1m Nigerians To Be Trained In Conflict Resolution

To people its 25th day and the International World Day of Peace, the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has restated the value of section authorities autonomy arsenic a frontier for curbing struggle and maintaining peace.

The instauration besides revealed plans to soon supply 1 cardinal Nigerians with free, virtual peacekeeping and struggle solution training.

Speaking astatine an International Day of Peace—World Press Conference, the Executive Director of IPCR, Mr Joseph Ochogwu, blamed the anemic oregon full lack of authorities astatine the section level arsenic the superior origin of protracted and intractable assemblage crises successful Nigeria.

Citing a 2003 probe work of the institute, Ochogwu said that section communities successful Nigeria person been abandoned without authorities beingness for years. A situation, helium affirmed, the institute’s probe implicit the years re-echoes arsenic a trigger for conflict.

“If you don’t person the beingness of section governments astatine the section assemblage level, past you marque those communities susceptible and susceptible to violence. The section authorities is the frontline of authorities agencies for struggle absorption and struggle resolution. Where they are anemic oregon not successful existence, of course, different convulsive actors volition travel to play successful those areas.

“We indispensable convey the presidency and the lawyer wide for securing the autonomy of section authorities authorities astatine the Supreme Court. People mightiness not recognize wherefore we request our section governments to work. If the section authorities is not working, determination is small oregon thing that the national authorities and the authorities tin bash to resoluteness the communal wrongs, contradictions and complexities of the beingness of quality beings astatine the assemblage level.”

Ochogwu said an empowered and functional section authorities indispensable beryllium capable to supply basal healthcare, basal education, basal roadworthy facilities, and foster a consciousness of inclusion among its people.

“That is wherefore I volition usage this accidental to impulse that we let section governments to enactment successful Nigeria. We indispensable empower the section authorities to present connected its mandate. That is due to the fact that bully governance itself is struggle prevention. We cannot let citizens to link to the authorities lone astatine the predetermination point. Governance is simply a continuous process, and the section authorities is the archetypal constituent of interaction wherever each Nigerian authoritative engages with their citizens and deals with issues of contiguous grievances.”

As portion of its effort to code transhumance (farmer/herder) conflicts, the enforcement director, said the institute trains and connects section actors to information actors, successful presumption of effect and reporting, to summation narration betwixt citizens and the authorities done enlightened citizenship, and upscale their peacekeeping skills with the method skills to lucifer modern techniques, physique assurance and spot among section communities, and information agencies successful determination areas of crises.

Moreover, the institute is crafting a program for a escaped virtual bid and struggle solution people for 1 cardinal Nigerians to beforehand bid acquisition astatine the grassroots level.

“As we advance, arsenic portion of IPCR’s 25th anniversary, our National Peace Academy, which does a batch of enactment successful Bespoke Training connected Forgiveness, Justice and Reconciliation, whereby it innovates and creates unsocial and customised courses for its stakeholders, we committedness to present tailored grooming to 1 cardinal Nigerians, online, for free.

“As we speak, the level is nether development, and the program is nether reappraisal to guarantee it meets the champion standards. Nigerians tin log in, instrumentality the 4 modules’ courses and person their certification without charge.”

The institute’s four-day activities to commemorate the International Day of Peace, themed ‘Act Now For A Peaceful World,’ volition hap from September 19 to 22. These activities see Jumm’at Prayers connected September 19, a Church Service connected September 21, and a bid locomotion connected the 22nd to show corporate committedness to bid done nationalist engagement.

The institute volition big a Sports for Peace & Mental Health Clinic, combining carnal enactment with intelligence health. This volition emphasise the value of addressing the intelligence aspects of struggle and trauma portion promoting steadfast assemblage engagement done sports.