BY DIRRIBA TESHOME
Any country that has a culture of conflict occurrence and reoccurrence will not be able to attract investment. In this sense peace is, therefore, a basic requirement to our existence and building attractive culture which will attract investors.
Peace has influence on entrepreneurship. Any entrepreneur targets to make a profit at the end of business transaction. And entrepreneurs are vital in creating new enterprises that amplifies and energizes the economy. But whereby his target of making a profit is not foreseen, his interest is automatically discouraged.
For example, the recent treasonous act of Tigray People’s Liberation Front junta has created negative impact on the prior interests of investors in Tigray State. Therefore, it is very wise to stabilize the state and restore peace and security to attract entrepreneurs in the state.
Likewise, peace has very critical role in academic environment. Academic institutions at all levels play their roles effectively in prospering a nation only if there is peace persistently as they have distinct groups made up the human components. These included students, nonacademic staff, academic staff and management.
Each of these groups is vital in the running of the institutions and neglect to any of the groups means impediments to academic progress. Peace in the academic circle therefore must be found in each of the groups. Any dispute between one group and the other will surely affect the other groups.
And the instabilities in the country over the past three years have shown the necessity of peace prioritizing in the academic institutions though orchestrated by the destroyed junta-TPLF.
Equally, peace promotion ranks high in nation building. To promote peace for the progress and development of a nation, that nation will involve active participation of all stakeholders.
These stakeholders include families, education institutions, government and its ministries plus the various organs in the country.
There is no doubt that family is the first institution of socialization. The upbringing of anybody lies on the role of the family. Family means the social unit of people who are brought together by marriage ties, blood relationship and child adoption. Thus, the behavior of the family is depicted by the children as the way they were brought up matters.
It is therefore, very imperative for parents to appreciate the truth that they are training their children for the society as charity begins at home.
Another way to promote peace is by good leadership. A good leader must at all times try to be transformational. This can be achieved if a leadership represents interpersonal influence of his followers.
The only way a leader can command respect and draw the supports of his followers is when they see in the leadership loveable and peaceful qualities. The followers can only contribute positively when they are convinced that they are “following somebody that is worth following not because he threatens them or bullies them but because they believe in him and what he does.”
Peace will surely erode a country whose leadership is not conscious of the pains and aspirations of his subordinates. The people will be characterized by agony and hatred-the agent of conflict.
A leader must ensure a perfect structure in which all the departments under him are working well. This will give room for peace and economic development to take place.
Hence, good governance can promote peace if the government has a listening ear and serious with its required responsibilities.
Also, to promote peace for nation building, it is essential to ensure and to guarantee both formal and informal types of education of the greater population of the country. This must include great emphasis on the importance of peace.
In conclusion, I firmly believe that the new plan is well decided by prioritizing peace for the way to prosperity. And the government structures at all levels should value the imperativeness of peace for nation building and consider it as a critical ingredient to economic growth.
They need to represent transformational leadership that carries their subordinates along by showing them what directions to march through, assisting and guiding them when it is necessary. This will bring about peaceful and persistent economic development.
The Ethiopian herald December 30/2020
