ACF leader, Coomassie kicks against national conflicts

Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie

Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, will on Sunday play host to prominent personalities drawn from the 36 states of Nigeria for discussion on peaceful coexistence and conflict prevention in Nigeria.

The event, billed to take place at the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Building in Kaduna state, will include the maiden edition of the Ibrahim Coomassie lecture series with the theme: “Peaceful Coexistence; Challenges of National Unity and Responsibility of every Nigeria.”

At a press briefing in Abuja, the Chairman of the event’s organising committee, Comrade Anya S. Anya, said the parley, which will be chaired by Engr. Arthur Eze, “shall bring into national discourse, ideas, strategies and boost to eradicating conflicts, promoting unity, peace and development of one indivisible Nigeria.”

He further said: “Peace and unity are major factors we need to develop and compete with other developing and developed countries of the world.

“The event is very vital to maintain peace and unity in the multi-ethnic and multi-religious country like ours; with more than 250 ethnic tribes and various religious beliefs divided across geopolitical lines, the nation’s unity is being woefully threatened by ethnocentrism, sentiments and religious differences.

“The lecture will avail us the opportunity to appraise the challenges and build a consensus on solutions to the emerald of challenges facing or bedeviling our progress as a nation.

“It is our belief that if we eschew sentiments and show love which is the bedrock of peace and oneness in a multi-cultural nation like ours, then our dreams of peaceful and prosperous nation would be born and sustained for unborn generations.”


Source: Daily Post