The Centre for Domestic Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution, a non-governmental organization(NGO) has observed that the only way to ensure successful integration and sustain peace in the North East is through peace education.
The Executive Director of the Centre, Mr. Francis Emmanuel Adabenege said this can be achieved if the federal, state and local government don’t force alone in the fight against insecurity and insurgency but to embrace peace education.
According to him while speaking to newsmen in Abuja recently said there is an urgent need for domestic peace education program starting from the smallest institution which is the family.
On the Centre plans to educate about 1,000,000 families in the North East on building peace, Francis said that the war against insurgency cannot be sustained if the people are not educated on peace.
He called on the collaboration of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to partner with the centre in attaining the core of its responsibility.
In his words “We wish to share our skills & make expertise contributions as a solidarity partner; to build collective human capacity and connect with the people.
“This is the reason why Centre for Domestic Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution has come up with a strategy of Domestic Peace Education that can help the Federal Government “truly and totally” win the war against Boko Haram insurgency and other uprisings.
“The program will impact the North East and change the mindset of the people, change the narratives about conflict, change the approaches to conflict handling by not relying only on force and help to heal post conflict trauma and psychological disorder.
“It is also for this reason that the Centre is proposing partnerships with the government at federal and state levels to organize series of workshops to help the people to discover peace, explore peace and feel peace and build the “Culture of Peace”.
“As many of you may already know, religion is the major cause of conflict around the world, but our peace education strategy transcends beyond religion and evening ethnicity but focuses more on the core of humanity,” he said.
