USAID Lauds Conflict Resolution Strategy In Bwari Community

Chief Administrator, USAID, Mr Mark Green, has applauded the strategy put in place by Igu Community of Bwari Area Council in the FCT, toward resolving conflicts between farmers and herders.
Green gave the applause when he led his team on a social visit to the District Head of the community yesterday.
While commending the leadership of the community for ensuring peace and stability in the area, Green said that the move was worth emulating which was, indeed, the reason for his visit.
“We have heard stories of the hospitality of this community. Our mission, basically, is to learn from you how you are able to resolve small disputes successfully.
“Because of your leadership, people here live in harmony. I want to learn from your success as this will help us take the lessons to other people in other places,” Green said.
In his response, District Head of Igu, Mr Tanzako Solomon, said that farmer/herder clashes in the area had, in the past, disrupted the peace of the community.
He explained that after he was inaugurated district head five years ago, he constituted a committee which comprised of members from both parties, who initiated strategies to resolve the issues at hand.