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IAWPA Appoints Elder Onanuga, Hon. Ayuba Country Director And President

The International Association of World Peace Advocates a peace advocacy group with the international community has appointed Amb. Elder Tunde Onanuga and Amb. Hon. Ayuba Mohammed Bello as its country Director and Country President respectively. Elder Tunde Onanuga is a renowned pensions consultant and the Chief Executive officer of Firstland General Services Ltd. While Hon. Ayuba Mohammed Bello is a serving member of the House of Representatives representing Jere Federal Constituency.

Their appointments were made known to newsmen in a press briefing by the International Spokesman of the association Amb. Emmanuel Nkweke in Abuja. Amb. Emmanuel Nkweke said their appointments were as a result of their commitment to the association which led to their confirmation by the International Council of the association which took place in London earlier this year. He said by their appointments, they are expected to pilot the affairs of the association in Nigeria and also ensure that the activities of the United Nations especially in the areas of peace building, climate change and Sustainable Development goals which is the cardinal areas of interest of the association are taken to the grassroots in Nigeria.

Amb. Nkweke also told newsmen that their inauguration as well as that of various state directors in the northern part of the country will hold on July 29th. 2017. He said other activities that will hold that same day include honouring various personalities in the country which include among others, wife of former Vice President of Nigeria Mrs. Titi Abubakar Atiku. He said the association opted for July 29th 2017 because they will join the United Nations in celebrating the International day against human trafficking which usually hold on 30th of July yearly.

While condemning the scourge of human trafficking across the globe, the international spokesman of  IAWPA said the choice of Mrs. Atiku Abubakar for award as an Eminent Ambassador of Peace was as a result of the impact she created as Chairperson of Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF) which  led to the enactment of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act in 2003 and the subsequent establishment of the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Mrs. Atiku is also expected to flag off the Blue Heart Campaign an initiative of the United Nations Organisation UNO to end human trafficking in the world


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