A one-day training on Transitional Justice has been organised for government officials in Borno State. It is aimed at creating awareness and understanding of transitional justice, and its role in the context of Borno insurgency.
The training is under the auspices of a local Non-governmental Organisation, the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development.
It aims to reflect on the concept, Transitional Justice, and ascertain the role of government representatives in ensuring its proper application to the post-conflict era in Borno State.
The Acting Vice Chancellor of Borno State University, (BOSU), and facilitator of the training, Professor Haruna Dlakwa, began by identifying Transitional Justice, as a Victim-centred healing process, through government and community-based reconciliation and dialogue, that follows a period of violent conflict.
He also stressed the importance of balancing restorative, with retributive justice, to ensure proper reparation for victims, and appropriate punishment for violent extremists, in the 15 year-long conflict.
The Executive Director of the foundation, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin, explains that the training aims to identify government initiatives and programmes, aligned with Transitional Justice in Borno State.
She also emphasised the importance of gathering responses, comments, and suggestions from the participants, to inform a way forward in the peacebuilding process.
Editor : Ena Agbanoma
