Apparently worried by the rising rate of terrorism, militancy, communal crisis and other forms of conflicts in the country, an NGO, Interfaith Mediation Center (IMC) is set to launch an intervention and advocacy around the border communities in the South-South region.
According to a press release made
available to our newsdesk by the South-South coordinator, Mr. Rustom Alexander,
the tour is designed to promote dialogue with local communities, build trusts,
and create awareness on inter-religious understanding, national integration and
peace.
He said that the tour which is meant
for communities within Nigerian borders is structured to visit conflict flash
point communities, adding that among other things, there will be round table
discussion on peace promotion, causes of conflict, capacity and trust building.
“The programme is committed to
empowering community leaders within border areas to become active participants
in the joint effort of the present administration against terrorism. The
project is also geared towards achieving enduring peace in all integrated
society.
“IMC border-communities peace
promotion advocacy tour is aimed at elaborating by consensus and interaction
such that can complement government intervention effort against terrorism and
also identify action priorities on community development as a means to
sustainable peace, reintegration and trust building as a tool towards enduring
peace in Nigeria.
“The project shall promote communal
dialogue to allow citizens have a better understanding of the need for
political or religious interest. The outcome will give opportunity for shared
experiences and knowledge about the risk of terror across participating
communities in Nigeria.
“The goal is basically to promote
increased participatory modalities on commitment to strengthen achievement of
government intervention against terrorism, militancy, insurgency, kidnapping,
conflict crisis, communal crisis and other social vises liken to the youths”.
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