Osinbajo calls for an end to wars, conflicts in Africa

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Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has called for an end to the wars and conflicts in African region, saying that, peace and security in the region is not negotiable.

Osibanjo made the call when the Board of African Peace Magazine (APM), led by its Chairman, Justice Suleiman Galadima (Rtd), paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

A statement made available to newsmen on Thursday by the magazine’s Managing Editor, Barakat Yakubu, in Abuja said the Vice President noted that every generation has its own challenge and that the current one Nigeria is facing would soon be a thing of the past.

He commended the management of the APM on the laudable achievements and developments made towards the promotion of peace in Nigeria and Africa as a whole and assured the team of his willingness to support the peace project in other to put an end to the problem of insecurity in the country.

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Earlier in his speech, the statement said, the magazine’s board chairman commended the vice president for his overwhelming sacrifice for peace in Africa.

Also in his remarks, the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine, Noah Ajare, expressed his immense appreciation to the vice president’s active and impactful contributions towards the development of peace in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.

Ajare praised Osibanjo’s role in the peace process in Mali, the African Court on Human and People’s Right and his role in sustaining peace in ECOWAS region.

He also hailed Osinbajo’s exemplary leadership of various committees aimed at developing the Nigerian economy for prosperity, including the National Economic Council, Economic Sustainability Committee, the Steering Committee of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy and the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, among others.

Highlight of the event was the presentation of the African Peace Award for Exemplary Leadership to the vice president by the board chairman.

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