The United Nation’s Peace and Positive Living Awareness Centre, UN-PEPOLAC, has officially announced some appointments into the organization’s Advisory Council, with the Director of News and Current Affairs of ABS, Mr Gab Okpalaeze as Director, Media and Publicity.

The International Coordinator of UN- PEPOLAC, Reverend Dr Ozioma Ozoemena, who made this announcement during the recent Advisory Council and Stakeholders Forum lunch meeting at Awka, listed Igwe Ben Emeka of Umueri as chairman, Peace Mediation and Reconciliation Committee, and Bishop Dr Mike Chukwudum as Director, Crises, Disputes, and Conflicts Resolution.

Other appointees include, Professor Josephat Ogbuagu of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, as the Deputy Chairman, Advisory Council, the Director General of Onitsha Business School, Prof Olusegun Sogbesan as Director of Technical and Research, Archbishop Ephraim Ndife, as Vice Chairman of the Advisory Council, among other appointees.

Addressing the appointees shortly after presenting them with their appointment letters into the various offices and positions, the International Coordinator, and chairman of the Advisory Council, Revd Dr Ozoemena charged them to strive towards redirecting the society on the path of peace, unity and progress.

According to Reverend Dr Ozoemena, the environment is charged with tension, strife and bickering, which need to be doused for the interest of the society.

He directed the minds of members of the organization to innumerable inter and intra communal crises, ethno religious feuds, and even disharmony among family members, adding that as peace advocates, they should find solutions to them via mediation, reconciliation and advocacy.

The appointees later pledged to approach their functions with diligence and promptness so as to help make the world a better place for human habitation.

The United Nation’s Peace and Positive Living Awareness Centre, is one of the United Nations approved non-governmental organizations, charged with maintenance of peace among various peoples of the world.