By Fortune Abang
The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has underscored the need for the National Peace Policy (NPP) Bill to be passed into law urgently, to proffer solutions to Nigeria’s conflict situations.
The NPP is a national framework, designed to guide efforts to prevent conflicts and build peace in Nigeria.
The Director-General of the IPCR, Dr Bakut Bakut, made the call while answering questions at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum on Sunday in Abuja.
Bakut lamented that the national peace policy had not yet been presented to the Federal Executive Council for endorsement.
He said that although Nigeria was the first country in Africa to develop that kind of policy, countries such as Ghana and Zimbabwe, who copied what Nigeria had done had since passed the policy into law with Nigeria still lagging.
“We were the first in the whole of Africa to develop NPP. Ghana came and copied from us, went ahead and established their own.
“Zimbabwe did the same….
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
