11/03/2026
SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (SDG 16) with the students of GSS, West of Mines. โฃ
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At first, many of the students placed the blame for everything wrong with Nigeria squarely on the systems of government. โฃ
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But as the conversation progressed, we guided them to a deeper realisation: ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ.โฃ
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In many ways, they are simply them, years from now.โฃ
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We emphasised that achieving SDG 16 is only possible when each of us plays our part โ advocating and acting in the interest of peace and social justice, regardless of our differences or biases.โฃ
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๐จ๐ ๐ป๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐
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๐ผ๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐:โฃ
speaking up when something is wrong,โฃ
refusing to engage in malpractice,โฃ
and choosing to respect rules that often seem easy to fluant.โฃ
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Because when they eventually become judges, politicians, law enforcers, and lawmakers, that sense of justice must already be rooted within them. โฃ
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That is how the foundations for strong institutions that uphold justice and promote peace are built.โฃ
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๐ถ๐พ ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ?โฃ
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