By Olayinka Latona
THE Rosicrucian Order (AMORC) has  appealed to Nigerians to embrace peace, explaining that it’s only in an atmosphere of peace that progress and development can thrive.

The advice was given by the Grand Administrator, Fr. Kenneth Idiodi and Grand Councillor, Fr. Johnson Ikube of the Order during a public symposium in Lagos titled: “Achieving national peace and security”.

Lamenting the rate of inse-curity in the country, Idiodi said notwithstanding socio-political and ethno-religious back-grounds of Nigerians, there is need to exhibit the virtues of peace, tolerance, forgiveness, love and harmonious relation-ship, adding that without peace growth and develop-ment cannot be achieved in the country.

The absence of peace is an in-dication that there is a disconnect within inner and outer self, stressing: “Nigerians should not be discouraged because every effort made at personal level to achieve peace will go a long way to achieve peace at the global level because humanity is one.

“Peace is something we should always talk about, try and aspire to put it into practice everyday of our live. Without peace there cannot be growth,” he said.

Continuing, Idiodi said: “There is only one reason why peace is elusive in the world and indeed Nigeria because various states that constitute the nation are not at peace and peace at various states is elusive because there is no peace at the local government level, peace is elusive in various families because there is no peace within the individuals that make up the families.”