Thursday, April 23, 2015

RALLY AGAINST XENOPHOBIA

The National Association of Peace Practitioners (NAPP), in collaboration with a broad range of civil society organizations, organized a rally to Alausa in condemnation of the xenophobic killings of Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. Let the pictures tell the remaining story...








Saturday, April 18, 2015

A PROTEST LETTER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA


It is with great sense of concern for the afro-centric disposition of Nigeria, and peace for all (even South Africans in Nigeria) that we write this letter of necessity calling upon the federal government of Nigeria to take a decisive diplomatic action against South Africa on the xenophobic attacks on citizens of Nigeria, and other foreign nationals residing In South Africa. 

It should be stated that Nigeria, through the establishment of National Committee against Apartheid (NACAP) in the 1960s, worked tirelessly to rescue the South Africans from the black waters of their own country. Through NACAP, hundreds of South Africans resident in Nigeria during apartheid went to school free of charge and Nigerian workers contributed financially to the liberation of their country. Furthermore, Nigeria championed the anti apartheid crusade at the United Nations. The UN resolutions (The General Assembly Resolution 2202 A (XXI) of 16 December 1966 and Security Council Resolution 556 of 23 October 1984) declaring apartheid a crime

Friday, April 17, 2015

NAPP AT UN

Members of NAPP at the UN office in Ikoyi, Lagos. It was a very intriguing discussion with regards to the roles that NGOs could play in the democratic process. The event afforded various proprietors of NGOs the opportunity of knowing the experiences of their counterparts in other countries, and of course learn.



Thursday, April 16, 2015

South Africa's Barbarism

Our fathers contributed their pocket monies in support of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. It is demoralizing to realize that these same beneficiaries of Nigeria's Afro-centric benevolence are paying us back with xenophobic butchering.

I do not blame them. The moral ineptitude of our political class is partly responsible.

NAPP DRAFT CONSTITUTION


TABLE OF CONTENT
THE CONSTITUTION
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEACE PRACTITIONERS (NAPP)
Article 1:         Name, Address, Slogan And Motto                                      -                      
Article 2:        Aims And Objectives                                                                         -                      
Article 3:             Membership                                                                        -                      
3.1       Full Membership:                                                                                -          
3.2       Associate Membership           
3.2       Honorary Membership:                                                                       -                      
3.3       Membership Register: