The Northern Regional Police Commander, Mr Ephraim Brakatu has urged the youth not to take the law into their hands and engage in violent acts to resolve grievances with people in authority. He said they should rather channel their grievances through appropriate quarters for peaceful resolution and be promoters of peace and harmony in their communities. "Peace building is not the preserve of any person but a collective responsibility of all and sundry," he added. Commissioner of Police Mr Brakatu made the appeal in an address read for him at a forum organised by Tamale Youth Self Employment Resource Centre (TYSRC) and sponsored by Social Enterprise Development Foundation of West Africa (SEND) to mark this year’s International Day of Peace in Tamale. The day is observed worldwide by United Nations to provide a platform for stakeholders to review their commitment towards promoting peace. Mr Brakatu urged the youth to preach peace to their parents and families saying: "In doing this, our aim of gathering today would be fruitful but without that we are wasting our precious time." He pointed out that it was the responsibility of every citizen to ensure and maintain law and order but noted that mankind had the tendency to exhibit selfish, brutish and lawless character. "It is in line with this that Ghana Police Service was established to train people in the maintenance of law, order and protection of life and property," he added. Mr Amadu Ibrahim Zakari, National Coordinator of Ghana Network for Peace Building (GHANEP) asked stakeholders of peace building to use their individual and collective knowledge towards building a culture of peace in Ghana. "Today is devoted to commemorating and strengthening ideal peace within and among all nations and peoples to affirm that through cooperation, we manifest the essential spirit that unites us in our diverse ways," he said. He said the youth owed it as a responsibility to provide the needed atmosphere, direction and vision for Ghana and Northern Ghana’s development and surest way to accept the reality, challenges and beauty of divergence and differences in all spheres. Peace pledges read by some youth groups at the forum called for commitment to building mutual respect and unity across cultural lines regardless of ethnicity, beliefs and experiences. Source: GNA