Mwaghavul Women President Receives Peace Ambassador Award At Odilins


By: Labaran Ahmed 

The National President of the Mwaghavul Development Association Worldwide, Women Wing, Nurse Grace Joseph Gora, has received a Peace Ambassador Award in recognition of her commitment to peacebuilding, community development and support for vulnerable members of society.

Gora received the award at Odilins Event Centre, Jos, after attending the Plateau Youth Advocacy Vanguard programme in solidarity with her colleague. Following the programme, Chief Mrs Dahilim Josephine Dahilim, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AJODA Hall Foundation, used the opportunity to formally present Gora with the award earlier conferred on her by the foundation.

The award was originally presented during a women and widows empowerment programme organised by AJODA Hall Foundation in Mangu, but Gora was not present at the time to receive it. Her meeting with Dahilim at the Jos event therefore provided an opportunity for the award to be formally presented to her.

Speaking after receiving the award, Gora described the recognition as both an honour and a challenge to do more in promoting peace within her family, neighbourhood, community, Plateau State and Nigeria at large.

“I stand for peace, and I am for peace too,” she said, adding that the recognition had strengthened her resolve to continue supporting initiatives that promote peaceful coexistence.

Gora stressed that Plateau State could only achieve meaningful development when its people looked beyond ethnic differences and regarded themselves as one family.

“Whether you are Berom, Fulani, Yoruba, Mwaghavul or from any other tribe, irrespective of your tribe, we are supposed to be one big family—a united Plateau,” she said.

According to her, peaceful coexistence would create the foundation for economic growth and sustainable development.

She said a peaceful Plateau would enable people to pursue their livelihoods, invest, trade and contribute more effectively to the development of the state, expressing confidence that the state could achieve greater economic progress if its people remained united.

Speaking on the award, Chief Mrs Dahilim Josephine Dahilim, Managing Director and CEO of AJODA Hall Foundation, said the recognition was presented in collaboration with the Plateau State Government under the leadership of Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang.

Dahilim commended Governor Mutfwang for what she described as his support for humanitarian activities and programmes being undertaken by NGOs and foundations across the state.

She described the Governor as “a father to all,” saying his administration had been making efforts to address insecurity and promote development in Plateau State.

According to Dahilim, while government has a major responsibility in addressing the challenges facing the state, achieving lasting peace and development requires the collective efforts of government, individuals, NGOs, foundations and international organisations.

“Government has done a lot, but we also need to come together and get support from other individuals, other NGOs, the government and also international bodies to come in and do our own part so as to bring lasting peace and development to the land,” she said.

She explained that AJODA Hall Foundation had organised the women and widows empowerment programme in Mangu to provide support to people affected by crises and other vulnerable members of society. About 200 widows benefited from the programme through the distribution of palliatives and financial assistance intended to support petty trading.

Dahilim said Gora was selected for the Peace Ambassador Award because of her involvement in promoting peace and supporting widows, orphans, less privileged families and other vulnerable members of society.

She noted that the foundation's activities were based on the belief that peace remained the most sustainable solution to the humanitarian challenges confronting communities.

“It is our prayer that all these crises we have been experiencing, God will bring them to an end. We should learn to live in peace. That is what even the foundation stands for—that we should live in peace,” she said.

Dahilim stressed that while humanitarian organisations could continue providing relief materials and financial assistance to people affected by crises, it would be better to achieve lasting peace so that communities could live and develop without constantly depending on emergency interventions.

She expressed appreciation to Governor Mutfwang for his collaboration with the organisation and for what she described as his support for NGOs and foundations working to improve the lives of vulnerable people in Plateau State.

The AJODA Hall Foundation chief executive also reiterated the organisation's commitment to supporting vulnerable families, promoting peaceful coexistence and complementing government efforts towards achieving sustainable peace and development across the state.

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