NGO organises marathon race for peace in Taraba
The Foundation for Peace, Hope and Conflict Management (FPHACM), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has on Wednesday organised a marathon race for peaceful coexistence in Jalingo.
Rev. Fr. Anthony Bature, the Executive Director of the foundation, said that the event was put in place bearing in mind that sports were an instrument for global peace.
Bature, a professor with the Federal University, Wukari, said the foundation believed that engaging the youths in sports would reduce the security challenges in a multicultural state such as Taraba.
“Sports had increasingly become an instrument for the promotion of peace among the youths globally.
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“We tried the marathon race in Wukari in 2021 in an attempt to restore peace there and it worked and that is why we brought it to the state capital this year.
“The foundation plans to work with other stakeholders to make it a bigger event next year,” he said.
Bature commended Most Rev Dr Charles Hamawa, the Catholic Bishop of Jalingo Diocese, and others for their relentless support of the foundation’s peace efforts in the state.
Also speaking, Alhaji Abdulnasir Boboji, the Chairman of the Jalingo local government council, lauded the efforts of the foundation in enhancing peace in the state.
Boboji pledged the commitment of the council to the activities of the foundation for a better society.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the marathon race which had both Male and female youths from across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state commenced from Afolaham Square to Jolly Nyame Stadium in Jalingo.
Mr Benjamin Muya took the first position in the Male category while Mrs Salome Seati won the female category.
The second and third positions were awarded prices ranging from generators, televisions and refrigerators by the foundation.
