Vice President John Dramani Mahama has advised Northerners to learn to forgive one another, especially during the Easter festivities and resort to dialogue in solving differences to enhance development. He said there was the need for them to repackage the north in a positive way and make it more attractive to investors to enhance the pace of development and to give jobs to the unemployed youth. Vice President Mahama gave the advice in a speech read on his behalf in Salaga on Saturday at the 34th Annual Gonjaland Youth Association Congress on the theme: "Building Strength From Our Diversity: The Challenges and Imperatives for Development in a Modern Multi-Ethnic Society." He said there was no substitute for peace and patience, hence, the need for northerners to exhibit the spirit of love and unity for one another, because they share common problems of poverty, hunger, disease and underdevelopment. He commended the people of Gonjaland for fostering unity and cohesion among themselves and ensured a peaceful enskinment of the Yagbon Wura. He was hopeful that kingmakers in other parts of the country would emulate this and enstool the right people to avoid confusion. Vice President Mahama urged the people of Gonjaland to use the congress to peacefully settle any form of disagreement, since development only progressed in a peaceful society. He advised the youth to avoid alcoholism, drug abuse and teenage pregnancies, and to take their education and other careers seriously to build for them a better future. Source: GNA