Story by Dili Utomi
The International Association of World Peace Advocates (IAWPA) is an affiliate of the United Nations which aims to promote peace around the world, the association has Mr. Per Stefson from Denmark as its president. The body has been registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria as an entity since 2012 and has been making notable Nigerians Eminent Peace Ambassadors in order to promote the ethos of the Association.
According to Wikipedia “The International Association of World Peace Advocates (IAWPA) is a global non-governmental organisation and a participant of the United Nations Global Compact. Its objective is to promote peace and harmony in various local communities across the globe and to ensure that the aims and objectives of the United Nations in the maintenance of global peace is being achieved”.
The association is a body of concerned global citizens whose interest is to promote universal peace, just and inclusive society within the United Nations to ensure that all classes of people in societies are carried along on the schemes, programmes and policies of the United Nations.
The IAWPA is also an association that makes sure that the Global Development Programmes are duly executed.
In Nigeria, the IAWPA has been involved in a number of programmes like the donation of 50,000 umbrellas to the Nigerian Police Force in 2022. They intend to install at least 774 Bore Holes in 774 local government areas in Nigeria over the course of a period of time .
According to Eminent Peace Ambassador Chidi Eyiriodu, an International Director of the Association in Nigeria “The IAWPA will soon start the training of Nigerians in the areas of peace making in order to avoid the situation where the United Nations will use peace keepers as a result of war”.
At the event which took place on Saturday at the Greenfield Estate secretariat in Ago, Okota Lagos, some Nigerians who are eminently qualified were recruited as Eminent Peace Ambassadors and one of them is a journalist turned entrepreneur, Dr. Anita Bernard Ugochinyere, a lady who has through dint of hard work and dedication carved a niche for herself.
Dr. Anita Bernard Ugochinyere is woman who has combined beauty and brain to obtain a diploma in engineering and Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, she is an entrepreneur of note who has a supermarket and pharmacy business under her control.
We asked her a few questions after the conferment of the Eminent Peace Ambassador title on her and also her opinion on the protest currently happening in Nigeria now and these were here words ” I want to thank God that the protest has been largely peaceful and that Nigerians understand the importance of peace which we shall continue to promote as Eminent Peace Ambassadors.
It was also an opportunity to confer a title on the president of the IAWPA, Mr. Per Stefson by the Igbo Community in Lagos. The title is the Eze Udo Gburugburu (The great peace promoter) for his contributions in teaching about peace and promoting peace in many countries of the world.
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