Ex-Governor Orji Kalu leads pro-peace rally

September 17, 2017

 Former governor of Abia State on Saturday, led a group of enthusiastic youths on “Commit to Making Peace Possible”campaign in Abia State.

Participants at the rally were members of Junior Chambers International ,JCI, and leaders of other youth organizations.

Participants of  the rally called on all parties involved in the current conflict in the South East  region to refrain from resorting to physical or verbal violence and maintain respect for law in other for peace to reign.

According to Newsmen, Kalu addressed the youths to welcome them in his country home and expressed his satisfaction in hosting this year’s JCI annual youth summit.

He further demanding that youths should learn how to play positive roles in the society, he shared experiences on how the youth can impact on the society and point the right direction to which the society should follow.

He also called on all Nigerian youths to maximize their potentials and desist from writing or speaking in ways detrimental to the country.

“I am begging all youths, opinion moulders and all other people involved in the recent conflict to stop inciting Nigerian people to hate one another just to achieve their own objectives.

“Hate speech is what we must reject.
Holding different political views is ordinary in any democratic society, but we must not resort to violence to achieve our political objectives,” he said.

The former governor also advised all leaders to respect the rights of other people,and  also pleaded with the federal government to use a single standard in order to maintain peace and order in the country, “treating all Nigerians equally under the law,” he said.