Peace education in Nigeria: imperative for conflicts resolution and economic recovery

The paper dwells on the attainment of positive social change through sufficient design and teaching of peace education in Nigeria. The frequent crisis since after independence in the six geopolitical zones of the country presupposes absence of or lack of enough peace education. Ignorance of conflict resolution through dialogue is lacking in the consciousness of many Nigerians due to lack of proper information and training. The incidences of Niger Delta Militia, the kidnapping cases, the community clashes, the politically motivated crisis, the Boko Haram insurgency, among others in Nigeria show little or no peace education. On the basis of the country’s situation, among the suggestions made for change include: designing peace education programme at the formal and informal levels in such a way that the community leaders, churches, mosques, town union members and other social organisations will be involved; the faith based organisations have to live up to their responsibilities; peace education should be included in Nigeria’s education curriculum so that all levels of education are given the basic fundamentals of peace education.