By Mama A. Touray
Peace Gambia in collaboration with Brufut Upper Basic and Senior School has commemorated International Day of Peace at Brufut School.
Ousainou Gambia, peace advocator said: “we should always remember to speak peace, talk peace and act peaceful as this election seems to be one of the burning election or the highest election with so many worries in the minds of everyone.”
“We are the people worried about election so we are the people that can fix the worries in us, so conduct yourself and remember that you cannot go out and preach peace if you are not peaceful,” he added.
He urged Gambians to desist themselves from politics of insult and insulting of other people’s candidate.
“Sir Dawda and Yaya Jammeh were here but today they are no more and Barrow too someday will go. But you and I and Gambia shall stay. So let’s stay away from politics of insult we are one Gambia, one nation, every Gambian has the right to support whatever political party desires. The only thing we cannot do and we should not do is to insult someone’s candidate,” he appealed.
Representing the Principal of the school Seedia Touray said: “Nurturing the spirit of nationalism through peaceful elections and social cohesion is a wonderful theme to the fact that Gambia in the next few months will be going into election and elections are sometimes match with issues that are contrary, people have different views and feelings and these feelings are to be used in a way that it will not hurt the other party.”
He urged students and general public to be committed and not to relent on their efforts for nurturing peace in the minds of young people who are going to be the leaders of this nation in the very near future.
Mansata Jabai Assistant Executive Director as well made speech at the celebration.