DIMBAINIMIBOFA NESTA CALLS FOR UNITY AMONGST ALL NIGER DELTA LEADERS

Peace is a requisite element for the growth and development of any society. That is if any family, community, state, or even a country desire to move forward, then the ingredient of peace must be present in its meal. More so, whereas there is a need for peace to advance the cause of society, there is an equal need for unity and justice to sustain the peace. This is because there can be no true peace in the absence of justice. Therefore, even as the world searches for peace, there must also be a concerted effort for the enthronement of justice in the society. The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria over the years has been labelled as a hostile region by the Nigerian State. Although this assertion is erroneously conceived because the indices used in arriving at this obnoxious conclusion only considered the presence of violence and agitations while neglecting the most vital ingredients of peace; which are justice and equity. It should be noted that peace is not necessarily the absence of war or...