PIND inaugurates conflict prevention council in Akwa Ibom oil community
The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) has inaugurated an eight-member Conflict Prevention Council in Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, strengthening its community-based peacebuilding structure in the oil-producing area.
PREMIUM TIMES reported on 22 September that the Akwa Ibom State Conflict Prevention Council described peace in the state as “relatively stable but fragile,” identifying land and boundary disputes, chieftaincy tensions and youth-related issues as continuing threats to peaceful coexistence.
Earlier this month, PREMIUM TIMES reported that the Akwa Ibom State Government intervened in a lingering land dispute involving the Mbak people, six host communities, Ibom Mortgage Bank, Citadel Value Homes and other stakeholders in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area.
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