FG, UNDP PARTNER ON COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Written by Samson Ojeniran on May 10, 2023
The Nigerian government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Project, UNDP and the Japan government have launched a project to enhance efforts in countering violent extremism, piracy, as well as enhance civilian protection in ECOWAS and Gulf of Guinea countries.
The project, ‘Enhancing National Capacities for Counter-Violent Extremism, Anti-Piracy and Protection of Civilians’ is jointly designed by Martin Luther Agwai international leadership and peacekeeping centre, the UNDP, with funding assistance from the government of Japan.
The ministry of finance budget and national planning and the Nigerian Navy say the project is expected to build capacities, tactics and strategies of security agencies to combat extremism and terrorism
The launch of this project represents the fourth in the series of anti- piracy and peace support operations projects jointly designed by these stakeholders.
