The Rivers State Director of the International Association of World Peace Advocates (IAWPA), P. Amb. Dr. Juliet Nwokocha has urged P. Amb. Engr. Clement Sylvester Umanah to regard his induction as a responsibility to serve humanity rather than merely an award.
Dr. Nwokocha gave the charge while representing the organisation’s spokesperson at the induction ceremony of Engr. Clement Sylvester Umanah.
She explained that IAWPA is an international peace organisation with Special Consultative Status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 2019.
She said the organisation promotes peace, human solidarity, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
She encouraged the newly inducted ambassador to use his position to advance peace, unity, and humanitarian service.
Speaking after his induction, P. Amb. Engr. Clement Sylvester Umanah described himself as an engineer, peacemaker, philanthropist, and cheerful giver.
Introducing his roots, he said: P. Amb. Engr. Clement Sylvester Umanah said, “I come from Ikot Akaso, Eka Uruk Eshiet, Etim Ekpo LGA of Akwa Ibom State, a place that taught me respect, hard work, and love for people
As a trained ABB Electrical Engineer, Umanah specialises in power, automation, industrial control systems, and drives.
His professional expertise covers ABB switchgear, drives, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and robotics.
Beyond his engineering career, he said his greatest passion is promoting peace and helping others. I am a peacemaker and a philanthropist; I do not enjoy conflict.
I love to settle quarrels, bring people together, and make peace reign in family, church, and community. If there is tension, I will be the voice that calms it.
As a Cheerful Giver. I give not because I have too much, but because I love to see others smile.
I give my time, my support, my encouragement, and what God has blessed me with — and I give it with joy, not with a complaint.
My life is guided by one principle: Work with excellence, live in peace with all men, and be a blessing to everyone you meet, he said.
From Ikot Akaso to the world — Engineer, Peacemaker, Philanthropist, Cheerful Giver.
The induction of Umanah marks another opportunity for him to combine his professional experience with humanitarian service and peacebuilding under the IAWPA platform.
The International Association of World Peace Advocates is a peace and humanitarian organisation with United Nations ECOSOC Special Consultative Status. Its activities promote peacebuilding, human solidarity, dialogue, and the advancement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
