NAN-H-7
Peace
Damaturu, Sept. 21, 2016 (NAN) The Centre for Democracy and Development, an NGO, said it had embarked on massive enlightenment campaign for dialogue and community policing for stable peace in the North- East.
Mr Steven Ayeda, the Sensitisation Officer of the Centre, made this known on Wednesday while fielding questions from newsmen in Damaturu.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ayeda’s statement coincides with the UN International Day of Peace.
He said “the campaign is aimed at entrenching proactive and peaceful approach to check extremism and violence in communities for peaceful coexistence.
“The Centre, in collaboration with other organisations, is working on deradicalisation, counter terrorism and migration project in
Northern Nigeria.
“The project has initiated measures of building trust among security organisations and the public to enhance collaboration and participation in the maintenance of peace and security.”
He added that the Centre had engaged communities in public interactive sessions to strengthen their capacities on early and peaceful approach to potentially violent-related issues. (NAN)
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(Edited by Dada Ahmed/Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu)