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Osinbajo makes proposal for resolution of Zamfara APC crisis

Osinbajo makes proposal for resolution of Zamfara APC crisis
By Chijioke Okoronkwo
Zamfara
Abuja, Feb. 19, 2019 (NAN) Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has made a proposal aimed at resolving the protracted crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, Sen. Kabiru Marafa (APC-Zamfara Central) has said.
Marafa disclosed this while speaking with State House correspondents after a private meeting with Osinbajo on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said that the postponement of the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections provided an opportunity to APC in Zamfara State to resolve the stalemate.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that Zamfara APC will not field candidates in the 2019 elections, following unresolved issues arising from the party’s primaries in the state.
A Zamfara State High Court sitting in Gusau and a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Jan. 25, gave conflicting judgments on the Zamfara APC crisis.
While the State High Court upheld the primary election conducted by the state chapter of APC, the Federal High Court in Abuja barred the party from fielding candidates in Zamfara in the upcoming general elections.
Marafa said he was in Presidential Villa on the invitation of the vice president.
“It has to do with the political impasse in Zamfara; he called to see if we can work a way out of it.
“Our discussions were quite fruitful; it was an honest discussion; he is a good man and he gave out a proposal which we are going to look at because I am not alone in the journey; I have followers and friends; we are going to look at it and I promised I will get back to him; today or tomorrow.
“The vice president is concerned that the problem still lingers up until this time and he promised to do the needful and we will tap from his years of experience and wisdom,” the lawmaker explained.
According to him, the postponement offered a window for discussion.
He said that if not because of the postponement, he would not have been in the Villa to discuss anything.
“It goes without saying that it is an advantage; if the election had actually taken place last Saturday, there will not be anything to discuss.
“So, I think it is understatement to even to say it is an advantage to Zamfara State,” he said.
Marafa said that the postponement had given Zamfara APC five more days within which to work out something. (NAN)
CJ/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

Domestic violence: Expert recommends conflict, therapy mechanism

Domestic violence: Expert recommends conflict, therapy mechanism
By Talatu Maiwada
Violence
Abuja, June 20, 2018 (NAN) Mr Samuel Jinadu, a Clinical Psychologist with Karu General Hospital, Abuja, has recommended conflict resolution mechanisms and medical therapies for spouses in management of domestic violence.
Jinadu made the suggestions while fielding question at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum on Wednesday in Abuja.
He added that such mechanisms could be applied to relationships outside wedlock.
He said it was important for spouses to set up a conflict resolution mechanism in their homes as the first point of call for communication in resolving conflict.
Jinadu said communication was very important as it provides an avenue for partners to vent out issues bottled up in their minds before it escalates to physical abuse, battering or spousal murder.
He said spouses must learn to communicate with each other when any of the partners observe changes in attitude, disposition and behaviour.
Secondly, he said there was need for Nigerians to embrace therapies in resolving mental health issues and personal challenges that affects the family.
Jinadu listed psycho-therapy, couple therapy and family therapy as various means that could be exploited when challenges become overwhelming among partners, noting that such mechanisms had recorded high success rate.
He said the society was beginning to experience a new trend in domestic violence where men are becoming victims of abuse and battering at home.
He listed biological, socio-economic and psychological factors as well personal experiences as some of the predisposal factors resulting to violence among partners.
“The dimension of violence through biological factors could be the level of hormonal imbalance or genetic dispositions experienced by either of the spouses or partners.
“Psychological factors which could be attributed to where the person is coming from, how they attend to pressures, how they have learnt to resolve issues.
“Also their experiences while growing up whereby they grew up to see their parents settle their challenges in a violent way,’’ he said.
On the socio-economic factors, he said men were known to be physically strong, defenders and sole providers of their homes in the past; however the trend has changed in the society.
He said the womenfolk were getting into the work environment, with expectations to meet up responsibilities of both work and the home thus resulting in built up stress, exhaustion and impatience.
Jinadu added that the pressure experienced by some women without receiving the love and respect they deserve from their spouses could develop anger resulting in violence against her partner.
He advised partners to always find better ways in venting out emotions by speaking with third parties such as relatives or psychologists when they feel psychologically and emotionally stressed and exhausted.
The clinical psychologist further encouraged parents to adopt ground rules on solving issues in the family without the knowledge of their children.
“When a child is abusing substance, misbehaving or demonstrating conduct disorder problems that means the child is a symptom of what is happening in the home.
“When the family is dysfunctional, they are only breeding a circle as the children eventually become dysfunctional in the society as well as in their families.
“To break such circle is to learn to communicate and manage issues as adults, become role models to their children while letting down pride and forgiving one another,’’ Jinadu added. (NAN)
TIM/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

NGO trains 300 Adamawa traditional rulers on conflict resolution

,NGO trains 300 Adamawa traditional rulers on conflict resolution
By Yakubu Uba
Training
Yola, April 23, 2018 (NAN) More than 300 traditional rulers, comprising District, Village and Ward Heads, have been trained on conflict resolution in Adamawa.
The State Team Leader, Managing Conflicts in Nigeria (MCN), Mr Abdulkadir Bello, made this known on Monday Yola.
Bello spoke at a capacity building programme on conflicts resolution for traditional rulers and community leaders in Adamawa and Mubi Emirate Councils.
He said the programme organised by Green Horizon, was funded by European Union (EU) and managed by the British Council.
Bello said the traditional rulers were trained on traditional justice system in areas of mediation skills to handle conflicts such as land disputes, destruction of farm produce by cattle and inheritance, among others.
The Technical Leader of MCN, Dr Ukoha Ukiwo, explained that the training was designed to strengthen community level conflict management mechanism, and enhance reconciliation and stability within communities affected by displacement, among other objectives.
Speaking on behalf of Adamawa and Mubi emirate councils, the Dan Galadima of Adamawa, Alhaji Lawal Ribadu, and the Madaki of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Wambai, lauded the programme and re-iterated the commitment of the traditional institution to ensure the programme succeeded in addressing conflicts in their respective domains.
Giving a breakdown of success so far recorded by the programme in the two benefitting emirates, Prof. Aminu Gurin of ABU Zaria, said 457 disputes between January and March, this year
According to him, the disputes comprised 213 from Adamawa emirate council and 244 from Mubi emirate council.
He urged other traditional institutions to key into the programme to achieve sustainable peace and development in the country. (NAN)
YMU/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

NGO advocates equal participation of women in conflict resolution

NGO advocates equal participation of women in conflict resolution

NAN-HG-7

Resolution

By Chinenye Offor

Abuja, April 10, 2017 (NAN) Mrs Ann Nwadinobi, Manager Women and Girls Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, an NGO, has called for equal participation of women in peace and conflict resolution.

Nwadinobi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.

According to her, inclusion and equal participation of women in conflict and peace resolution will help achieve the goals of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women’s peace and security.

She said that the first objective of the resolution was to ensure that violence against women and girls were reduced as well as protection from abduction and sexual abuse during conflict.

She added that the second said that “women and girls be allowed in the whole spectrum of peace resolution, participation in the military, among others, and also participate in negotiations and mediations’’.

“There should be at least 50 per cent of women in the panel of conflict resolution.

“Women should participate in panel of inquiry, mediation and signing of peace resolution and rebuilding.

“In Rwanda, mostly women are the ones doing the plumbing, electricity, among others. Prevention, humanitarian services and mediations,’’ she said.

Nwadinobi noted that Nigeria joined other countries of the world in the year 2000 to sign this resolution.

According to her, in 2012 with the help of Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP), the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs produced a National Action Plan (NAP) which has been implemented.

“In our support, NSRP has eight states with action plan which include Borno, Yobe, Kano Kaduna, Plateau, Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa.

“Also in winning peace and security, two states of Plateau and Kaduna, have done something extraordinary which we don’t have in the whole ECOWAS region.

“They have come up with their own plan to reduce violence against women during conflict,’’ she said.

The manager therefore enjoined the Federal Government to imbibe the new security resolution 2349 which welcomed the need for equal participation of women in conflict resolution. (NAN)

CSO/GOM/MST

Edited by Gregory Mmaduakolam/Muhammad Suleiman Tola