The Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience and CONCORD, a non-profit organisation focused on peacebuilding, development and human security, have called for stronger interfaith collaboration and collective action to tackle insecurity and social division in Nigeria.
The call was made during a strategic interfaith roundtable with the theme “Safeguarding Nigeria’s Religious Pluralism: Faith, Dialogue and National Cohesion,” held in Abuja.
The forum brought together faith leaders, peacebuilding experts, community organisers, policymakers and civil society actors to examine growing local and international narratives around religion and violence in Nigeria, while exploring ways to strengthen social cohesion and national resilience.
This was contained in a statement jointly signed by Hafsah Matazu, Programme Manager, OSPRE/National Early Warning Centre, Abuja, and Amina Wali, Communications Manager, CONCORD.
Participants stressed the need for constructive engagement and coordinated responses to the drivers of insecurity and social fragmentation across the country.
