2face Institutes N6m Peace Award
One of Nigerian’s biggest musical exports, Innocent Idibia Popularly called 2face has launched a peace award tagged “2face Peace Awards” to promote peace and support young Nigerians involved in peace projects in their communities.
According to 2face, six winners would be selected for the awards from six different categories are Women-led Peace Building, Youth Peace Building, and Peace building in the environment (for those having conflicts over resources). Other categories are Projects on urban violence and community peace building, the use of technology or Social Media for peace building and Mediation directed at reducing violence against women and girls.
The pop star said that N1million would be presented to each winner, along with opportunities to attend key global peace summits and exchange programmes in 2014. Mr. Idibia further said that almost a quarter of the world lived in areas affected by military or civil conflicts.
He noted that there were young people who were busy building bridges across communities. “These young people are mostly unnoticed but you will find them working hard in various places, educating people and helping to manage conflicts and promoting peace.
“They have become community leaders in peace building, reconciliation and post -conflict reconstruction, thereby establishing themselves as the next generation of leaders.
“As we march towards Nigeria’s centenary celebrations in 2014, more than anything else, we choose to celebrate these young unsung heroes, who are active in their communities, promoting peace.
“We want to celebrate them through the ‘2face Peace Awards’’, ‘2face said
