Kaduna State Peace Commission in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has trained over 40 journalists and media practitioners on “Conflict Early Warning Early Response System (CEWERS) and Conflict Sensitive Reporting.”
The commission’s vice chairman, Dr Saleh Momale during the training on Monday in Kaduna called on the people of the state to utilise the Early Warning Response System for peaceful coexistence in the state.
“We are optimistic that the utilisation of Early Warning signs will help to manage all threats to peaceful coexistence in Kaduna State.
“We are creating additional awareness. We want to see a very friendly environment and a working relationship with the media so that we will have more negative sensitive reporting,” he said.
Momale therefore urged Kaduna journalists to douse tension using their reportage, saying that their aim is to strengthen peace and unity in the state.
The zonal director of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Kaduna zone, Mallam Jamilu Yahaya Jega, who spoke on “Conflict Resolution, Workings, Letters and Spirits of Nigerian Broadcasting Code,” urged media practitioners to be careful of what goes out to the public.
Jega also charged journalists not to engage in partisanship, and urged them to use their various platforms to preach peace and harmony.
Earlier, the permanent commissioner in the commission, Rebecca Sako-John, appealed to newsmen to report in a manner that would help in resolving issues in the state.
