By: Aisha Mohammed
Conflict Specialist for State2State, Mathias Yake has emphasized the importance of a multi-stakeholder approach in preventing and mitigating conflict drivers within society.
Yake shared this perspective during the Fiscal Year Fourth Quarter Dialogue held in Yola, Adamawa State.
Explaining the dynamics of Gender and Social Inclusion as casual drivers of conflict, the Conflict Specialist, Mathias Yake stressed the need for stakeholders in critical sectors to understand conflicts mitigation mechanism for efficient service delivery, especially at the grassroots level.
Yake added that in carrying out people-oriented projects, there is the need for stakeholders to put into consideration drivers of conflict and their impact on service delivery in Adamawa State and the country at large.
The dialogue saw stakeholders from key sectors in Adamawa State pledging their commitment to incorporating gender-responsive strategies in their service delivery efforts, ensuring grassroots communities benefit from people-centered initiatives.
Adamawa State2State Team Lead, Suzanne Myada explained that the dialogue aimed to equip stakeholders with the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to address conflict drivers effectively.
Myada added that identifying any emerging pull and push drivers of conflict and their impact on internal revenue generation and service delivery especially in basic education, primary health care and WASH in the state and possible ways and recommendations for addressing them will go a long way in bringing rapid development to Adamawa State.
High point of the dialogue was the development of an action plan on agreed next steps to guide the implementation of
recommendations discussed during the dialogue.
