PEACE BUILDING AND CONFLICT PREVENTION AS MEANS TOWARD CURTAILING VIOLENT CONFLICTS IN NORTH-EASTERN, NIGERIA

Abideen Muhammed Abeeb

Abstract


Nigerian governments have over the years made several attempts at resolving various conflicts and peace-building in various and different ways ranging from reconciliation, arbitration and mediation employed immediately after the civil war (1967 -1970) to the use of negotiation, dialogue and amnesty. This paper posit that Peace–building and conflict prevention is the main antidote to conflict eruption and crises. Content analysis is the method adopted in this research. It is the belief of this paper that there is the possibility of resolving the North-East crisis provided the government and the people of North-East, Nigeria can diligently pursue peace-building it will forestall or limit violent conflicts and enhance peaceful coexistence. 


Keywords


peace-building, conflict prevention, means, curtailing, violent conflicts

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