For indigenes of Iganna town, both home and in the Diaspora, Saturday, December 29, 2018 was one that would not be forgiven in a hurry or when issues of development of the community comes up; aside the usual celebration that trail the end of the year festivities, the convergence of the sons and daughters of Iganna and the residents of the community from far and wide for a summit was an event that will linger in the peoples’ memories.
The people converged at the Iganna Township Hall, Oja-Oba Iganna for the eighth annual summit of the town hosted by the Iganna Patriots under the chairmanship of Justice Olabisi Ige JCA. The summit had participants from various divides, cutting across all community stakeholders led by the chairman of Iganna Local Council Development Area; the Sabiganna of Iganna, Oba Saliu Oyemonla Azeez, the Sabiganna-in-Council led by Bada of Iganna Land, Council of Traditional Rulers comprising Baales within Iganna Land and President, Iganna Grade A Customary Court, A.A. Olapade Adeolu.
Others include the Chairman Iganna Community Council, Christian community led by Rev’d Adelabu, the CAN Chairman, Iganna Zone and Revd S.O. Olakunle; Muslim Community led by Chief Imam of Iganna Land Alhaji Hamzat Zurakat, Area Commander Nigerian Police, Iganna Area Command, Immigration officer-Aisnni Pual CS/Nigeria Immigration service, Iganna Border Patrol, Oyo State Command, and Iganna land Community Leaders all over 240 people.
The summit themed, “Iganna land security, safety and justice system: setting a strategic collaborative agenda for the stakeholders” had deliberations on crime control and safety measures within the local community: the concept of community policing, effective dispensation of justice, a panacea for a peaceful co-existence among the locals, boarder security management, a measure for boarder community security and traditional mechanism for alternative dispute resolution: a response to internal conflict among the locals.
The summit was to provide a platform for all stakeholders to work together in identifying justice, safety and security concerns in the community and devise solutions to tackle these problems which include crime, terrorism, conflict and human right abuses.
The agenda focused on local community safety, justice and security with the overall objective of exploring the difficulties, possibilities and modalities for enhancing the role of the stakeholders in setting up an effective and efficient security, safety and justice system.
The summit noted that the entire world, the Nigeria society and Iganna Kingdom by extension are facing large scale insecurity and monumental challenges of unsafe society and perceived abuses of human right by security agencies especially issues of complaint of injustice which they attributed to absence or inadequacy of collaboration among the stakeholders.
It was highlighted that to achieve a secured, safe and just society, there is need to develop capabilities in the institutional, regulatory and human relation/communication and technical areas as well as the capacity to mobilize and extract resources to develop key security, safety and justice institutions.
Participants at the summit pointed that insecurity, injustice and unsafe society are practically instigated by mass unemployment especially among the youth; breakdown of public utilities which do not provide platforms for self-employment like farming, artisans and micro and medium enterprises; environment and climate changes; poverty; break down in family ties and units; youth restlessness and juvenile delinquencies and lack of fear of God.
Further noted that not enough attention seems to be devoted to addressing these areas and therefore call for synergy or collaboration among all the stakeholders in providing lasting solutions to the endemic security, safety and justice challenges.
It was stated that bridging the gaps among key institutions like court, law enforcements, local council and traditional institutions and religious institutions as well as residents will enable them communicate, collaborate and work together to build safer, more caring communities and also to equip and empower the locals with a view to create an enabling environment and platform which can adequately strengthen security, safety and justice system to effectively secure Nigeria society including Iganna Kingdom for socio-economic gains:
It was advocated that forming a strategic synergy among the identified stakeholders will necessarily create a sustainable system for resolving any form of conflict and dispute arising from daily interaction among the residents of Iganna kingdom and in this regard, stakeholders must position and prioritise fortification of government institutions in order to serve society effectively by recruiting competent and professional, practitioners, providing training and development opportunities and according them a supportive work environment.
At the end of the summit, participants agreed that competent, transformational and visionary stakeholders largely accounts for the phenomenal security, safety and justice system that Iganna land and by extension Nigeria society deserves, adding that in contrast with the situation at hand, stakeholders are constrained by the lack of well-developed collaborative and coordinated efforts and is thus unable to develop the level of leadership capacity needed to champion a well-secured, safe and just community.
It affirmed that current and emerging stakeholders should endeavour to inculcate and imbibe a purposeful collaboration and leadership style and encourages fruitful and positive relationships with the institutions of the state for a secured, safe and just society and proposed a joint action committee comprising representative of each of the stakeholder as relevant to Iganna land.
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