardly ever a
straightforward one.
Addressing
the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Government, he says that the collective
experience of Nigerians during the last few months has offered Government an
opportunity to position the President Tinubu “Renewed Hope” agenda to explore
options for sustainable peacebuilding, using the full range of the
All-of-the-Government and All-of-the-Nation approaches for managing the
protracted, perhaps intractable, structural and other issues. He, however,
reassures that Nigerians, collectively, have what it takes to drive the country
to the desired destination. He further emphasizes the need for the deployment
of appropriate expertise toward managing the ongoing security and peacebuilding
challenges in Nigeria and the ECOWAS sub-region, with eyes on the evolving hot
spots.
The
SPSP President, therefore, pledges that, as a Society of Peace Scholars and
Practitioners, the Society for Peace Studies and Practice, SPSP, is ready to
partner with the Federal and State Governments to create and build a Nigerian
environment supportive of self-sustaining and durable peace across the Country.
He equally extends similar gesture of willingness to serve, to the ECOWAS
authorities.
Muhammad
Kudu Abubakar, fnipr, mspsp
National
Publicity Secretary, SPSP.
