CITAD Sues for co operative efforts against insurgency in Nigeria
OpenLife Nigeria reports that a non governmental organization, Centre For Information Technology And Development, CITAD sues for enlarged consultation and engagements to end insurgency.
The NGO made this known during a presentation of a policy brief on the prospects and challenges of non-violent resolution of insurgency in the North East Political Zone of the country.
The organisation said the survey respondents believe involving stakeholders that include community leaders, government, military, elders, youth women leaders would promote dialogue and reconciliation in the war ravaging zone.
According to the Senior Programme Officer of the organization, Isa Garba, a wide consensus in their findings indicates traditional and religious bodies play a central role in dialogue because of their historical roles in conflict resolution as more trustworthy and acceptable stakeholders, a development that supports the CITAD sues for cooperation.
Garba said, “The findings also reveal youth and other non-state actors such as the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) should be involved in the dialogue and reconciliation processes with the insurgents.”
It has been recorded that the eleven years old insurgency with endless wrench continues to ravage the people living in the front line states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa.
It was estimated that within the period, 37,530 people have been killed while on the other hand over two million people were said to have been displaced internally.
Similarly, several communities have been destroyed and travel constrained in the region.
A total of 244,000 refugees was documented as a result of the uprising.
During the meeting, Garba opined that
“There is no doubt that the military has succeeded in flushing out many of the insurgents.
“At different times government and military officials stated that the insurgents were technically degraded, while the victims can attest that the major towns in the region such as Bama, Mubi, Baga among others life returned to normal though there are pockets of attacks.”
He congratulated the new Service Chiefs and urges them to be loyal and dedicated in the discharge of their responsibilities. He added that Nigerians have higher expectations on how best the new services chiefs can go about ending insurgency and other criminality that is posing danger to the existence of the corporate entity, Nigeria.
Source: Hamisu Ado Nguru
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