peace building
The success story of Murmushi people’s Development Foundation in the aspect of Peace Building as one of its thematic areas.
Peace building is the act of promoting sustainable peaceful co-existence amongst all and sundry
Peace building activities undertaken by MPDF
DIALOGUE FACILITATON BETWEEN FARMERS AND HERDERS IN BOLE COMMUNITY OF YOLA SOUTH LGA, ADAMAWA STATE
Way back in November, 2018 in Bole community of Yola South during harvest period, Herders brought in their cattle from grazing when the Farmers have not completed harvesting .This culminated into farm destructions, killings and harming one another, anarchy was the order of the day .In the midst of this chaotic situation, Murmushi sought the sponsorship to mediate between the warring farmers and herders.
After putting in place all necessary peace apparatus i.e. “The Murmushi peace formula’’ commencing with advocacy visits ,Dialogue sessions ,formation and training of mediation committee comprising farmers and herders, it then culminated into signing of peace accord between farmers and herders in Bole community.
The success story here is after this intervention, farmers and herders no longer see themselves as enemies. They live in peace and harmony. The mediation committee now handles cases not only on security matters, but even handling marriage related cases.
That is not all, cases already lodged in police stations and courts before the formation of the committee are now withdrawn and settled by the committee. The acceptance period to finish harvest and return cattle from grazing was agreed upon .A case in mind is a Herder whose child allowed cattle in a farm, he was fined, he paid damages to the farmer and the erring child punished according to the agreed punitive measures to serve as deterrent to others .These were all achieved due to the peace intervention .Peace now reigns supreme in Bole community which is the envy of neighboring communities
COMMUNITY PEACE AND SAFETY PARTNERSHIP(CPSP)
Before this intervention facilitated by Murmushi and sponsored by British council, citizens living in Mubi North ,Mubi South ,Michika and Hong LGAs of Adamawa state were living in disharmony .The women, youths and less privileged ,PLWD were not carried along in decision making in the affairs that concern them ,in view of this ,MPDF initiated this platform to bring all stakeholders together which is all about inclusiveness.
The success stories emanating from these meetings and follow- ups are enormous .An instance is the case of a mad woman walking naked in Mubi North who was spotted by the committee. Members were assigned to handle the case by contacting social welfare, under the women ministry. With this development, the woman is no longer walking naked but has been taken care of by Murmushi People’s Development Foundation. Another case in point is the lack of cultivate/ drainage system in a particular spot in Mubi North. The committee took it upon itself to contact the relevant individuals/ agencies, starting from the councilors to ministry of works ,now the culvert/ drainage has been constructed which has removed the bottle neck earlier experienced.
Lawyers have also been provided to defend the less privileged in the court to ensure justice .The National Orientation Agency (NOA) were contacted in orienting the society on security tips. With this effort, citizens became enlightened as it concerns security matters.
This platform has succeeded in bringing all stakeholders together, security issues and other safety and societal issues have been handled amicably by outlining channels of reporting and handling security matters.