Ambassador Waiya and members of Kano Peace Committee during the inauguration of the football academy.
By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano
As part of activities to mark the 2024 International Peace Day, the Convener/Head of Secretariat, Kano Peace Committee (KPC), Ambassador Ibrahim Waiya, has inaugurated Kano Peace Committee Football Academy, designed to foster unity and peaceful co-existence among all residents of the state irrespective of religious, political and ethnic affiliations.
Ambassador Waiya who is also the Executive Director, Citizens for Development and Education (CDE), said the event was deliberately designed to consolidate the message of this year’s International Peace Day, with the theme: ” Cultivating the Culture of Peace.”
According to him, the football project is intentionally targeting the young people in the State, with a view to engaging them on the importance of peace and peaceful coexistence.
According to him, “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 peace building, social cohesion with a view 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.”
Waiya further hinted that: “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 both local, national and international level.
“The Kano Peace Committee shall equally expose the players through training on the importance of peace, to transform them into peace advocates and peacebuilding agents in their constituencies, communities, state and around the country at large.”
During the event, Waiya, was unanimously endorsed as the chairman for 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.