Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation in collaboration with Fellow Ishaq – Anifowose Amatullateef & Molominira impact initiative recently organized a day symposium at Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area as part of sensitizing the youth on interreligious Harmony towards achieving sustainable peaceful society and prevention of violence.
Speaking during the occasion Reverend Fr. Oviemuno Obi spoke on interreligious Harmony and educating the youths on the need to live peacefully in our society. The youths should be seen as leader of today and tomorrow, so they should not be allowed to be destroyed by bad elements.
Another speaker Missionary Olayiwola Abdul Basit and Obaditan Hakeem spoke on sensitizing the youths to prevent violence and the need to be proactive to curb violence in our society
Speaker Oladejo – Alghazal Shakirat spoke on health related issues that the youths must be caring for their physical and mental health.
Ishaq Anifowose one of the organizers stated that the youths are being used by some bad elements in our society for violence instead of engaging them meaningfully to be useful in our society . so this symposium is organized to sensitize the youths, religious leaders, parents, and any other groups to change their orientation and reasoning about the people that want to use the youths for violence.
According to Anifowose, she promised that subsequent event that will channel the youths energy towards achieving a better result will be organized in different locations to create more awareness .
Ishaq Anifowose concluded that they are trying to counter extremism, religious intolerant , disharmony and any thing that can cause inhumanity in our society must be prevented .