The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, has set up “Peace Clinic” in Benue, Taraba, Borno, Zamfara and other troubled areas in the country.

CDPRO, DCC Emmanuel Okeh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja.

“In order to find lasting resolutions to the conflict in the troubled states of the federation, the Corps has finalised the deployment of over five hundred Chartered Mediators/Conciliators of the corps certified by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),” Okeh said.

He quoted Gana as saying that “the Peace Clinic has been set up in order to win peace in liberated areas since the military have won the war. This is a service to guide Nigerians through the crisis management process, and make sure that their voice is heard, leading to real change.”

Gana, according to the statement, charged the Corps specialists to “put in their best into use” wherever they may find themselves,” adding: “You must justify the enormous resources that were deployed to give you such world-class training as peace specialists.”

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