Seeing Uche Nworah As An Epitome Of Friendship Through The Eyes Of International Friendship Day (OPINION) By Isaac Asabor

According to the leadership of the United Nations, “Our world faces many challenges, crises, and forces of division, such as poverty, violence, and human rights abuses, among many others, that undermine peace, security, development and social harmony among the world’s peoples.

“To confront those crises and challenges, the supranational body said, their root causes must be addressed by promoting and defending a shared spirit of human solidarity that takes many forms, the simplest of which is friendship.

The supranational body went on to say that “Through friendship, by accumulating bonds of camaraderie and developing strong ties of trust, we can contribute to the fundamental shifts that are urgently needed to achieve lasting stability, weave a safety net that will protect us all, and generate passion for a better world where all are united for the greater good”.

Given the backdrop of the foregoing, the International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures, and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities.

As gathered, the resolution that culminated in the entrenchment of the International Day of Friendship places emphasis on involving young people, as future leaders, in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.

Thus, to mark the International Day of Friendship, the UN encourages governments, international organizations, and civil society groups to hold events, activities, and initiatives that contribute to the efforts of the international community towards promoting a dialogue among civilizations, solidarity, mutual understanding, and reconciliation.

For the sake of clarity, the International Day of Friendship is an initiative that follows the proposal made by UNESCO defining the Culture of Peace as a set of values, attitudes, and behaviors that reject violence and endeavor to prevent conflicts by addressing their root causes with a view to solving problems. It was then adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1997.

Expectedly, as the world looks forward to the celebration of the Special Day on July 30, 2023, with the theme, “Sharing the human spirit through friendship”, one cannot be said to have resorted to a panegyric by saying in this context that Chief, Dr. Uche Nworah, the “Ezeudo Enugwu-Ukwu na Umunri”, has over the years been sharing the human spirit through friendship. To many that know his kind of personality, Uche Nworah is friendship personified.

Without a doubt, if there is any auspicious time to talk about friendship as a topic of discussion, particularly as it concerns Eze Udo, as he is popularly called, it is now that the world is gearing up to celebrate International Friendship Day on Sunday, the 30th July 2023. As early mentioned, Happy Friendship Day or Friend’s Day is celebrated every year by the United Nations (UN) on the above-mentioned day while some countries celebrate the day as National Friendship Day on some other dates.

Thus, the International Day of Friendship is a United Nations (UN) observance and not a public holiday. This day motivates people for celebrating friendship regardless of race, color, or religion.

As gathered, friendship is a basic tool to make the world’s people prosperous and peaceful. This is also a key source to maintain social harmony and mildness among societies. By developing the trends of friendship among people, societies, and countries we can achieve a better level of stability, solidarity, and peace.

The theme for this year reveals an aspect of friendship that explains how sharing emotions of happiness and serenity can conquer the hearts of others.

As a Journalist that is acquainted with Eze Udo’s friendly disposition, having had media parleys with him in the past, written new stories around his amiable personality, and being one of his friends on Social media platforms, permit me to dispassionately say that he is a person that can be said to have a pleasant disposition, being a good-natured personality, inclined to be friendly, easy to get along with, and receptive to national developmental ideas.

As an amiable personality that no doubt understands that drifting apart from friends or having a falling out altogether is unarguably a sad experience, a visit to Eze Udo on any of his social media pages would see him throwing back pictures he snapped with old friends among which is the merged pictures used in illustrating this piece.

In fact, the beauty of the foregoing, which is an integral part of his amiable disposition, and the lessons yours sincerely has learned therefrom is that Eze Udo believes that the best way to appreciate old friends is to look back at the good old times and feel nostalgic. Concurring with him in this regard, an old picture caption can give a flashback of so many wonderful memories. It fills our hearts with joy when reminiscing the stories behind each of our favorite photos. In fact, some of the best moments of our lives are captured in photographs, and this is what Eze Udo has for the umpteenth time done.

Without a doubt, he has in many ways demonstrated the fact that from the best of times to the worst of times, there is nothing more beautiful and rewarding than true friendship in the world. He has also demonstrated the fact that whether you have a single friend you call your best friend or a group of friends you cannot do without meeting every week, friendships are undoubtedly special, and lighten you up on the dullest of days, toughest of times and make a lively moment even happier and brighter.

Concluding this piece from the backdrop of the foregoing facts, it is no doubt pragmatic to see Uche Nworah as an epitome of friendship through the eyes of International Friendship Day slated for celebration on July 30, 2023.

 

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