ADDIS ABABA – Participants comprised from Afar town administrations and woredas pinpointed that the dialogue would be viable towards addressing differences and sustaining lasting peace and development.
Speaking to the Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA), Clan Leader from Dulecha Woreda Ibrahim Ali the National Dialogue would be a powerful platform to suggest solutions on the rolling out communities’ disparities and grabbing national development agendas in unison.
Ibrahim has also noted that it is also highly important to table common national and trans-boundary pressing issues inclusively.
He said, “Communities living in Afar have exemplary home-grown conflict resolution customs. The National Dialogue would be an opportunity to share and contribute our own experiences in this regard.”
Similarly, representative from zone 4 Wolina woreda pastoralist Aden Agdissa Aden underscored that the dialogue has a paramount significance to sustainably address long-aged disagreements thereby ensuring national sustainable development.
Aden, on behalf of pastoralists, traders, government employees, students, women, youth among many other segments of the societies, said that dialogue which is being held in the Afar capital Semera helps foster sustained peace to the generations.
He said, “I firmly believe that the ongoing dialogue has generational value.”
For her part, Semera City Representative Medina Ibrahim echoed that the agenda collection phase helped the residents not only for the state but also for the country at large to raise collective issues.
Urging the people in all walks of life not to miss the historic milestone and golden opportunity that flickers hope to the future, she emphasized the need to leverage properly to tackle natural and manmade calamities once and for all.
By the same token, Wuhaji Mohammed from Awash City Administration said that they are raising and identifying core agendas which are being tabled in the ongoing dialogue to settle lasting peace across the country.
The agenda gathering process is expected to finalize within three days, EPA learnt.
BY ASHENAFI ANIMUT
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER 2024
