Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), has commenced a course on National Peace Policy (NPP) initiated by the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR).
The Spokesperson of IPCR, Mr Michael Abu, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said ABUAD Head of Peace and Conflict Studies programme, Dr Demola Akinyoade dropped the hint in Abuja.
Abu quoted Akinyoade as saying this when he led some students of the school on expedition to IPCR office in Abuja recently.
Akinyoade said that the course would enable students of the university imbibe the culture of peace.
“The NPP is to boost the development of an effective National Peace Architecture (NPA) for entrenchment of durable peace and national unity,” he said.
Akinyoade commended the initiatives and various interventions of the institute aimed at peace-building, mediation and peaceful resolution of conflicts.
He said that ABUAD would toe the path of IPCR towards mitigating violent conflicts in Ado-Ekiti and the country at large.
According to him, ABUAD will build and continue to strengthen the partnership with IPCR for the benefit of the future of Ado-Ekiti and Nigeria.
He said the visit to IPCR would definitely inspire the students towards becoming worthy ambassadors of peace in the country.
A Senior Research Fellow, Mr Andy Nkemneme, who received the officials and students of ABUAD on behalf of IPCR, commended the university for giving the issue of peace a priority.
Nkemneme urged other universities to emulate ABUAD in its promotion of peace in Nigeria.
The researcher said that the institute was a research based and apex-agency of the Federal Government.
He said that IPCR was charged with the responsibility of conducting empirical researches to unearth the root causes of violence, advising government on how best to tackle it.
According to him, IPCR has the mandate of designing intervention activities and strategies of dealing with conflicts and insecurity matters.
“IPCR usually collaborates with corporate organisations, groups and individuals for the promotion of peace and resolution of conflicts,’’ he said.
Source PulseNG
