Kaduna Communities Empowered in Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding by NGO
Global Peace Development (GPD), an NGO, has trained members of the Dangoma and Goska communities in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State on conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding.
Mr. Ebruke Esike, Executive Director of GPD, while speaking at the training on Monday in Kafanchan, said it was organised with support from International Alert.
He said that the training was to build the capacity of community leaders and torchbearers to manage and resolve conflicts.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that relations between the two communities have been strained in recent times.
Esike said that conflict, as a natural phenomenon, was inevitable and should never result in violence.
“Conflict is inevitable and happens because of the way we perceive things, but it ought not to result in violence.
“So, today we will look at the conflict tree, the conflict mapping, the stakeholder analysis, and the problem solution tree, amongst others,” he said.
He said that the training was crucial and would ensure the mitigation and prevention of conflicts in the two communities.
NAN reports that the community members were trained on the types, causes, and prevention of conflict, as well as dialogue and reconciliation, amongst others.
The NGO also brokered a peace deal between the two communities after a dialogue at the event, with the peace agreement to be signed at a later date.
Some of the participants, Amina Musa and Dahilo Yakubu, commended the organisers for the workshop, and pledged to cascade the training to others.
They said that a number of Kaduna communities were increasingly realising the need for peace and to sheath their swords. (NAN)
