Also, President Muhammadu Burahi is expected to address the conference that will be held at the International Conference Centre (ICC), from November 23 to 24.
Briefing journalists at the conference room of the Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation (OSGF), President, National Peace Initiatives, Kennedy Iyere, said there was no alternatives to peaceful and mutual coexistence.
According to him, ethnic nationalities in Nigeria under the auspices of Nigeria For Peace Innitiatives, had mapped out plans to host the 2015 National Peace Building Stakeholders Conference.
He noted that the conference was designed to improve governance and ensure a sustainable peaceful coexistence amongst all Nigerians.
Iyere added that the focus of the conference is not based on regions, tribe, ethnicity or religion, but based on Nigerians as a people.
“Nigeria is the only country we have to call our own, regardless of where we are from. If we have an intense crisis in Nigeria, the Ijaw man would feel the pains as much as the Hausa, Yoruba, Edo and other ethnic groups would feel it.
“Wherever you are from, that is not the issue. The issue is to be able to give a helping hand to the government in ensuring that democratic dividends are delivered to Nigeria. In doing that, we have to look at the essential factor of peace and relate that to a family, that, when there is turbulence in a house, there are some plans that cannot be carried out by the family.
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