Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; former Governor of Oyo State, Alao Akala; and Senator Monsurat Sunmonu have been billed to attend the United Nations’ International Day of Peace Lecture and Award Ceremony.
The event organised by the African Foundation for Peace and Love Initiatives in collaboration with Joint Communities in Bode Kumapayi will hold this week in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
In a statement made available to Sunday PUNCH, the Founding President of AFPLI, Dr. Titus Oyeyemi, said that the programme is set toward providing a pragmatic roadmap toward sustainable peace and development in Nigeria.
He said, “The state of the Nigerian nation today tends to be violence-prone and insurgency sympathetic. Cases of kidnapping and mugging for ransom are rampant and escalating daily. No part of the country is spared these brutalities. Schools and schoolchildren are often the hardest hit.”
Security experts, traditional rulers, religious leaders and community heads are also expected to be in attendance.
