Peace without justice impossible — Jerry Gana

…as IPCR marks 25 years, International Day of Peace

By Favour Ulebor, Abuja

Former Minister of Information and pioneer Minister of Cooperation and Integration successful Africa, Professor Jerry Gana, has stressed that genuine bid cannot beryllium without justice, fairness, and equity.

Speaking successful Abuja connected Monday astatine the 25th day of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), which coincided with the 2025 International Day of Peace, Gana warned that injustice remains the top menace to bid successful immoderate society.

“Peace without justness is intolerable due to the fact that injustice breeds resentment and fuels conflict,” helium said. “Once radical consciousness excluded, oppressed, oregon denied their just stock of resources, they are much apt to defy authority, making bid fragile and unsustainable.”

The elder statesman, who recalled laying the instauration for IPCR during his tenure, commended the Institute’s resilience but urged the Federal Government to fortify borderline information and enactment integrity to prolong peace.

“Peace is justness successful action. Peace is enactment with integrity. Peace is equitable organisation and fairness. Wherever determination is injustice, struggle is inevitable,” helium said, adding that unafraid borders stay important to tackling Nigeria’s insecurity.

Gana besides lamented the planetary diminution successful peacefulness, citing the 2025 Global Peace Index. “Too often we specify bid arsenic simply the soundlessness of guns. But lasting bid is acold much profound. Peace delayed is bid denied. Peace begins not successful league halls, but successful quality hearts,” helium noted.

In his remarks, Director-General of IPCR, Dr. Joseph Ochogwu, described the 25th day arsenic a milestone successful the Institute’s travel of peacebuilding. He said the taxable of this year’s International Day of Peace, “Act Now for a Peaceful World,” was some a telephone to enactment and reflection.

“Peace is not simply the lack of war, but the beingness of justice, equity, and dignity for all. For a 4th of a century, IPCR has been astatine the forefront of this noble cause,” Ochogwu said, commending staff, stakeholders, and past leaders for sustaining the vision.

He besides praised President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, saying its alignment with IPCR’s goals provides a caller accidental to consolidate bid successful agrarian communities and beyond.

Similarly, Acting Director of the ECOWAS Early Warning Directorate, Onyinye Onwuka, called for empathy, inclusivity, and opportunities for women and younker successful decision-making arsenic a pathway to sustainable peace.

As portion of activities marking the anniversary, IPCR carried retired humanitarian enactment for internally displaced persons (IDPs), interfaith initiatives, intelligence wellness programmes, and grassroots outreach done its zonal peacebuilding offices nationwide.

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