…as IPCR marks 25 years, Worldwide Day of Peace
By Favour Ulebor, Abuja
Former Minister of Info and pioneer Minister of Cooperation and Integration in Africa, Professor Jerry Gana, has harassed that real peace can’t exist with out justice, equity, and fairness.
Talking in Abuja on Monday on the twenty fifth anniversary of the Institute for Peace and Battle Decision (IPCR), which coincided with the 2025 Worldwide Day of Peace, Gana warned that injustice stays the best risk to peace in any society.
“Peace with out justice is inconceivable as a result of injustice breeds resentment and fuels battle,” he mentioned. “As soon as individuals really feel excluded, oppressed, or denied their fair proportion of sources, they’re extra probably to withstand authority, making peace fragile and unsustainable.”
The elder statesman, who recalled laying the inspiration for IPCR throughout his tenure, counseled the Institute’s resilience however urged the Federal Authorities to strengthen border safety and management integrity to maintain peace.
“Peace is justice in motion. Peace is management with integrity. Peace is equitable distribution and equity. Wherever there may be injustice, battle is inevitable,” he mentioned, including that safe borders stay essential to tackling Nigeria’s insecurity.
Gana additionally lamented the worldwide decline in peacefulness, citing the 2025 World Peace Index. “Too usually we outline peace as merely the silence of weapons. However lasting peace is much extra profound. Peace delayed is peace denied. Peace begins not in convention halls, however in human hearts,” he famous.
In his remarks, Director-Normal of IPCR, Dr. Joseph Ochogwu, described the twenty fifth anniversary as a milestone within the Institute’s journey of peacebuilding. He mentioned the theme of this 12 months’s Worldwide Day of Peace, “Act Now for a Peaceable World,” was each a name to motion and reflection.
“Peace just isn’t merely the absence of battle, however the presence of justice, fairness, and dignity for all. For 1 / 4 of a century, IPCR has been on the forefront of this noble trigger,” Ochogwu mentioned, commending workers, stakeholders, and previous leaders for sustaining the imaginative and prescient.
He additionally praised President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, saying its alignment with IPCR’s targets gives a recent alternative to consolidate peace in rural communities and past.
Equally, Performing Director of the ECOWAS Early Warning Directorate, Onyinye Onwuka, known as for empathy, inclusivity, and alternatives for ladies and youth in decision-making as a pathway to sustainable peace.
As a part of actions marking the anniversary, IPCR carried out humanitarian assist for internally displaced individuals (IDPs), interfaith initiatives, psychological well being programmes, and grassroots outreach via its zonal peacebuilding workplaces nationwide.
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