Lack of adequate awareness raising activities opens door for violence in Oromia

Addis Ababa, December 14, 2015 (FBC) – Executive Committee Members of OPDO and EPRDF have expressed their sympathy for the loss of life in a violence that had occurred recently in some schools of Oromia Regional State.
Daba Debele, Executive Committee Members of OPDO and EPRDF as well as Office Head of OPDO Central Committee, said the regional state deeply regretted over the violence and the loss of life due to lack of adequate awareness among the public on the master plan.
However, anti-peace forces utilized the gap created in raising awareness of the public to perpetrate violence by recruiting some youth and students, he said.
Extremist groups who are striving to attain their objectives will not succeed, Government Communication Affairs Office Minister, Getachew Reda, said.He further urged the youth to refrain from rallying alongside destructive forces. The youth should create favorable conditions to become beneficiaries of development gains through presenting their questions peacefully, he said.