post / 24 February 2025
Results of Our Work on the Negotiation between the Bassa and Egbura peoples
IFIT’s Middle Belt Brain Trust (MBBT) has been working on a facilitated negotiation process between the Bassa and Egbura peoples. The negotiations reached a critical stage where the communities and key stakeholders concluded an agreement on all the key issues, including the return of displaced persons and the establishment of chiefdom boundaries. Key stakeholders in government (e.g. Nasarawa State government and security agencies) are all in support of the process and want a quick and peaceful return of displaced persons to their communities.
At the same time, the MBBT is monitoring new risks and has lined up new activities to sustain the momentum.
In other work, the MBBT conducted a conflict sensitivity workshop in January 2025 for Local Government chairmen and their top officials in Plateau State. At the workshop, participants were introduced to tools to help them take deliberate, continuous and systematic approaches that ensure that they minimise the negative effects and maximise the positive effects of their peace policies.
All of this work is part of the MBBT’s larger strategy for the formation of cross-cutting state policies to institutionalise a conflict sensitivity lens in policy making and implementation.
Local media coverage: Daily Trust.
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