Chom Bagu Deme

Chomo Bagu Deme is a Nigerian peacebuilding leader with over 30 years of experience, including ten years as Country Director for leading international NGOs. He has designed and led conflict prevention, mediation, and reconciliation initiatives across Nigeria’s six geopolitical regions, engaging grassroots communities, traditional leaders, and government institutions.

He has served as President of Community Action for Popular Participation, Country Director for Search for Common Ground and Mennonite Economic Associates, and the Founding Conflict Advisor for USAID in Nigeria. His expertise spans farmer–herder mediation, youth deradicalization in the Niger Delta, and national-level conflict sensitivity training for political leaders, civil servants, and traditional chiefs.

Mr. Bagu has conducted conflict assessments for major infrastructure projects and contributed to Nigeria’s Strategic Conflict Assessment. He holds a Bachelor’s in Political Science and a Master’s in Mass Communication, is a former journalist, and is an active member of professional networks including the Forum for Farmer/Herders Relations and the Society for Peacebuilding and Studies. He is a founding member of IFIT’s Middle Belt Brain Trust.