It is often said that destruction is much easier than building. This also explains why it is often argued by enthusiasts of harmonious and peaceful coexistence of people in the communities, that it is always better to avoid conflicts or have mechanisms in place to settle disputes amicably to avoid violent escalations, for no one actually knows how violence will end. Granted that disputes are inevitable in the human society, but the ability to use human intelligence in solving them peacefully is a quality reserved to humans as rational beings. It was Fr. Kukah (2006) who said;
"For a country to be at peace, the states that make up the country would have to be at peace first. For this to be, the communities in the state would first be at peace, and this can only be achieved when the families that make up the community are at peace with one another. The individuals within the families would have to be at peace with each other to make for peaceful family. Also, there has to be peace within the individuals. Such peace radiating from within the people is the real peace needed to lay a foundation for a sustained peace in the human environment."
These words simply point to the fact that peace is achievable only when individuals are properly motivated and disposed to make peace happen. There has never been any community that, if the inhabitants had the ability to vision the state of their community post-conflict like Jewish prophets, would have went ahead with settling disputes violently. The big question always becomes what would be the state of a place, a people, people’s dreams and aspirations etc. after conflicts.
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- Evarist Okpala (Author), 2025, The Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Post-Conflict Situations, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/1660404
