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2023 Elections: ECOWAS to adopt dialogue, mediation as tools to checkmate Election disputes and violence in Nigeria

By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

In the wake of elections in Nigeria , the Directorate of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the ECOWAS Commission would commence training and interactive workshops on dialogue, and mediation for political actors and stakeholders on the 22nd of November 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria.

The workshop is part of its strategic and operational support for the country’s peaceful 2023 General Elections, and a follow up to the ECOWAS’ October 23rd-November 12th, 2022 Pre-election Fact-Finding Mission to Nigeria which among others, assessed the level of preparation by relevant stakeholders for the forthcoming general elections while mapping out areas of potential support by ECOWAS.

The workshop series, would hold in some selected states across the six geo-political zones of the country, targets the leadership of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) among others and is aimed at strengthening their capacity to prevent and mitigate potential pre- and post-election-related disputes and violence, in order to ensure peaceful electoral outcomes.

According to the Commission, the Workshop is being held against the backdrop that electoral contestations have become a major source of conflicts in West Africa, with potentials for violence, triggered or heightened by the high premium on political power and political discourse.

The workshops will create opportunities for stakeholders to understand better, the ECOWAS normative principles and frameworks for democracy and good governance, sustain and enhance ECOWAS’ strategic engagement with the political process in Nigeria as well as its commitment and determination to promote dialogue and mediation in resolving electoral disputes and conflicts.

It would be recalled that similar workshops were organized in the lead-up to the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and around the electoral processes of a number of other Member States.

The training and interactive workshops are being supported with funding from the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark under the DANISH Africa Programme for Peace.

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