The Executive Director, Citizens for Development and Education (CDE), Convener and Head of Secretariat, Kano Peace Committee (KPC), and Convener, Nigeria for Peace Project (N4P), Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, performed the formal inauguration of the Kano Peace Committee Football Academy on the 23rd of September 2024, as part of the activities to mark and celebrate the 2024, International Peace Day, in Kano State.
The event was deliberately designed to consolidate the message of this year’s theme: “Cultivating the Culture of Peace” intentionally targeting the young people in the State and engaging on the importance of peace and peaceful coexistence.
Amb. Waiya, said, that it is indeed, critical at this moment of our growing challenges and threat to peace and security, to grossly engage the youths at every layer, to cultivate the culture of peacebuilding, and social cohesion to implant the love for humanity, nationalism, and patriotism, regardless of ethnic, regional and religious inclination.
It is time to build a collective action to preserve and support all efforts, to ensure that, a human society full of peace, security, and prosperity is built.
The Kano Peace Committee Football Academy shall be supported to serve as a breeding platform for young talented people, and create an opportunity for them to pursue their dreams of becoming great players at local, national, and international levels, Waiya said.
The Kano Peace Committee shall equally expose the players through pieces of training on the importance of peace, to transform them into peace advocates and peace-building agents in their constituencies, communities, state, and around the country at large.
During the event, Amb. Waiya was unanimously endorsed as the Chairman of the Academy, while Dr. Habib Abubakar Awais, was equally nominated as the Secretary-General for the Academy.
The players in their respective responses, appreciated the Kano Peace Committee, for its unrelenting contribution to Peace development and security in Kano State, the North, and the country at large.
