From Okwe Obi, Abuja
Some security experts have suggested solutions to insecurity ravaging the country especially in the North West.
Country Director, International Alert Nigeria, Paul Nyulaku-Bemshima, while speaking to newsmen at the two-day workshop recently in Abuja, said government must ensure social justice for all.
According to him, all and sundry must be willing to dialogue and implement the outcome to solve the problem.
Nyulaku-Bemshima said the workshop was partly supported by the Borno State Ministry of Information and Internal Security, and Forum of Commissioners and Advisers on security of Northwest and frontline states, United Kingdom International Development through the Promoting Stability, Access to Justice and Accountability in Northwest Nigeria Project (Samun Adalchi Shi Ne Kwanciyar Hankali).
He said International Alert would continue to dialogue, develop advocacy plan that will take forward key resolutions from the national stability dialogues.
The plan, he said, would be implemented jointly by key stakeholders towards building national stability.
“We will also be identifying different key stakeholders institutions that we need to engage with we will be identifying the key issues , affecting the Northwest and the Northeast .
“We want to understand the key alignments in the point of diversion or areas, where what is different in the Northwest is identified as it relates to the Northeast. So, those points of convergence is something we really want to leverage on,” he added.
Also, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Joseph Ochogwu said the institute has so far focused on the none forcible components of the crisis and how they manage these crisis without the use of force .
“So, what we do is to provide research to help provide policy direction for research.
“We are looking around issues on education, employment, livelihood, skills, psychological reorientation of people, providing data narrative to the negative narrative that has led to some of these things.
“We are partnering with International Alert Nigeria to address some of these problem. Issues of conflicts are not what one individual can address alone . It has to be multi-stakeholder approach, it has to take a lot of collaboration, partnerships and engagement including the media,” he said.
In addition, a lecturer at the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto State, Dr Muritala Ahmed Rufai, corroborated the importance of dialogue.