The Benin Golf Club is set to host Golf Fore Peace Edo 2025. The event holds Saturday, June 7. The Lagos event is equally scheduled to hold at Ikeja Golf Club, Saturday, June 28. While the Abuja leg is scheduled for IBB Golf Club on Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15.
Each tournament will feature peace roundtables and cocktail evenings (the night before), unveiling of Peace Ambassadors by the Chief of Defence Staff, ceremonial tee-offs, cultural showcases from all six-geo-political zones, cultural music, poetry and food festival.
The golf tourney is aimed at bringing unity in the country. Speaking with The Guardian, Kemi Olowoyo-Otegbade, Initiator & Lead Coordinator of the golf tournament, said, “the Chief of Defence Staff who heads the nation’s security forces supports the use of both kinetic and non-kinetic approaches to address security challenges.”
She continued, “Nigeria is in need of unity, dialogue, and reconciliation.” She added, “as a nation rich in culture and diversity—spanning six geopolitical zones: South West, South East, South South, North Central, North East, and North West— we recognise that peace is not merely the absence of conflict but the active pursuit of harmony.”
Outstanding Nigerians—individuals who exemplify innovation, unity, and advocacy for peace—will be recognised as peace ambassadors during the tourney. Among those to be unveiled in Lagos include Chairman Greenwich Merchant Bank, Mr. Kayode Falowo; MD, Ecobank, Mr. Bolaji Lawal, Chairman, Air Peace, Dr. Allen Onyema, Chairman, Punch Newspapers, Mrs. Angela Emuwa; Chairman, Odu’a Investment Company, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru and Chairman, Keystone Bank, Lady Ada Chukwulobe.
The maiden edition held at the IBB International Golf & Country Club, Abuja, on November 25, 2023. The second edition followed at the TYB Golf Course, also in Abuja, in 2024. The Chief of Defence Staff, General C.G. Musa, serves as the Lead Peace Advocate, consistently championing the use of golf as a platform for national dialogue, unity, and peace. He traditionally leads the ceremonial tee-off and delivers keynote messages during the dinner and prize presentation ceremonies.