Muslim Council, group train stakeholders on alternative dispute resolution in Adamawa
By Ibrahim Kado
Green Advocacy for Conflict Prevention and Resistance Building (GARCB) in collaboration with the Muslim Council of Adamawa has trained Reconciliation Committee Members on alternative dispute resolution and reconciliation in Adamawa.
Prof. Mala Mustapha, GARCB’s Executive Director, at the two-day training on Wednesday said the aim was to build the capacity of the participants drawn from 21 local government areas (LGAs) on “Reconciliation Requires Justice ‘Sulhu Sai Da Adalci’.”
“This is part of the training they were doing in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa; after certification, the Muslim Council of Adamawa requested for the training of “Sulhu” for the reconciliation committee members.
“The aim is to strengthen the knowledge capacity of our local stakeholders on indigenous approaches to transitional justice mechanisms by establishing sustainable peace and reconciliation platforms in communities
“The expectation is for them to go back to their various LGAs to step down the training to the various communities.
“We want to ensure the sustainability of the programme, that is why we are training them so that in the next few years they will continue at their own level to facilitate peace building, reconciliation and dialogue in their communities,” he said.
Mustapha urged the participants to take advantage of the lessons learned to facilitate trust building dialogue and reconciliation in their respective communities.
In his remarks, Alhaji Bashir Tahir, Assistant Secretary, Muslim Council, Adamawa appreciated the partners for strengthening the capacity of the committee members.
He said that each LGA has three participants adding that the training would help promote peaceful coexistence in the state.
Tahir said that at the end of the training, participants have the responsibility to step down the training across their various districts and ward levels.
Malam Ismail Abdullahi, Chief Imam of An-Sarudeen Mosque, Yola who spoke on behalf of the participants, said the opportunity helped build their capabilities to handle and settle misunderstanding among people for sustainable peace.
“We learnt a lot from this training that makes us feel happy because we got solutions for a lot of issues that happen in our respective communities,” he said.
Abdullahi further expressed their readiness to step down the knowledge acquired toward achieving the objective of the training.
