Rotary Club of Ilorin Golden District 9125 has been urged to extend their tentacles on conflict resolution
Speaking at the official investiture ceremony of Rotarian Abeeb Kudirat Omolara, as the new president of the club, the chairman of the occasion who was the former Commissioner for Justice, Kwara state Barrister Salman Jawando urged the club not to limit their activities on humanitarian activities alone as they need to go further to get involve in what is happening in the country “the only story that is constant in Nigeria today is about conflict, kidnapping, banditary, armedrobbery among others, which Rotary club have to play role in”
Jawando who said he was not a rotarian but shared the phylosophy to rotary club added that one should use the opportunity one has to serve the people, be selfless and be accomodative.
While wishing the new president Mrs Abeeb Kudirat Omolara a rewarding tenure, he said she would realise beyond her dream and aspiration and imagination in the line of activities she intend to pursue
In his presentation entitled `Peace and Conflict Resolution, Community development and Nation Building a guess Speaker, Joseph Sunday Bamigboye SAN who said the general consensus is that in conflict management, only person who have successfully manageed their own personal and domestic conflicts are qualified for participation in conflict management and conflict resolution stressed the need for good governance at all level of government, community and family inclusive to eliminate or manage and reduce conflict to the barest minimum level. “government must determine to avoid conflict within the Nigerian ethnic configuration and where it is inevitable rather than resort to arms and violence, any of the reactive methods of resolution should be adopted if this country will progress and develop in realization of its potentials. The bottom line however, is the imperative of justice without which stemming the tide of conflict and nation building will continue to be mirage”he said.
Speaking further, the new Presideny Abeeb Kudirat Omolara who expressed delight promised to justify the confidence repose in her as the president as she stressed the need to continue to promote humanitarian service, she stressed the need to run the club together added that she would touched lives of people through imapactful projects added that donations from the club, friends and associate would be channeled towards putting smile in the faces of the less priviledge as she would touch more lives through rotary.
She said her seven area of focused would include peace, conflict prevention and resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy economic, community development and environmental protection