Drum Major for Peace floats 3rd National Entertainment Summit
The Drum Majors for Peace, a foremost advocacy organisation, is set to hold the third National Entertainment and Peace Summit to commemorate the International Day of Peace, 2022
This is contained in a release signed by the Executive Director of Drum Major for Peace, Amb. Nsikan Paul was made available by the organisers and sighted by Morenews.ng.
According to the release, the group provides a platform where creativity is harnessed to promote positive values.
The release indicates that the event which is tagged: END RACISM, BUILD PEACE, will focus on good Leadership and Peace Agenda: The Role of Entertainment and Creative Industry
The event will take place on Tuesday, 20th September 2022 at Ladi Kwali International Conference Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Wuse Abuja by 11 am.
The statement reads in part: “The summit is very timely as the creative industry shall gather to contribute their quota in the promotion of peace before, during and after the forthcoming general elections especially now that the country is faced with all forms of challenges ranging from insecurity, kidnapping and all forms of agitation that suggest disintegration.
“The Argument of the theme: The black Nigerians abroad want to come home, because of Racism. The black Nigerians abroad do not want to come home, because of bad government and corruption in Nigeria.
“If there is good leadership and good government, there will be no racism, because every black person will be content in their country.
“And if every black Nigerian is content in their own country, Nigeria will develop in no distance time to a world power level.””
The group’s Executive Director of the organisation explained further that the Objectives of the Summit
is to strengthen the ideals of peace by galvanizing support for the promotion of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG: 16) (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions)
He added that the event will also serve to promote unity, social cohesion and creative empowerment, especially now that the country is battling with issues of unemployment, insecurity, religious intolerance, and all forms of agitations that suggest disintegration and also promote open-mindedness for acceptance of the difference among gender, race, and territories.
The Summit brings together entertainers, stakeholders, youth groups, thought leaders, religious leaders, businessmen, artisans, government agencies and civil society organizations to use the instrumentality of entertainment and creative industry to drum the message of peace, reconciliation, and tolerance and social cohesion in our fragile social fabric.
The release by the DruThe release Major for Peace urged all members of the public to support and participate in the epoch-making event.
