09/06/2023
Women have been enjoined to measure success in politics beyond numbers, focusing on their ability to make manifest impact in any leadership role contributing to articulately make positive changes.
This was the submission of Nigeria’s Consultant to UN-Women, Professor Chris Kwaja who emphasized the need for government to improve the funding on peace building human capital development and grassroot mobilisation.
Professor Kwaja gave the admonition Wednesday while speaking at the end of a 2-Day Planning/Review Workshop for Women Peace, and Security (WPS Phase II) Structures in Plateau State, organised by UN-Women as funded by the Norwegian Embassy.
Declaring the workshop opened, the Plateau State Permanent Secretary Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Hassana Ayika, represented by the Ministry’s Director of Social Welfare, Mrs. Justina Guful, called on stakeholders to open up and say what their challenges were so that, they would be able to look at them and proffer solution to the problem.
The workshop which held at Valada Hotel and Resort Jos had in attendance coordinators and members women peace and security networks(WPS)
Speaking on behalf of the He for she (WPS)network, district head of Mangun in Mangu local government Da Job Ali Damiyal expressed worries over what he described as a humanitarian crisis due to the proliferation of internally displaced persons (IDP) camp which are porous in nature with no specific data of occupants.
He therefore called on government to be more proactive in handling security related issues,citing that traditional rulers in the bid to prevent reprisals after attacks on communities are usually put in harms way.
Da Damiyal called for a holistic look at the issue of captured territories on the Plateau,where porpourted attackers now live farm and even rear cows.
While commending the UN Women activities especially the engagement of several networks like the media,women mentors and the ministry of women affairs amongst others,who have attracted intervention especially in the Mangu attacks.
Other WPS networks shared progress made challenges and new opportunities towards a more productive phase 2 of the project.
Earlier, the Programme Manager of WPS, Peter Mancha, said the essence of the 2-Day Planning/Review Workshop was to analyse the progress made so far and suggest ways of addressing some of the challenges witnessed over time and commended Plateau State for ranking second in WPS process.
