Traditional rulers in Abia Central District have undergone a two-day training on peace and conflict resolution/capacity building facilitated by Senator Austin Akobundu.
At the clinic in Umuahia, the capital, the consultant, Chichi Umuseaka of Vox Dei Consult, called for the strengthening of the traditional institution through dialogue.
She underscored the need for stakeholders’ meeting between the traditional rulers and the police for proper collaboration in maintaining peace in the district.
In an address, the state’s commissioner of police, Danladi Isa, represented by DSP Chekwas Daniel, said peace and conflict management was a collective business.
Similarly, the facilitator and an erstwhile minister of state for defence, explained that the clinic was aimed at promotion of Igbo traditional norms and values.
He underlined the need for the monarchs to be properly equipped with emerging trends in the prevention, managing and resolving of conflicts in their domain effectively.
“As the custodians and promoters of traditional norms, values, peace, brotherliness and good neighborliness, they should be well equipped in handling such conflicts,” he said.
The Senate deputy committee chairman on Planning and Economic Affairs, assured of his desire to complement the efforts of Governor Alex Otti to maintain peace in the state.
