Youth charged to prevent conflicts, promote peacebuilding efforts
Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Peace Council, Rt Rev Samuel Kofi Osabutey, has urged the youth to promote dialogue and peaceful coexistence in their communities and other social spaces to help prevent conflicts.
Rt Rev Samuel Kofi Osabutey, Chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Peace Council, has called upon Ghana's youth to foster dialogue and peaceful coexistence in their communities and social spaces as a means to prevent conflicts. He emphasized that young people should acquire vital skills such as effective communication, mediation, and negotiation, and actively participate in the peacebuilding process.
Osabutey urged the youth to listen attentively to opposing viewpoints, communicate respectfully, respect differing opinions, and seek solutions instead of attempting to prove who is right or wrong. He highlighted the importance of early conflict warning systems for effective peacebuilding and advised the youth to exercise decorum in political activities, rejecting political vigilantism, hate speech, intimidation, and potential acts of violence.
Moreover, Osabutey stressed that the youth's role as peace ambassadors should extend to online communities, where misinformation, hate speech, and inflammatory content are prevalent. Participants of a workshop on conflict resolution strategies, organized by the Greater Accra Regional Peace Council, were educated on detecting conflict triggers, fair dispute settlement, and fact-checking rumors.
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) provided insights into the various aspects of conflict prevention and management.
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