Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (North-Central), Abiodun Essiet, has said nearly 70 per cent of insecurity in the region can be addressed through non-kinetic, community-based strategies.
She made this known at a capacity-building training for stakeholders across the North-Central, held Tuesday at the State House, Abuja.
“From our analysis, nearly 70 per cent of the security challenges in the North Central can be addressed through dialogue, reconciliation, intelligence sharing, and community engagement, rather than through force alone,” she said.
Ms Essiet highlighted that the June 5 launch of the Presidential Community Engagement Peace Initiative (PCEPI) in Jos, Plateau State, was already yielding results.
she said, “That historic event was a significant step in our collective journey toward fostering unity, strengthening social cohesion, and empowering communities to take ownership of their peace processes.’’
She said her office was working with the International Communities Organisation (ICO) on a peace initiative aligned with Nigeria’s UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) commitments.
The project is titled “Promoting Community Peace and Strengthening Social Cohesion in North Central Nigeria”.
Ms Essiet explained that a grassroots network was being developed to ensure inclusion of every local government.
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