 The Kaduna State Peace Commission, Security Agencies and Other Relevant Peace Holders has taxed Kaduna State residents to skew violence, religious extremism and intolerance by promoting peaceful coexistence, mutual understanding irrespective of ethnicity and religion across the state. The Executive Vice Chairman, Peace Commission Dr. Saleh Momale said engaging religious leaders in peace dialogue has reduced conflict in most communities, noting the need to preach religious tolerance in places of worship for sustainable peace. It prevents the occurrence of conflicts or some of these violent crimes that we see in the states where religion was being used as a divisive factor. We are increasingly witnessing higher level of cooperation between Christians and Muslims and we are beginning to see higher level of religious tolerance on harmony. So what we are doing is to continue to work with our traditional rulers, our religious leaders, youth groups, women groups and the media to pass messages that will encourage the people of Kaduna State to embrace plurality and to recognize that religious differences are not basis for hatred or they are not their use as avenues for mobilizing action against one group or the other, but rather to create stronger unity. The Security Agencies on their part said kinetic approach is not enough for the actualization of peace, noting that through sensitization that centers on a negative impact of conflicts must be taken to grassroots and rural communities. This is not just by using the kinetic method to go and enforce peace. Civil Defence is known for grassroots initiative and so we are working in collaboration with the community-based agents in family settings to bring about peace. The early warning signals to see within the local community so we call on the general public to be patient with government, to be patient with the Security Agencies and also to avail the agencies useful intelligence on where they feel the Security Agencies can be of help. Peace is the key to every development and when we have a peaceful community, we have a development community and peace brings about harmony and every achievement that government is going to record, when there is no peace, that achievement is targeted as a lost achievement. We have a peaceful society and a peaceful understanding and here we cannot have common people, religious conflict is one of the key to development, one of the key aspects to economic opportunities, tranquility and stability of any nation for any sense. But that has not been so effective the way we simply message to the people, the people we can get it across. How do we embrace our cultural diversity? How do we promote tolerance? How do we accept unity? Despite our fake differences, despite our political differences and despite our ethnic background and that is based on a message across to the ears of the people to know how to rescue people and communities so that violent extremism will not strike. Hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.