The people of Ebonyi State have been enjoined to adopt dialogue as a means of building cooperation and enhancing actions for growth and development.
This and more were part of the recommendations made at the end of a 2 day conflict prevention and mitigation dialogue in Abakaliki organised by USAID State2State Ebonyi field office.
Correspondent reports that while USAID Nigeria-State Accountability, Transparency, and Effectiveness (State2State) Activity focuses on public financial management PMF and procurement, monitoring and evaluation as related to education, primary healthcare, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it also seeks to improve sub National government responsiveness to Citizen/CSO Engagement and improve sub National Governments’ ability to mitigate conflicts.
Cosmos Dinee Conflict Specialist USAID State2State Nigeria during the meeting in Abakaliki wednesday/Thursday noted that Dialogue is a vital tool in conflict resolution and urged Ebonyi people to adopt it.
“Dialogue is an effective tool for addressing conflict in a non-confrontational format. It encourages empathetic expression and shared learning.
Convening regular dialogue sessions, both formal and informal, is important for building resilient teams within mission-driven organizations. Therefore, the people of the state should adopt it. ” He said.
Ogidi Wilson from the state ministry of border peace and conflict resolution in his submission noted that the ministry has resolved over 5 communal crisis through Dialogue and urged other sectors to embrace it and enjoy more development in the state.
Ogidi said leadership tussle, communial dispute is a major issue with high occurancies in Ebonyi but emphasised that there is no other best approach to mitigating/preventing recurrence of such violent conflicts and strengthen stability of the state for effective service delivery other than dialogue.
The meeting featured updates by the Ebonyi State independent electoral commission on non- violent elections in the July 20th Local Government election in the state. As well as the roles of women in conflict prevention and mitigation of electoral conflict.
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