On Wednesday 20th September 2023, in Yola, Adamawa state, Northeast Nigeria, Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development continued its Regional Consultative Forum under the ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž (๐‹๐„๐€๐ƒ) project funded by the MacArthur Foundation, under it’s “Enhancing Citizens Engagement of Accountability and Social Inclusion Issues around Election’

The meeting X-rayed the theme: ๐๐ˆ๐†๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐€ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐‹๐‹E๐๐†๐„๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐๐„๐˜๐Ž๐๐ƒ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐†๐„๐๐„๐‘๐€๐‹ ๐„๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐•๐’. ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐„๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐•๐„๐Ž๐… ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐‹๐Ž๐†๐”๐„๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐Ž๐‡๐„๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐, ๐’๐„๐‚๐”๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ƒ๐„๐•๐„๐‹๐Ž๐๐Œ๐„๐๐“.

๐€๐ฆ๐›. ๐€๐›๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ก๐ข ๐Ž๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข, nooc, fsma, a seasoned diplomat and former SSA to the President Mohammadu Buhari on International Affairs, brought to the fore universal perspectives on theย  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. He emphasised that the advancement of Nigeria is the collective responsibility of both the leaders and the led.

Ms. Halima Oiza Sadiq, Executive Director, Chachavivi Women and Girl Child Development Foundation (CCWGDF) also shared perspectives on ๐„๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง’๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ขal ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

The participants from different structures of the Northeast alluded to the need for collective effort in bringing to reality the nation that all desire. The Centre deeply appreciates the MacArthur Foundation for its continuous funding and support towards attaining social cohesion in Nigeria.