EU trains 2,404 traditional, community leaders on dispute resolution in N/East

EU trains 2,404 traditional, community leaders on dispute resolution in N/East

The European Union (EU) has said that it trained no fewer than 2,404 traditional rulers and community leaders in three North East states on dispute resolution between 2017 and 2023.

The leaders were trained through the European Union’s Managing Conflict in Nigeria (MCN) programme.

The MCN National Programme Manager, Prof. Muhammed Tabiu, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, at a workshop titled “Impact dissemination and lessons learning event for traditional justice intervention in the North East”.

Tabiu said that no fewer than 44,411 disputes were resolved by traditional rulers and community leaders in the emirates, using knowledge acquired from the training.

He said that the MCN programme sought to enhance the capacity of government, security, community and civil society institutions and actors to address factors that contributed to the outbreak, intensity, impact and prolongation of violent conflicts.

According to him, the programme is piloted in four emirates in each of the North East states where it is implemented.

“As part of its intervention on strengthening community level conflict management mechanism, the programme has worked with the traditional institutions and actors targeting 12 key emirates across the region,” he said.

The programme manager said the Emirates were Adamawa, Mubi, Ganye, Bachama traditional council; Borno, Biu, Dikwa, Gwoza emirate in Borno. Ika, Damaturu, Bade and Pataskum emirate in Yobe.

EU trains 2,404 traditional, community leaders on dispute resolution in N/East