NIGERIA

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About WANEP NIGERIA

Acknowledgment
About WANEP
Board and Secretariat
Who We are
Message from The Board
Board Members
Secretariat Team
Message from NNC

17-44 WANEP Activities/Report
Early Warning
Justice and Security Dialogue
Women, Peace and Security
Peace Education

45-66 WANEP Accounts
Financial Reports
Glossary

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We acknowledge in a very special way, the contributions of our partners and donors – past and present:

UNITED STATESINSTITUTE OF PEACE

Commonwealth Foundation

USAID/EWARDS

Ministry of Women Affairs
and Social Development

National Emergency Management Agency

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WANEP NIGERIA WORKING PRINCIPLES

Vision:A Nigeria characterized by just and peaceful coexistence among communities where
dignity of the human person is paramount and where the people can meet their basic
human needs and decide their own direction.

Mission:To enable and facilitate the development of mechanisms for cooperation among civilsociety based peacebuilding practitioners and organizations in Nigeria by providing
cooperative responses to violent conﬂicts; providing structure through which thesepractitioners and institutions can regularly share experiences and information onpeacebuilding, conﬂict transformation, social, ethno-religious and politicalreconciliation and tolerance; and promoting cultural values as resources forpeacebuilding.

Goal:
To build a sustainable peaceful coexistence amongst all the various
sectors and groups of the Nigerian community; thereby creating an
enabling environment for national growth and development

WANEP-Nigeria is a National Network of the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, West Africa regional
Secretariat with headquarters at Accra-Ghana. It provides an organized platform for collaborative
peacebuilding by indigenous Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) for conﬂict transformation anddevelopment in Nigeria.

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OBJECTIVES OF WANEP-NIGERIAStrengthen the peacebuilding capacities of organizations and practitioners to actively engage inthe prevention and/or peaceful transformation of violent conﬂicts in Nigeria.
Increase awareness and use of non-violent strategies as a proactive response to conﬂicts in order
to avoid violence.
Promote principled and responsive leadership in the country within the context that appreciates theculture of non-violence, advocates for just social, political structures and relationships.
Engender conﬂict prevention and peacebuilding issues in the country.
Harmonize and develop conﬂict prevention through peacebuilding activities by networking andcoordination of WANEP members into viable networks and mechanisms.
Operating Principles and Values

Belief in mutual respect for one another;
Transparency and accountability;
Gender equality and zero tolerance to discrimination (sex, tribe/ethnicity, race, HIV-AIDS statusetc);
Collegiality, teamwork and dedication to duty;
Tolerance and respect for diversity;
Justice for all;
Quality delivery;
Collaboration and consultation.
Established in 2001, WANEP-Nigeria is the largest peacebuilding network in Nigeria with amembership spread of two hundred (200) Community Based Non Governmental Organizations
operating in the thirty six (36) States of Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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BOARD, SECRETARIAT STAFF & WIPNET FOCAL PERSONSBoard Members
Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi
Mallam Y Z Ya'u
Barrister Margaret Nwagbo
Kolawole Olatosimi Ademola
Dr. Nsekpong Archibong Udoh
Mallam Mohammed Golkos Wuyo
Dr. Bridget Osakwe

Board Chair
Director Training and Capacity Building
Director Treasury and FinanceDirector of Communication
MemberMemberNational Network Coordinator andSecretary to the Board

Zonal Coordinators
Natheniel Awuapila
Mustapha Muhammad
Chibundu Uchegbu
Emen Okon
Kolawole Amusat
Mohammed Aliyu Wayas

North Central
North WestSouth East
South SouthSouth West
North East

WIPNET Focal Persons
Hannah Yakubu
Linda Umar
Barr. Iruka Nwokedi
Bridget Afﬁah
Titilope Akosa

North Central
North WestSouth East
South SouthSouth West

Secretariat Staff
Bridget Usifo Osakwe
Patience Ikpeh-Obaulo
Austin Eneanya
Vivian Anyaegbu
Kevin Abonyi
Osariemen Amas-Edobor
Suleiman Idris
Damilola Adeoye
Ugochi Ugoji
Babalola Dawodu
Femi EmmanuelPatricia Unegbu
Esho Akeem
Valerie Edem
Owor-Agbor Mary Nkifan

National Network Coordinator (NNC)
Head of Programs (HOP)
Finance Manager (FM)
Administrative Manager (AM)Program Manager (PM, R&D)
Program Manager (PM, CP)
Program Ofﬁcer (PO)Program Ofﬁcer (PO)Finance Ofﬁcer (FO)IT Ofﬁcer
Program AssistantOfﬁce AssistantOfﬁce DriverInternIntern7

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institutions in Nigeria

WHO
WE &
ARE

Conflict Prevention: Works towards theestablishment of civil society early warning andresponse system in Nigeria, which is linked to
ECOWAS conflict prevention mechanism at theregional level.
It also works with relent
government and inter-governmental agencies
towards Disaster Risk Reduction in the country.

West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Nigeria(WANEP-Nigeria) was established out ofnecessity to provide an organized platform forcollaborative peacebuilding for social change
and stable democracy in Nigeria by indigenousorganizations working in the area of conflicttransformation, peacebuilding and good
governance. Its operational framework was
designed along the visions of the regional
network operating in West Africa, Chad and
Cameroun with the ultimate goal of building
sustainable peace for growth and developmentin the region.

Democracy and Good Governance: Designed
to strengthen governance capacities throughd e v e l o p i n g a n d i n t e g ra t i n g co n f l i c t
management systems at different levels ofgovernance and also ensure transparency indecision making.
Women, Peace and Security (WPS): Offer
opportunity for the participation of women inpeace building mechanisms through acoordinated network that facilitates advocacy,reconciliation and transformation skills.

WANEP Nigeria operations are structured along
the geo-political constellation of Nigeria andtargets grassroots ownership of peacebuilding
initiatives through its member organizations in all
the thirty six (36) states of Nigeria including theFederal Capital Territory (FCT). Membership of
WANEP-Nigeria, pursuant to constitutional
provisions is for organizations with 40% conflicttransformation and peacebuilding initiatives.
Some of these organizations however have otherareas of competence other than peacebuilding.
WANEP-Nigeria has over two hundred (200)member organizations spread across the six geopolitical zones of the country.

Research and Documentation (R&D): Promotes
cross-fertilization of resources and expertiseamong zones.

NC ZoneNW ZoneIntervention programs of the Network are
divided into five basic thematic areas; Conflict
Prevention; Women, Peace and Security (WPS);
Active Non Violence and Peace Education;
Democracy and Good Governance; Researchand Documentation (R&D).

NE ZoneNational
Secretariat

SW ZoneSE ZoneSS Zone

Active Non-Violence and Peace Education:
Strives to institutionalize non-violence and peace

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MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIRMAN

Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi

I commence this message by applauding the efforts and commitment of the board members, secretariat staff andnetwork members of WANEP- Nigeria in ensuring the attainment of the organization's objectives amidst severe
economic and security challenges. The National Network Coordinator and her team at the Secretariat were
undaunted by the increasing level of security threats that eroded the peace within communities but coordinated andimplemented all planned projects. Also, with the adherence to COVID- 19 measures and acceptance of thevaccination by staff members, WANEP – Nigeria was minimally impacted by the pandemic, especially on the ﬁeld,
during international programs and daily routine within the ofﬁce. While we are not yet 'out of the woods', we willcontinue to implement safety measures and sensitize the populace to forestall a spike in the number of affected
persons.
The outgoing year was ﬁlled with commendable achievements with the recognition and support by state and non –state actors across Nigeria! Notably, the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) honored WANEP
with an award for being the most supportive Non – Governmental Organization (NGO), inculcating a culture ofpeace amongst pupils in public primary schools in Lagos State. The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social
Development (FMWASD) in recognition of WANEP's work in promoting the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
appointed the Network as a member of the third National Action Plan (NAP), Technical Working Committee of theUnited Nations Security Council Resolution, UNSCR-1325, on Women, Peace and Security. The technical committee
is saddled with the responsibility of the development and launch of the third National Action Plan (NAP) on United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1325.
th

The Women for Equity and Fairness Organization of Nigeria (WEFON) during the 10 year anniversary of theorganization honored WANEP with an Award of Excellence in appreciation of WANEP's contributions to womendevelopment and growth in Nigeria. The graduating class of Master's in International Affairs and Strategic Studies of
the Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna recognized WANEP’s exceptional skill, dedication and professionalism inpeacebuilding by presenting an Excellence Award for Peacebuilding to the organization.
Based on these recognitions, I am proud to report that WANEP strives to sustaining the foremost peacebuilding
network in Nigeria. The Conﬂict Prevention Program has continued to serve state and non-state actors across Nigeria
providing the needed security update and information for intervention. Through the early warning outputs including
weekly highlights, monthly bulletins and situation tracking conﬂict trends across the country have been revealed andrecommendations made to ameliorate the situation. More so, the commencement of Peace Action for Rapid andTransformative Nigerian Early Response (PARTNER) project funded by United States Agency for International
Developmen (USAID) in partnership with Mercy Corps, WANEP Nigeria, Institute of Peace and Conﬂict Resolution(IPCR), Kaduna State Peace Commission (KSPC), Plateau State Peacebuilding Agency (PPBA) as implementing
partners, the challenges of Early Warning Early Response will be addressed to nip conﬂict in the bud withincommunities.
Under the Women in Peacebuilding program, one remarkable result has been the increased awareness of the United
Nations Security Council Resolutions and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. WANEP- Nigeria has continued
to sustain its engagement with the media through the Women's Voices for Peace Radio Program broadcasted on seven9MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIRMAN(7) radio stations in seven (7) states across Nigeria to promote women's unique role in peace and security. The radio
program has helped women brace up and speak on issues that affect their wellbeing and over ten million persons
were reached by the program during the year. The Media4peace initiative a platform of over seventy (70) media
practitioners and journalists reporting on women's peace efforts in their communities is another conscious effort toproject the relevant roles women can and are playing in peacebuilding.
The Active Non- Violence and Peace Education Program was extended to include engagements on violence
prevention and countering violent extremism. During the year under review, the third approval was granted by theLagos State Ministry of Education for WANEP-Nigeria to implement the peace education training in Secondary
Schools in the remaining three (3) Education Districts of Lagos State including District III, IV and V in 2023. More thanFive hundred (500) students, three hundred (300) pupils and forty nine (49) teachers were equipped with skills andknowledge to actively intervene in disputes and ensure peaceful resolution. At community level, over hundred (100)local actors were trained to build coalitions to counter violent extremism. In all these trainings, a large number of youths
were equipped with skills to build a culture of peace and improve their lives. The Justice and Security Dialogue (JSD)
project centered on creating a pathway for cordial community and police relations in Adamawa State ahead of thecountry's general elections in February and March 2023. The dialogues provide the platform for robust conversations
on strategies to improve community level response to prevent electoral violence.
Within the Network, it is time for General Elections and possible change in governance from board representatives tocoordinators at different levels. The WANEP-Nigeria South South Zonal Network Members organized their General
Assembly and elections as stipulated during the General Assembly (GA) held in 2021. Key ofﬁcers elected into ofﬁce
included the Zonal Coordinator, State Coordinators in the six South South States (Akwa- Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River,
Delta, Edo and Rivers States) and WIPNET Focal Persons. It is our expectation that other zones within the network will
emulate this and hold their General Assembly to elect their ofﬁcers this year for effective coordination at zonal level.
As all these activities were going on, WANEP – Nigeria did not relent in building capacity for the secretariat staff andits network members to improve their skills for effective delivery of organizational objectives. The secretariat staff were
exposed to several international trainings and conferences that further projected the image of the organization
globally. Notably, the Head of Programs was awarded a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship in the United
Kingdom (UK). The special Professional Fellowship Program centered on promoting Girls' Education as part of the UK
government initiative to get forty million more girls in primary and secondary schools in developing countries by 2025
to enable them achieve their potentials. The capacity of the new Active Non – Violence and Peace Education intern
was enhanced on “Reinforcing Youth Capacities on Conﬂict Prevention and International Humanitarian and Human
Rights Law organized by ECOWAS Commission and “The Role of Youth in Preventing and Countering Violent
Extremism in West Africa” organized by Algeria and Germany, co-chairs of Global Counterterrorism Forum's (GCTF);
with the support of the United Nations Ofﬁce on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as their implementing partner.
With enhanced capacity, the secretariat's efforts in fund raising, forging and sustaining relationships with donor
agencies has improved. Partners such the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), Urgent Action Fund
Africa (UAF), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD); the United States Institute of Peace (USIP),
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to mention a few expanded their projects with WANEP
in Nigeria. To all our donors, partners, staff, network members and others who share our vision of promoting peacefulco-existence among communities and on behalf of our dedicated Board, I say Thank You! Merci Beaucoup! Gracias!
for joining us in building the WANEP brand of “Building Relationships for Peace”.

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BOARD MEMBERS

Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi
Chairman

Barrister Margret Nwagbo
Director: Training & Capacity Building

Mallam Y. Z. Ya'u
Director: Communication

Dr. Bridget Osakwe
Secretary to the Board

Mallam Mohammed Wuyo

Kolawole Ademola
MemberDr. Nsekpong Archibong Udoh
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Austin Eneanya

Patience Ikpeh-Obaulo

Bridget Usifo Osakwe

Vivian Anyaegbu

Kevin Abonyi

Osariemen Amas-Edobor

Babalola Dawodu

Suleiman Idris
Damilola Adeoye

Patricia Unegbu

Femi Emmanuel
Ugochi Ugoji

Valerie Edem

Esho Akeem
Owor-Agbor Mary Nkifan

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Message fromThe National Network Coordinator“BUILDING RESILIENCE AND SYNERGIESWITH STAKEHOLDERS TO PROMOTE PEACEAND SECURITY IN NIGERIA”

It is another year, an election year in Nigeria, a potential year of great prospects and we are delighted to welcome
everyone to 2023! The outgoing year was considered generally as a year of recovery from the global pandemic thatbegan in 2019. While the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, it offers valuable lessons to help the world respondbetter to crises especially health disasters. In Nigeria, we appreciate the citizens adherence to the preventive
measures, acceptance of the vaccination, the Federal Government’s ease of travel restrictions and the opening ofspace for more face-to-face engagements. However, the worsening security situation in Nigeria took a worrisome
dimension during the year, with the unfortunate incident on Monday 28th March 2022, in which suspected terrorists
attacked a Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Abuja-Kaduna evening train carrying an estimated three hundredand ninety eight (398) passengers. The Presidential Committee assembled by the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), wasable to secure the release of all the abducted passengers in batches. Also, the attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre
in Abuja on 5th July 2022 which led to the escape of more than six hundred (600) inmates again brought to the fore
the fragile state of the nation's security architecture.
In addition to the train attacks and jail breaks, the continuous spread of violent extremism, armed banditry, thephenomenon of agro – pastoralist conﬂicts with its attendant aggravation of existing community conﬂicts, widening
mistrust between citizens and security agencies, Gender Based Violence (GBV), inter-communal violence, ritual
killings, mob justice and intimidation of citizens by the law enforcement agents. In the South-South region, we had
economic challenges as the government struggled with kidnappings and to maintain the peace required to achieve
optimal crude oil exploration. There were secessionist agitations in the South-East with the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) clamoring for Biafra and South West with Oduduwa Republic clamoring for Yoruba Nation and the resultant
violence taking frightening dimensions. With these emerging security threats, WANEP through its different program
areas was able to adapt resilient approaches and synergized with varied stakeholders to build peace withincommunities in Nigeria.
Strategies utilized during the year under review were advocacy, campaigns and lobbying for peace. An advocacy
visit was paid to the traditional leader, District Head of Nyuwar, Balanga LGA – Mr. James Pisagh (JP) to
commensurate with him on the lives lost during the conﬂict that erupted in Nyuwar community and strategies put
forward to promote peaceful co-existence between the two ethnic groups – Lunguda and Waja in Gombe State.
WANEP Nigeria in collaboration with Urgent Action Fund -Africa, under the project “Assessing the impact of insecurity
on Women in Nigeria” paid an advocacy visit to key women stakeholders in Delta State, to elicit their views on theimpact of insecurity on women and girls in their communities. HRH (Dr.) Obi Martha- the Dunkwu Omu of Okpanam/
Omu Anioma/ Nne oha (Mother to All & Mother Without Borders) and Hon. Commissioner for Women Affairs,
Community and Social Development Mrs. Flora Alatan were amongst those visited as well as the Emir, Ona of Abaji ,HRH Alhaji Dr. Adamu Baba Yunusa, MFR CCC in Abuja. These stakeholders called on government at all levels not torelegate women to the background rather they should be inclusive in their approaches to peacebuilding and nationbuilding. In commemoration of International Day of Peace over 100 women in Ossissa Community, Delta State
participated in a peace march calling for an end to Racism and all forms of Discrimination against women. The
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over seventy (70) pupils in Ossissa Model Primary School on the theme of the International Peace Day celebration“End Racism and Discrimination; Promote Peace.
WANEP-Nigeria continued its advocacy and lobbying of legislators of the Lagos State House of Assembly for thepassage of the Peace Education bill for the introduction of Peace Education in primary and post primary schools in
Lagos State. The bill is still on the ﬂoor of the House of Assembly and we expect that after the general elections in
February 2023, it will be re-presented to the newly elected legislators for the passage.
Within the framework of our strategic plan, WANEP-Nigeria has built relationship with policy makers as the conﬂict
prevention outputs produced including ﬁfty two (52) weekly highlights, twelve (12) monthly bulletins and six (6)Situation Tracking Updates were shared with state and non-state actors across Nigeria with an increasing demand by
more stakeholders to be part of the Linkserve. Engagements on electronic media and social media was prioritized by
the organization during the year. The radio programme “Women Voices for Peace” supported by the Norwegian
Agency for Development Cooperation. (NORAD) continued on seven (7)radio stations in seven states across Nigeria
to promote women's unique role in peace and security. One signiﬁcant outcome of the radio programme wasincreased awareness on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and key issues that affect women
wellbeing in the society.
More so, utilizing the virtual platform, the maiden edition of the national GenderTalk series led by the national
networks of Ghana and Nigeria commenced with the theme: "Leveraging Partnerships to Advance the Women, Peaceand Security (WPS) Agenda". The theme was timely and provided the platform to deliberate on opportunities for.
effective collaborations and partnerships between state and non- state actors in advancing the WPS agenda To
commemorate the 16 days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration with theWest Africa Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA- Nigeria) organized a Twitter chat on the topic “Addressing
Gender-Based Gun Violence: Creating a Safe Environment for Women and Girls in Nigeria”. Prof. Patricia Donli, theExecutive Director Gender Equality, Peace and Development Center (GEPaDC) was the guest on the Twitter chat andshe responded to questions asked by the populace on the consequences of gun violence on women and girls.
Using trainings and capacity building as a strategy, various stakeholders were equipped with skills and knowledge
under the Conﬂict Prevention program, with Early Warning Early Response (EWER) being WANEP-Nigeria’s ﬂagship,as part of the “Integrated Approach to Building Peace in Nigeria's Farmer-Herder Crisis” a United Nations
Development Programmes' (UNDP) funded project, WANEP towards ensuring peace in Nasarawa, Benue andTaraba States trained more than ninety (90) community monitors and analysts across the three (3) target states on theoperations of Conﬂict Early Warning and Early Response Systems (CEWERS). Also, to ensure enhanced reporting on
the WANEP's National Early Warning System (NEWS) a refresher training was held on identifying and reporting
early warning signs for over ﬁfty (50) community monitors. The services of additional community monitors were
engaged to contribute to data collection within communities in Nigeria.
The project - Peace Action for Rapid and Transformative Nigerian Early Response (PARTNER) in partnership with Mercy
Corps and funded by USAID commenced with WANEP-Nigeria, Institute of Peace and Conﬂict Resolution (IPCR),
Kaduna State Peace Commission (KSPC), Plateau State Peacebuilding Agency (PPBA) as implementing partners.
Under the PARTNER project, the Conﬂict Rapid Needs Assessments (CRNA) conducted in Kaduna and Plateau States
revealed the need for an inclusive approach to Early Warning, Early Response (EWER). Four hundred and ninety
three (493) stakeholders including 356 males and 137 females were trained and nominated into the Early Warning
Monitoring and Reporting Groups in Kaduna and Plateau States. Also, three hundred and sixty (360) stakeholders
including 266 males and 94 females were trained and nominated into the Community-Based Reconciliation
Committees (CBRCs) in the two (2) states.
On the Women in Peacebuilding program in partnership with the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)
with support from the Global Affairs Canada’s Peace and Stabilization Operations Program (PSOPs) in the project“Localization of the Women, Peace and Security Resolutions in Nigeria", two (2) Localization Writeshops on the
United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 was held in Bauchi and Gombe States, North East
Nigeria. A key outcome was the strengthening of capacities and partnerships with local actors. Over a hundred

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The National Network Coordinator(100) stakeholders in four (4) communities in the two (2) states validated four drafts of Local Action Plans (LAPs) on
UNSCR 1325 in Balanga and Kwami Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Gombe State and Katagum and Toro LGAs
of Bauchi State.
A 3-day Training of Trainers Workshop was held for young persons on Leadership, Peacebuilding and Advocacy. The
workshop enhanced the leadership and peacebuilding capacities of more than thirty ﬁve (35) young persons to
advocate for the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS)
Agendas in their communities. The capacity of forty (40) media practitioners were also strengthened on Women,
Peace, and Security Resolutions and a network of media practitioners established to meaningfully participate,inﬂuence, and lead community-based peacebuilding reportage. The Media4peace group comprises of over seventy(70) journalists and media practitioners across Nigeria advocating for gender equality, women's rights, human rights,
and gender-responsive humanitarian response.
In collaboration with Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), a 2-week seminar/ training on Tostan model
themed: “Promoting Community Wellbeing” was held in Lagos State. This unique partnership provided the platform forforty (40) civil society actors to reﬂect on how the Tostan principles could serve to strengthen project implementation at
the community level. To further promote community peacebuilding, in partnership with University of Maryland,
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and the U.S. Department of State
under the project “Coalition Building for Countering Violent Extremism”. The capacities of twenty ﬁve (25) Civil
Society Organisations (CSOs) were built to develop multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary partnership for the purposeof countering violent extremism within communities. The beneﬁciaries of the workshop carried out step down training
on Violence Prevention for countering violent extremism in Bauchi, Jigawa and Kano States with over seventy ﬁve (75)community stakeholders equipped with skills for violence prevention and support provided for Community-Based
Organizations to form coalitions to counter violent extremism.
As part of the Active Non- Violence and Peace Education Project in Lagos State, over eight hundred (800) students
and three hundred (300) teachers in forty ﬁve (45) Public Secondary Schools in three (3) Educational Districts- Isolo,
Ikeja and Mushin LGAs in Lagos State were equipped with peacebuilding skills to enable them resolve disputes within
and outside the school environment. WANEP-Nigeria was presented with an award for being the most supportive
NGO towards the development of Basic Education in Lagos State. This recognition has strengthened theorganization's resolve to build capacity of more young persons to increase their contribution to conﬂict prevention
through peer mediation.
With pledged support from our partner the United States Institute for Peace (USIP), the Justice and Security Dialogues(JSD) were held in Adamawa State on Election Security Management: Pathway to 2023 Credible Electoral Process inNigeria for Law Enforcement Ofﬁcials. The dialogue provided the platform for the development of strategies toimprove community-level response to election violence in Adamawa State. Enhanced participants knowledge of civic
education, participatory democracy and election violence prevention. In Gombe State, WANEP- Nigeria incollaboration with the Balanga Localization Steering Committee on UNSCR 1325 has been carrying out peace
dialogues with local actors to resolve the conﬂict between Waja and Lugunda communities. During the year, as part ofthe dialogue, over four hundred (400) persons internally displaced by the conﬂict between Waja and Lugunda in
Balanga Local Government Area were reached with humanitarian assistance. Food items and warm clothes were
distributed to the women and children in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Jessu to alleviate the impact of
conﬂict that erupted on the10th February 2022.
Other highlights of the year included budding initiatives such as Festivals and Sports for Peace. Bearing in mind theimpact of football in promoting unity among the youth in the community, WANEP- Nigeria in collaboration with theBalanga Localization Steering Community presented football sporting kits to two teams namely; Wanda Sparrows FC
Nyuwar and Gilengitu Golden Arrows Nyuwar, Balanga LGA, Gombe State. In Uneme Nehua Community, Edo
State, the women utilized folktales, peace songs and dances in carrying out a peace festival. An Experiential
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stories. The ﬁrst prize winner in the Media and WPS Competition was part of an exchange program in Lebanon. The
exchange program provided the opportunity for the media practitioner to network, reﬂect and plan on future articles on
Women and Peacebuilding.
In the year under review, three major research projects and publications were carried out. With support from Urgent
Action fund – Africa, WANEP-Nigeria conducted research on “Conﬂict Impact Assessment and Stakeholders
Perspectives for a Safer Nigeria”. The assessment aimed to analyse security threats and violent occurrences in theidentiﬁed states namely - Anambra, Enugu, Delta, Sokoto, Benue, Niger States and the FCT in Nigeria. The
assessment brought to the fore local peacebuilding mechanisms including their structure, impact and challenges aswell as how the livelihoods of women are affected by insecurity. The Assessment Report was further translated into afour-paged infographics for use in legislative advocacy. Secondly, the maiden edition of the Women, Peace, andSecurity Journal produced by WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration with Women's International League for Peace andndFreedom (WILPF)-Nigeria in commemoration of the 22 anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution(UNSCR) 1325, was launched by Dame Pauline Tallen, OFR, KSG, Honourable Minister of Women Affairs in
Abuja. The journal aims to share qualitative and quantitative information on women's contributions to peace andsecurity in Nigeria. More so, a consultant was engaged to develop the Localization guidelines for the implementationof Nigeria National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325. The guidelines will be produced and launched for use by civilsociety and state actors this year 2023.
The WANEP-Regional Ofﬁce engaged the WANEP-Nigeria Ofﬁce in implementing some of its projects in the country;
notably the Experts Brainstorm Workshop to Develop and Validate Climate Change Indicators and Other Related
Drivers of Conﬂict and Crime In Coastal Areas was coordinated by WANEP-Nigeria. The workshop aimed to develop
and validate climate change indicators and identify other related drivers of conﬂicts and crimes in coastal areas ofWest Africa. Other activities included 2-Day Applied Analysis and Scenario Building, Learning and Practice on
Election-Related Disputes in West Africa; 3-Day Technical Development of Gender-Sensitive Thematic Reporting
Guidelines for Coalition of Civil Society Organisation for Peace and Conﬂict Prevention in Cental Africa (COPAC) andCitizens Participation for Inclusive And Accountable Democracy (C-PAID).
Our ability to achieve a high percentage of our expected results despite mounting ﬁnancial challenges and insecurity
is indeed a reﬂection of our well molded and committed staff members. They worked tirelessly and swiftly to ensure thatall planned projects were implemented with no extensions. Two (2)new interns that indicated interest to work in theorganization were engaged to assist on the Women in Peacebuilding and Peace Education desks. Also, new staff
members were recruited to commence work on the Peace Action for Rapid and Transformative Nigerian Early
Response (PARTNER) project. With the increase in projects, the staff members took on added responsibilities. For all
the good work, I say a big thank you to our board, my committed team members at the secretariat and network
members.
Great appreciation to our partners including the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD),
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), Global Affairs Canada, Urgent Action Fund - Africa, Federal
Ministry of Women Affairs, United States Institute for Peace (USIP), United States Department of State, University of
Maryland, United States Embassy in Nigeria, Mercy Corps- Nigeria, United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), Institute of Peace and Conﬂict Resolution (IPCR), School Based Management Committee(SBMC), the Lagos State House of Assembly and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for theirﬁnancial and technical support. To our mother organization- WANEP-Regional Ofﬁce, we say a big thank you foralways being available to give us the needed advice and directions. We are grateful and remain committed tobuilding relationships for peace.
With the forth coming elections and uncertain political terrain, we look forward to continuing our partnership with you
in sustaining peace, security and development within communities in Nigeria in 2023.
Thank you.

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Peace Action for Rapid & Transformative Nigerian Early Response (PARTNER) Project
Catalyzing community action for peace
WANEP's focus on pro-ventive peacebuilding as a strategy for addressing structural drivers of insecurity has
over the years proven to be a good approach given the historical and multifaceted dimension of the conﬂicts
in our region. Early warning remains an integral component of WANEP's overall conﬂict prevention
mechanism. To overcome challenges to Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) systems and close thegap between reporting and response, it became necessary to strategically reimagine the entire EWER
process where early warning information is analyzed, formatted, and disseminated to stakeholders in thesystem who are positioned to receive and act upon that information.
In view of this, WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration with a consortium of key resource partners including Mercy
Corps, Institute for Peace and Conﬂict Resolution (IPCR), Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA) and Kaduna
State Peace Commission (KPSPC) commenced the implementation of the Peace Action for Rapid andTransformative Nigerian Early Response (PARTNER) 5-year USAID-funded Activity in the Tier 1 States of
Kaduna and Plateau States during the reporting period of 2022, with further expansion to Benue, Katsina,
Kano and Kogi (Tier 2 States) and; Niger, Nasarawa and Zamfara (Tier 3 States) in subsequent years.
PARTNER Program Intervention Areas

Pro-ventive is used the by
WANEP to depict proactive
conﬂict prevention strategy

17Our Interventions (PARTNER):
The program imbibes three approaches of Peacebuilding, Social Cohesion and Early Warning Early
Response in its implementation:· Build on existing, easy-to-use EWER technologies to establish a sustainable analytical platform thatcollates ofﬂine and online reports, and facilitates quick and seamless response at the local, state,
and national levels.
·

Rigorous testing and learning by implementing pilot activities with low-cost impact valuations
embedded in the MEL system to identify and scale most effective EWER approaches.

·

Conﬂict sensitivity and Do No Harm (DNH) will inform analysis and start-up, participant selection,
engagement, and constant adaptation to ensure resilient implementation and a shock-informed andresponsive EWER system.

·

Close partnership between Mercy Corps and IPCR will also focus on capacity assessment andstrengthening, with an emphasis on detailed sustainability planning related to the EWER platform's
technology and management, as well as continued funding and inﬂuence across key stakeholders.

PARTNER ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION:
Sub-Award Agreement/MOU:
In July 2022, WANEP signed a Subaward Agreement with Mercy Corps to commence the implementationof the 5-year USAID-funded PARTNER program. In the reporting year, WANEP also established Memoranda
of Understanding (MOU) with the Kaduna State Peace Commission (KSPC) and Plateau Peace Building
Agency (PPBA) respectively as consortium partners in the project
Post-Award Orientation/Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA):
As part of the global push to increase local ownership and strengthen capacity among civil society
organizations (CSOs), Mercy Corps supports local partner organizations to undertake a process of selfassessment and planning for capacity strengthening based on the Organizational Capacity Assessment(OCA). In July 2022, Mercy Corps conducted an Organizational Capacity Index/Assessment (OCI/A)
with WANEP-Nigeria with the objective of assessing the organizational capacity strengths, needs and gaps
ahead of PARTNER activity implementation across the selected States of the North-West and North-Central.
The OCA tool assessed six (6) different domains of the organization namely, 'leadership; program
monitoring and evaluation; administration, ﬁnance, external relations and logistics.
Based on the ﬁndings generated from the OCI, a Capacity Development Plan (CDP) was jointly developedwith Mercy Corps, consisting of capacity building trainings, mentorship and the joint review of WANEP'sorganizational policies, as part of measures to enhance the organizations' structure ahead of the 'transition'or handover of PARTNER activity in year 3 which is currently being managed by Mercy Corps (in Year 1 & 2)
to a national entity (WANEP-Nigeria).The Stopping at Success (SAS+) team saddled with the responsibilityof coordinating the transition have jointly developed a transition strategy for WANEP with support from
Mercy Corps to clearly outline what their baseline of “achievement” or “success” looks like at the end of
Mercy Corps' mentorship.

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Gender Needs Assessment and Participatory Stakeholder's Mapping in Tier 1
States of Kaduna and Plateau States:
Mercy Corps and consortium partners (WANEP, KSPC and PPBA) led the conduct of the gender needs
assessment and participatory stakeholders' mapping in Kaduna and Plateau States between August 22 andSeptember 7, 2022. The gender assessment explored the context-speciﬁc dynamics of the implementation
States, analyzed the trends, as well as developed tailored approaches by leveraging the evidence for
impactful implementation.
The gender needs assessment focused on identifying the underlying barriers to socially marginalized groups
especially youths, women and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs); understanding the cultural norms, values,
stereotypes that affect their engagement in the decision-making process as well as identifying the legal
structures at the state and community levels that enable or prevent them from meaningful participation.
Utilizing the qualitative data collection method, thenty six (26) Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and twelve(12) Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), was conducted in 27 communities within 8 LGAs - 5 in Kaduna State(Kaduna South, Igabi, Sabon Gari, Zangon Kataf and Kauru) and 3 in Plateau State (Jos South, Jos North
and Mangu) respectively. A total of 347 individuals (62 % female and 38 % male) participated in the datacollection in Kaduna and Plateau States.

WANEP and Mercy Corps staff members at the OCA workshop in Lagos State

A cross-section of participants during the Gender assessments/stakeholders
mapping in Plateau and Kaduna States

A cross-section of participants during the Gender assessments/stakeholders mappingin Plateau and Kaduna States19Selection, Validation and Inauguration of Early Warning Monitors andCommunity-Based Reconciliation Committees
As part of PARTNER 's contribution to the realization of WANEP's Strategic Objectives, (SO-1) on 'thefunctionality of the National Early Warning and Response Systems', WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration
with Mercy Corps, KSPC and PPBA commenced the process of strengthening linkages between warningand response through the establishment of Early Warning Monitoring and Reporting Groups (EWMRGs)
and Community-Based Reconciliation Committees (CBRCs) across thirty ﬁve (35) selected PARTNER sites of
Jos South, Jos North and Mangu LGAs in Plateau State; and Kaduna South, Igabi, Sabon Gari, Zango Kataf
and Kauru LGAs of Kaduna State.
The EWMRGs serves as a platform for monitoring and reporting early warning signals using speciﬁc
gender-sensitive indicators designed by the PARTNER program to monitor human security threats, while the
CBRCs would serve as ﬁrst-level responders in the prevention and management of community conﬂicts.
·

Seventeen (17) Early Warning Monitoring and Reporting Groups (EWMRGs) and seventeen (17)Community-Based Reconciliation Committees (CBRC) established in Plateau State.

·

Eighteen (18) Early Warning Monitoring and Reporting Groups (EWMRGs) and eighteen (18)Community-based Reconciliation Committees (CBRC) established in Kaduna State.

·

Four hundred and ninety three (493) stakeholders including 356 males and 137 females were
nominated into the Early Warning Monitoring and Reporting Groups in Kaduna and Plateau States.
Also, three hundred and sixty (360) stakeholders including 266 males and 94 females were
nominated into the Community-Based Reconciliation Committees in Kaduna and Plateau States.

·

In addition to the group formation, a total of forty four (44) inﬂuential women/young female youths
who play substantive roles in community peacebuilding were identiﬁed across the selected PARTNER
sites in Kaduna and Plateau States. Both states accounted for twenty two (22) each. For the PARTNER
program, the identiﬁed female stakeholders/leaders will serve as a rallying point towards achieving
gender inclusion, considering the impact of prevailing cultural norms in communities.

·

In follow-up to the validation exercise of stakeholders across the EWMRG and the CBRC, thePARTNER team held a one-day inauguration meeting with stakeholders from one of the activity sites(Kwata Zawan, Bukuru, Gyel and Gero) of Jos-South LGA of Plateau State on 19th November
2022. The inauguration meeting also had representatives from the Conﬂict Early Warning Indicator
Monitors (CEWIMs) scheme initiated by the Institute of Peace. The inauguration exercise which had
in attendance ﬁfty three (53) participants including 26 females and 27 males, provided an avenue
to familiarize the established groups on the guiding principles employed by PARTNER during thenomination and validation of the two (2) groups.
The table below shows the disaggregated data of EWMRG and CBRC per State.

StatesKadunaPlateau

Early Warning Monitoring
and Reporting Group
Community-Based
Reconciliation
Committee

270 (204 males and 66
females)181 (141 males andfemales)20

223 (152 males and 71
females)
40 179 (125 males and 54
females)

To improve the effectiveness of the community-based structures as well as sustain the level of efforts, a Termsof Reference (TOR) was utilized during the inauguration of selected groups (EWMRG and CBRC). The TOR
outlined their roles and responsibilities as well as the operational linkages between the early warning groupand reconciliation committee being ﬁrst responders to identify early warning signals and resolve potential
causes of tension and drivers of conﬂicts in an inclusive and sustainable manner.

Capacity Building Trainings on EWER and IBNM
With the formation of the Early Warning Monitoring and Reporting Groups and the Community-Based
Reconciliation Committees, the PARTNER consortium organized a 3-day Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop
on Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) from 28th - 30th November 2022 in Jos, Plateau State, tostrengthen the internal capacity of the PARTNER consortium staff members from Mercy Corps, WANEP, IPCR,
PPBA and KSPC .
The training also provided an avenue for partners to share knowledge on the EWER Pillars, with a practicalpresentation of the ICT-Based Conﬂict Early Warning & Early Response System (CEWERS) for the Kaduna
State Peace Commission (KSPC).
Similarly, a 3-day training on Interest-Based Negotiation and Mediation (IBNM) was organized from 1st 3rd December 2022, for members of the PARTNER consortium in Plateau State. Both capacity building
trainings had in attendance twenty (20) participants including 12 males and 8 females.
The TOT workshops utilized a participatory and interactive learning process including group discussions,
simulations/role plays, case studies as well as micro-facilitation in English and local languages. Based on
the insights gained during the simulation exercise, the PARTNER consortium would develop a glossary of
keywords in Hausa language for consistency and uniformity during step-down trainings at the community
level.
Achieving the objective of strengthening the internal capacity of the consortium for effective implementationof the PARTNER activities including the facilitation of step-down trainings at the community level is critical to
the realization of the goal of PARTNER.

Inauguration of EWMRGs and CBRCs in Jos-South LGA of Plateau State

Capacity-Building training on EWER and IBNM

Capacity-Building training on EWER and IBNM

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Increasing WANEP-Nigeria’s Visibility And Awareness Through NEWS Outputs:
1.1 PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF ANALYTICAL EARLY WARNING OUTPUTSWANEP generates evidence-based data regularly from its National Early Warning System (NEWS) leading
to the production of varied Early Warning outputs in the form of policy briefs, Quick NEWS update, situation
tracking, weekly highlights, monthly bulletin, incidents and situation reports, illustrating incidents of humansecurity threats and its impact on development and social cohesion. These outputs which are disseminatedalso presents policy recommendations for security services, policy makers, development agencies and otherrelevant stakeholders' interventions and mitigation across Nigeria and beyond. The early warning outputs
also provide additional information to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Early
Warning and Response Network (ECOWARN) and African Union's Continental Early Warning System(CEWS).
As part of WANEP-Nigeria's innovation, the Early Warning unit disseminated a one-pager infographics'Situation Update. The Situation Update is a bi-weekly update on armed violence incidents and causalities in
Nigeria.

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Highlights of Early Warning Outputs in the Reporting Year Of 2022
NEWS Quick Update:Criminal Attacks in Kaduna State:https://wanep.org/wanep/news-quick-update-criminal-attacks-in-kaduna-state-134-people-killed-56people-injured-and-112-others-abducted-between-march-20-to-30-2022/

NEWS Situation Tracking
1. Kidnapping in Nigeria:
https://wanep.org/wanep/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABDUCTION.pdf

2. Ritual-related deaths in Nigeria: January 2021 to January 2022
https://wanep.org/wanep/news-situation-tracking-185-ritual-related-deaths-records-between-january2021-to-january-2022-in-nigeria/

Policy Brief
1.Nigeria 2023 General Elections: Implications for Regional, Political Stability, Peace and Security
https://wanep.org/wanep/policy-brief-nigeria-2023-general-elections-peace-and-security-implicationsfor-regional-political-stability/
1.2 STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES FOR CONFLICT MITIGATIONIn the reporting year, WANEP-Nigeria sustained her efforts at capacity strengthening for various
stakeholders in early warning, conﬂict mitigation and prevention. The national network (WANEP-Nigeria)
was also opportune to beneﬁt from the series of trainings undertaken by the regional ofﬁce in Accra, Ghana.
These include;
Experts Brainstorm Workshop To Develop And Validate Climate Change Indicators And Other Related
Drivers of Conﬂict and Crime in Coastal Areas.
The workshop aimed at developing and validating climate change indicators and identifying other related
drivers of conﬂicts and crimes in coastal areas of West Africa. The West African region has been identiﬁed
as a notable signpost for the manifestation of climate change-related security risks. The Executive Director of
WANEP stated that 'the planet's future depends on global commitments by placing the right indicators andcommunity early warning systems and response architectures in place to mitigate the effects of climatechange'.
In attendance were twenty (20)) participants including 13 males and 7 females and made up of criticalstakeholders from WANEP-Regional ofﬁce, WANEP-Nigeria, ECOWAS and African Union (AU).
Applied Analysis and Scenario Building, Learning and Practice on Election-related Disputes in West
Africa.
The workshop was targeted at strengthening regional and national early warning and response architecture
to mitigate election-related violence and disputes in West Africa. The training falls under the GIZ-ECOWAS
Peace and Security Architecture and Operations project co-funded by the European Union (EU) and
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ). Twenty four (24) participants
including 16 males and 8 females largely made up of WANEP's National Early Warning System (NEWS)Managers of Gambia, Nigeria, Niger, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau.

23Technical Development of Gender-Sensitive Thematic Reporting Guidelines for COPAC
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) with support from Wellspring Philanthropic Fund US,
organized a training workshop for analysts from the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Peace andConﬂict Prevention (COPAC). The training sought to improve the analytical capacities and writing skills of theanalysts for the production of early warning thematic reports for Central Africa. The training is to complement
the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and African Union (AU) responses to humanrights violations and gender-based atrocities, as well as the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) regional responses to cross-border security threats in West Africa.

Citizens Participation for Inclusive And Accountable Democracy(c-paid)
In the lead up to the launch of the online application, the WANEP-Regional ofﬁce with support from UNDPAfrica organized a 2-day workshop to review the mobile application of a survey instrument on Citizens'
Participation for Inclusive and Accountable Democracy (C-PAID) in West Africa. The workshop provided
participants who are experts in communication, software development, young leaders and democracy &governance practitioners an opportunity to test and critique the efﬁcacy of the tool.

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JUSTICE &SECURITY DIALOGUE (JSD)
Strategic Objective 5: Post-conﬂict/insurgency
peacebuilding- reconciliation and reintegrationin northern Nigeria

has reportedly improved due to conﬂict
management, dialogue engagement and humanrights protection skills that participants developed
from the JSD capacity building activities.

Report of Justice and Security Dialogue on
Addressing Youth Restiveness and Community
Safety in Girei LGA, and Damare IDP Camp,
Girei, Adamawa State.

“… together with the host communities,
we [IDPs] now hold meetings with the police andvigilante to discuss our security concerns and jointly
strategize to address crime.” – John Gadzama, IDPSecretary, Adamawa State.

This activity contributes to the achievement ofStrategic Objective 5 including improved security
in pilot IDP hosting community. It builds on existing
actions implemented by JSD facilitators andstakeholders in Adamawa State to improve therole of youths as active stakeholders intransforming restiveness and other anti-social
actions that affect community safety andpeacebuilding. Building on the JSD principles,
this activity focused on facilitating interactions thatempower participants to identify the sources anddrivers of youth restiveness, their overall impacts
on community safety, and diverse resources fortransforming the effects of youth vices in Girei
communities.
The dialogue aims to identify the different factorsthat enable youth restiveness and engagement inperpetuating insecurity in Girei LGA, mapavailable resources/opportunities forstrengthening effective responses to youth
restiveness and community insecurity in the LGA
and develop implementable actions towards
transforming youth engagement in anti-social
vices and community insecurity.
Increased collaboration among IDPs, hostcommunities, and [in]formal security services
towards addressing the security concerns of IDPs

Justice and Security State High-Level Dialogue
on Effective Multi-Stakeholder Response to
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence inAdamawa State.
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
remains a central concern across communities,
particularly conﬂict-affected ones, in Adamawa
State. This issue affects all gender groups –women, girls, men, boys, Persons Living with
Disabilities (PLWDs); and inﬂuences action
amongst state and non-governmental actors
towards addressing the problem. The dialogue
aims to ensure effective partnership among
relevant actors towards improving responses to
SGBV, assess institutional response(s) to SGBV
and to facilitate effective networking and multistakeholder engagement towards strengthening
responses to SGBV in Adamawa State.
The police noted that cases of SGBV are
recurring, and the institution works proactively topartner with diverse agencies working on theissues and to ensure that relevant evidence arecollected adequately. However, some ofﬁcers
lack the expertise to collect evidence for forensic
analysis/examination, thereby causing some ofthem to tamper with the evidence.

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Big Family 360 did a presentation of Smart RR App
and the USSD code, a JSD SGBV tool to facilitate
survivors' access to diverse support services –medical, legal, security, psychosocial which areprovided by relevant actors to support them toaccess the required help and justice. The Smart RR
App bridges the gap between urban and rural
populations in ensuring access to the social
resources for addressing SGBV. Signiﬁcantly, theinnovation aims to reduce some of the logisticalchallenges around reporting and responding to
SGBV across Adamawa State and other parts ofNorth-East Nigeria.
One of the major recommendations during the
dialogue was more training of local health workers,
particularly those in the Primary Healthcare Centres,on how to collect evidence of SGBV, mainly rape.
This capacity building action will enable healthcare
workers to collect evidence that enables the forensic
labs to examine evidence which will enable
relevant actors to prosecute and administer justice tosurvivors and perpetrators.

The dialogue objectives are:I.
To improve the whole-community approachfor electoral violence prevention throughresources and engagement strategies
pertinent to building a community coalition
for violence prevention.
ii. To support dialogue participants to develop
multisectoral and multidisciplinary
partnerships to prevent electoral violence.
iii. To encourage participating agencies to sharelessons learned to improve existing programsand build capacity for electoral violence
prevention.

Cross-section of security personnel

The dialogue adopted participatory
methodologies to ensure effectiveness, providing
the participants with opportunities to freely
interact and share experiences andrecommendations on pathways for guaranteeing
and managing safety during the 2023 generalelections in Adamawa State. Using practicalmethods, participants engaged in groupbrainstorming sessions, presentations, peer-topeer reﬂections, and question and answer
sessions to ensure in-depth interactions as theymapped strategies for providing collaborativeelectoral violence prevention and election
security management.

Cross-section of participantsJustice and Security Dialogue on Election
Security Management: Pathway to 2023
Credible Electoral Process in Nigeria – Part 1, at
AUN Hotel, Yola, Adamawa State.
The Justice and Security Dialogue (JSD) for law
enforcement agencies aims to improve capacity
towards enhancing community security andpreventing electoral violence in Yola North andYola South LGAs of Adamawa State. Thisdialogue is central to facilitating constructive
platforms for interagency collaboration as aproactive step for guaranteeing election security
management in Adamawa State in 2023.

The dialogue participants included the Police,
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA), Nigeria Security and Civil Defense
Corps (NSCDC), Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), and Adamawa
State Emergency Management Agency(ADSEMA).

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Justice and Security Dialogue Youth Sensitization
on Election Security Management as a Pathway
to 2023 Credible Electoral Process in Nigeria,
Yola, Adamawa State“………these politicians manipulate the poverty
among [vulnerable] community members to buy theirvotes… we can see how politicians used huge sumsof money to purchase the votes of political delegates
during the primary election of different parties… wemust use the information from the [JSD] training to
educate our youths and community members topromote peace in the community during the elections
while also voting for competence; it is very useful.”
Hussaina Mohammed SuleimanThis activity aims to sensitize youths on their roles
in election security management in Adamawa
State. Considering an antecedence of electoral
violence and instability in Adamawa State, it is
crucial to design and implement actions and build
the capacity of local stakeholders, particularly
youths, to prevent electoral violence in the state.
Therefore, this training comes against a backdrop
of concerns identiﬁed by various local and statelevel dialogues about the impact of ongoing
political activities on peace and stability in Girei
LGA of Adamawa State. Leveraging the JSD
approach to problem-solving, this activity
strengthened youths' capacity to assess electionrelated threats in their communities and the distinct
roles that they play in ensuring election security
management in Adamawa State.

Justice and Security Dialogue Training for Police
Ofﬁcers on Conﬂict- Sensitivity and Do No Harmin Adamawa StateThe design and implementation of security
strategies by law enforcement actors, particularly
when they are in line with the realities anddynamics in local environments, ensures theireffectiveness in addressing security threats, crimes
and conﬂicts. It is vital for law enforcement actors
to understand the local environment in which they
operate – the sensitivities and dynamics; and theinﬂuence of diverse social resources and structuresin consolidating or weakening law enforcement
and security strategies.
Conﬂict Sensitivity (CS), therefore, constitutes animportant framework that guides actors acrossdifferent sectors to ask vital questions, understandlocal context and social structures, therelationships among local groups, and theinteractions between various local elements andthe strategies that they design to achieve positivechange. This activity was designed to improve thecapacity of police ofﬁcers in Adamawa State
Command to recognize the relevance ofintegrating conﬂict sensitive approaches into thedesign of their security strategies. It also aims toenhance an understanding that the integration of
CS will minimize negative impacts and increasem a x i m u m i m p a c t s o f d i f f e re n t s e c u r i t yactions/options implemented to improve security[provision] in local communities.
The training was designed to improve thecapacity and skills of the men and ofﬁcers of the
Nigeria Police Force to understand the concept of
conﬂict sensitivity and Do-No-Harm (DNH), andalso enable the trained participants to employ
DNH principles in citizens engagement.

Cross-section of participantsThis activity adopted participatory methodologies
to ensure effectiveness, providing the participants
with opportunities to freely interact about issues
related to electoral violence; including identifying
pathways for youth participation in promoting
community safety during the 2023 generalelections. Also, using practical methods,
p a r t i c i p a n t s e n g a g e d i n g ro u p t a s k s ,presentations, peer-to-peer reﬂections, andquestion and answer sessions to facilitate in-depth
knowledge about the sensitization.

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Justice and Security National Dialogue on“Sustaining Collaborative Efforts to
Pe a c e b u i l d i n g : L e s s o n s L e a r n e d f ro m
Implementing the JSD Approach in North-East,
Nigeria” at the Royal Continental Hotel andApartment, Abuja, Nigeria.

Justice and Security Dialogue (JSD) Training for
Police Ofﬁcers on Human Rights and Law
Enforcement, Yola, Adamawa State.
The training employed participatory approaches
to ensure that participants acquired quality
knowledge of Human Rights and Law. It utilized
facilitator's presentations, group tasks andpresentations, role-plays, short-ﬁlm presentationand discussion, plenary discussions/reﬂection on
practice to ensure that participants understood thetraining theme and identify opportunities for
integrating the lessons and knowledge gained
into practice.
The training objectives aims to facilitate a holistic
understanding of human rights and law
enforcement within the context of the Nigeria
Constitution and other relevant instruments,
strengthen the capacity of participants tounderstand the conduct of police ofﬁcers and thedifferent approaches to policing communities
when faced with different security situation andimprove opportunities for strengthening
community-police relationship.

WANEP-Nigeria and its partner Centre for Peace
Advancement in Nigeria (CEPAN) with support
from USIP, has been implementing the JSD
program in Adamawa State for the last 2 years.
The program, which has focused on improving
relationships between IDPs and host communities
and between communities and law enforcement
institutions, especially the Police, has promoted
platforms for constructive interaction, trustbuilding, and collaborative problem-solving
among diverse actors and stakeholders in thestate.
The program has improved multi-stakeholders'
partnership and collaboration which supports thetransformation of the varying impacts of conﬂicts
and crime on communities and various
relationship among groups. The national
dialogue, therefore, sets out to facilitate
interactions across the program's stakeholders –government institutions, CSOs, community
leaders, women, men and security services todiscuss the success, challenges, andopportunities provided through theimplementation of the JSD model towards
addressing different crimes and forms of violenceacross conﬂict-affected communities in Adamawa
State and elsewhere in North-East Nigeria.
Th e d i a l o g u e e m p l o y e d p a r t i c i p a t o r yapproaches to ensure that participants shared
relevant experiences of how they utilized the JSD
approach to solve problems collaboratively. The
experience-sharing opportunity also enabled theparticipants to reﬂect on the challenges of
implementing the approach and the prospects
and opportunities that it provides for sustaining
and replicating change towards improved
security provision. The national dialogue alsoutilized role-plays, visual learning resources andplenary discussions to ensure that participants
shared the lessons learned from applying the JSD
approach.

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Strategic Objective 5: Post-conﬂict/insurgency
peacebuilding- reconciliation and reintegrationin northern Nigeria

Justice and Security Dialogue (JSD) for Law
Enforcement Agencies and Community Leaders
on Election Security Management Yola,
Adamawa State, Nigeria.

WANEP–Nigeria, University of Maryland andNational Consortium for the Study of Terrorism
and Responses to Terrorism (START)in partnershipwith the U.S. Department of State initiated the
project “Coalition Building for Countering Violent
Extremism”. On May 16-19th, 2022, a 4-day
Training of Trainers on Coalition Building for
Violence Prevention was held in Abuja. The
training empowered twenty ﬁve (25) Civil Society
organisations to develop multisectoral andmultidisciplinary partnership for the purpose ofcountering violent extremism within communities.

This dialogue is part of the election security
management series – trainings and dialogues
that aims to enhance the knowledge ofstakeholders on electoral laws and processes,
improve their capacities to design and implement
actions to prevent violence before, during andafter elections, and strengthen multi-stakeholders'
partnership to manage election security. This
activity is designed to enable law enforcement
agencies and community leaders including
women, youths, IDPs, and men to develop anddiscuss various local strategies for promoting
community-security actors' partnership towards
ensuring violent-free and safe general elections in
2023. The activity also provides platform forparticipants to deliberate emerging trends
associated with the forthcoming general elections
and how they could constitute threats to thepeaceful conduct of elections and the safety of[vulnerable] communities in Adamawa State.
The dialogue aims to enhance the knowledge ofparticipants on electoral laws and processes andthe expected conduct of every stakeholder before,
during and after the general elections.
Improve the local capacities to design andimplement various local actions towards violence
prevention before, during and after elections andstrengthen multi-stakeholders' partnership onelection security management.

On December 16-17th, 22nd-23rd and
27–28th, 2022 step down training on coalitionbuilding for countering violent extremism were
held in Bauchi, Kano and Jigawa States. Overseventy ﬁve (75) community stakeholders were
equipped with skills for violent prevention andsuppor t provided for community-basedorganizations to form coalitions to counter violent
extremism at community level.

Cross-section of community leaders

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S

WOMEN,PEACE ANDSECURITY

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding(WANEP) -Nigeria carried out the following
activities to promote the Women, Peace andSecurity Agenda from January to December
2022. Activities were implemented under thisa g e n d a - A m p l i f y i n g Wo m e n ' s Vo i c e s ,Strengthening Local and National Partnerships:
Localization of the Women, Peace and Security
Resolutions in Nigeria in partnership with the
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders,
supported by Global Affairs Canada’s Peace andStabilization Operations Program. Also, WANEPNigeria concluded activities on the second phaseof the project 'Enhancing Participation of Womenin Peace and Human Security in Nigeria' withsupport from the Norwegian Agency for
Development Cooperation (NORAD) and the'Assessing the impact of insecurity on Women in
Nigeria' with support from Urgent Action FundAfrica. The activities included;

leaders, youth leaders, security agencies etc to
broaden their understanding on UNSCR 1325
and related legal mechanisms. The participants
drawn from Balanga and Kwami Local
Government Areas (LGAs) of Gombe State,reviewed the draft Local Action Plans (LAPs) on
UNSCR 1325 to increase their potential as
instruments that can be used to promote women 's
participation in decision-making, peacebuilding
and preventing Sexual and Gender-Based
Violence in local communities. The availability oftwo (2) Local Action Plans on UNSCR 1325 inBalanga and Kwami LGAs has enhanced local
ownership of the resolutions.

2- day Localization Writeshop on UNSCR 1325
and Promoting the Women, Peace and Security
Agenda in Gombe State, Nigeria
WANEP- Nigeria in partnership with the Global
Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)
supported by Global Affairs Canada, Peace andStabilization Operations Program organized a 2Day Localization Writeshop on UNSCR 1325
and Promoting the Women, Peace and Security
Agenda on 14th and 15th February 2022 in
Gombe State. As part of the localization strategy,
the workshop mobilized local and state actors
comprising local government ofﬁcials, religious
leaders, traditional leaders, women leaders, men,Group picture of participants at the 2- day localization Writeshop in Gombe StateEngagements To Foster Peace Between Lunguda
And Waja Ethnic Groups Of Balanga LGA Of
Gombe State
In Nuywar Community of Balanga LGA, Gombe
State the Lunguda and Waja ethnic groups have
had series of recurring conﬂicts bordering on
issues of land tussle, resource ownership etc
despite the fact the two conﬂicting tribes has been30

in cordial relationship for the past three hundred(300) years. In February 2022 conﬂict erupted
in the community resulting in the destruction of
lives and properties as well as displacement ofover 500 people. The following activities werecarriedout to promote peaceful co-existence.
Advocacy Visit to the District Head of Nyuwar
Community
An advocacy visit was paid to the traditional
leader, District Head of Nyuwar, Balanga LGA –Mr. James Pisagh (JP) to commensurate with himon the lives lost during the conﬂict that erupted in
Nyuwar community and put forward strategies topromote peaceful co-existence between the two
ethnic groups – Lunguda and Waja. The
advocacy visit was carried out by the WANEPNigeria Project team accompanied by the
Executive Director Kebetkache Women
Development and Resource Centre,
representative of Ministry of Women Affairs, State
Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) andthe Media on 17th February, 2022. The
traditional Leader applauded the bold step taken
by WANEP Nigeria to wade into the conﬂict byorganizing two peace dialogues in 2021. He
pledged the support of the traditional council inensuring the implementation of the draft Local
Action on UNSCR 1325 in Balanga LGA.

Internally Displaced Persons( IDPs) in Jessu Camp Balanga LGA

Advocacy visit to the district Head of Nyuwar, Balanga LGA, Gombe State
Internally Displaced Persons( IDPs) in Jessu Camp Balanga LGA

Visit to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at
Jessu, Camp Gombe State:
Following the advocacy visit to the traditional
leader, District Head of Nyuwar, relief materials
were taken to Jessu community where the IDPs
mostly women and children from the conﬂict werebeing accommodated in camps on 17th
February, 2022. At the Camp, the WANEPNigeria project team was received by the campadministrator who expressed his gratitude to theorganization for its efforts to bring succour to thedisplaced persons. Amongst items presented to
the IDPs included bags of maize, millet andclothing materials.

Advocacy visit to the district Head of Nyuwar, Balanga LGA, Gombe State

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State; Edo State Broadcasting Service 95.7FM;
Albarka 97.5FM, Bauchi State; Peace
102.5FM, Borno State; Treasure 98.5FM, Rivers
State. One signiﬁcant outcome of the radio
programme was increased awareness on the
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325
and key issues that affect women wellbeing in thesociety. Also, the radio programmes provided aplatform for the populace to bare their views on
issues peacebuilding and the importance of
women's economic, social and politicalempowerment. Over sixty (60) guests werefeatured by the seven (7)radio stations and over
5.5 million persons were reached by the program
during the year.

2- day Localization Writeshop on UNSCR 1325
and Promoting the Women, Peace and Security
Agenda in Bauchi State, Nigeria
In continuation of the project “Amplifying
Women's Voices, Strengthening Local andNational Partnerships: Localization of the
Women, Peace and Security Resolutions in
Nigeria” , WANEP- Nigeria in partnership with
the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders(GNWP), supported by Global Affairs Canada,
Peace and Stabilization Operations Programorganized another
2-Day Localization
Writeshop on UNSCR 1325 and Promoting theth
Women, Peace and Security Agenda on 18 and19th February 2022 in Bauchi State. The
Localization Writeshop aimed to enable local
actors to identify concrete actions towards
implementation of UNSCR 1325 and supporting
Women, Peace and Security (WPS) resolutions in
the communities. In attendance at the program
were over thirty (30) stakeholders comprising,
local government authorities, traditional leaders,religious leaders, civil society organizations,security agencies, women leaders, men leadersand youth leaders. As part of the program, two
Local Action Plans (LAPs) on UNSCR 1325 for
Katagum and Toro LGAs were reviewed withaccompanying budgets lines for proposed
activities. Local Actors pledged their commitment
to the implementation of the LAPs.

Cross section of participants at the 2- day localization writeshop on UNSCR 1325 in Bauchi State

Production and Transmission of Community
Radio to Promote Women's Participation in
Peacebuilding:
WA N E P- N i g e r i a i n co l l a b o ra t i o n w i t hNorwegian Agency for Development
Cooperation NORAD continued with thebroadcast of the radio programme titled“Women Voices for Peace” on seven (7) radio
stations in seven (7) states across Nigeria topromote women's unique role in peace andsecurity. The radio stations that aired the program
were: Rize 106.7FM, Delta State; Women radio
91.7FM, Lagos State; Vision 92.7FM, Gombe
Participants developing personal action plans at the seminar32

and 1 male. The program which was held
virtually provided the platform to deliberate on theopportunities for effective collaborations andpartnerships between state and non- state actors
in advancing the Women, Peace and Security(WPS) Agenda. The theme “Leveraging on
Partnerships to Advance the Women Peace andSecurity Agenda” had been carefully selected
bearing in mind the advantages of partnerships inthe implementation of WPS interventions in timesof scarce resources and declining donor funds.
The program brought together representatives ofwomen focused Civil Society Organizations from
Ghana and Nigeria to share their experiences,challenges and lessons learnt in implementing
peace initiatives and partnering with different
stakeholders at community level.

International Women's Day 2022
In commemoration of the International Women'sDay 2022, WANEP-Nigeria collaborated withother civil Society Organizations in Lagos State tohold a peace march with the theme “Break The
Bias” on 8th March, 2022. Other activities
organized by WANEP- Nigeria to commemorate
the day included a YouTube Campaign and aradio program with the theme “ Breaking the Biasin our Community, Promoting Gender Equality”
across seven (7) radio stations in a bid to
advocate for the 35% afﬁrmative action/passage of the gender equality bill in Nigeria .
Seminar on Promoting Community Wellbeing :The Tostan Model
WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration with TOSTAN
organised 2 weeks seminar on “Promoting
Community Wellbeing” from 30th May to 10th
June, 2022. During the program, the Tostan
model was highlighted as an empowering
education program to representatives of civilsociety organizations. The seminar provided theplatform to reﬂect on how the Tostan principles
could serve to strengthen the projects carried out
by organizations at the community level.
Tostan Community Empowerment Programprovides a holistic approach towards developing
and uniting Nigerian communities to end
violence against women and girls, promote
community wellbeing and to enhance adequate
community entry approaches. At the end of the
program, participants developed personal actionplans to implement the model in theircommunities. Forty-three (43) participants were
equipped with knowledge and skills to promote
relationship-building and collaborations which
will encourage the use of positive values andhuman rights as guiding principles in achieving
community wellbeing

PHOTO : speaker of Lagos house of assembly and the Lagos state ﬁrst lady during the IWD peace march

1st National Gender Talks Series Under The
Theme: 'Leveraging On Partnerships To Advance
The Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

WANEP-Nigeria staff at the IWD 2022 peace march

WANEP-Nigeria organized its ﬁrst National
Gender Talk series on the 2nd August 2022 withﬁfty-ﬁve (55) participants including 54 females

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Picture of participants during the 1st National Gender Talks Virtual Seminar

Conﬂict Impact Assessment and Local Peacebuilding Initiatives Within Communities in Anambra, Enugu,
Delta, Sokoto, Benue, Niger States and the FCT Abuja
WANEP- Nigeria with Support from Urgent Action fund – Africa engaged a consultant to carry out datacollection on “Conﬂict Impact Assessment and Local Peacebuilding Initiatives Within Communities inAnambra, Enugu, Delta, Sokoto, Benue, Niger States and the FCT Abuja” in Nigeria. The assessment
aimed to analyse security threats and violent occurrences in the identiﬁed states which are conﬂict-prone,
identifying numbers of violent incidents and types of violent attacks culminating in high fatality rates. Also,
enumerating the number of women and girls who are victims of these violence incidences. The assessment
brought to the fore local peacebuilding mechanisms including their structure, impact and challenges as well
as how the livelihoods of women are affected by insecurity. At the end of the assessment which span athrdperiod of two (2) weeks between 15 August and 3 September 2022, a comprehensive report was
submitted by the consultant to WANEP- Nigeria. The report was further translated into a four paged
infographics for use in legislative advocacy.
Presentation of Football Kits to Two Teams to Boost Sporting Activities in Nyuwar, Balanga LGA, Gombe
State
Bearing in mind the impact of football in promoting unity among the youth in the community, WANEPNigeria in collaboration with the Balanga Localization Steering Community presented football sporting kits
to two teams namely; Wanda Sparrows FC Nyuwar and Gilengitu Golden Arrows Nyuwar, Balanga LGA,

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Gombe State. The meeting was attended by forty six (46) participants which included 30 footballers, 6
WANEP-Nigeria representatives and 10 LGA ofﬁcials. Presently, there are consultations with the women in
the community for their engagement to celebrate the return of the peace in the community.

Cross Section of young footballers wearing the presented football sporting kits

Commemoration of International Day of Peace by Women in Ossissa Community, Delta State.
In commemoration of the International Peace Day observed
annually on 21stSeptember, WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration
with the United Women Peacebuilders Network Ossissa,
Delta State organized a Peace March. Over a hundred(100) community women participated in a peace marchcalling for an end to Racism and all forms of Discrimination
against women.
As part of events to commemorate the International Peace
Day, Executive Ofﬁcers of the United Women Peacebuilders
Network Ossissa sensitized over seventy (70) pupils in
Ossissa Model Primary School on the theme of theInternational Peace Day celebration “End Racism andDiscrimination; Promote Peace”.

Pupils of Ossissa Model Primary School

2 -Day Advocacy Visit to Key Women and Men Stakeholders to Assess the Impact of Insecurity On Womenat Community Level
As part of the activity under the project “Assessing the impact of insecurity on Women in Nigeria' with support
from Urgent Action Fund- Africa, WANEP-Nigeria carried out an Advocacy visit to key women stakeholders in
Delta State, to elicit their views on the impact of insecurity on women and girls in the community on 22nd
September, 2022, amongst those visited were HRH (Dr.) Obi Martha Dunkwu Omu of Okpanam/ Omu of
Anioma/ Nne oha (Mother to All & Mother Without Borders) and Hon. Commissioner for Women Affairs,
Community and Social Development Mrs. Flora Alatan. The key stakeholders were delighted to receive the
WANEP-Nigeria Project team in their ofﬁces. The Omu of Okpanam in her welcome address applauded theefforts of WANEP-Nigeria in promoting peace within communities in Nigeria. She explained that women
within communities face several challenges as the society is still largely dominated by men. In her
recommendations, she called for the people to be galvanized to give information on issues of insecurity; thatwomen should not be left out during intelligence gathering as they are key stakeholders in promoting peace atcommunity level.

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Group Picture of the Advocacy team with the Hon. Commissioner Women Affairs Delta State

Cross Section of Advocacy Team at the Omu's Palace

Advocacy Visit to the Emir, Ona of Abaji , Abaji Local Government Area, FCT Abuja.
nd

On 2 October 2022, the WANEP Nigeria
advocacy team paid an advocacy visit to the Emir,Ona of Abaji , HRH Alhaji Dr. Adamu Baba Yunusa,
MFR CCC. At the palace, the advocacy team waswelcomed by the Ona of Abaji, his Queen Hauwa
Ibrahim, and members of the traditional council. The
visit aimed to highlight the effects of insecurity on
women and girls in Abaji community and Nigeria atlarge. During the discussions, the types of conﬂicts
experienced in the community,
peace structures
available and how conﬂicts were resolved wereenumerated by the traditional ruler. He explained thatthe traditional council was receptive to women who
Group Picture with the traditional ruler
are seen as mothers and several women are involvedin the peace structures. It was noted that women issues were given high priority in Abaji Community. At
present the traditional ruler's wife had empowered over 100 women with skills to enhance their livelihood;this was to enable the women cater for their families. Other programs are being planned for women tosensitize them on issues of sexual and gender-based violence, when to report and how to keep safe.
3-Day Workshop for Young Persons on Leadership Advocacy and Peacebuilding
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria in partnership with the Global Network of
Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) with support from Global Affairs Canada, Peace and Stabilization
Operations Program, organized a 3-day Training of Trainers Workshop for Young persons on Leadership,
Peacebuilding and Advocacy on the 5th - 7th October 2022. The workshop which held in Abuja, brought
together over 35 young persons from conﬂict-affected communities, and young persons from religious andethnic minorities.
This meeting raised awareness and consolidated knowledge on the Women and Peace and Security (WPS)and Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) Agendas amongst young persons. It enhanced the leadership andpeacebuilding capacities of young persons to advocate for the implementation of the WPS and YPS
agendas. Also, it enhanced young person's abilities to use media, social media, and community theatre foradvocacy and peacebuilding on youth participation, sustainable peace, and human rights. At the end of36

the training program, a network of young persons and gender equality allies that will meaningfully
participate in, inﬂuence, and lead community-based peacebuilding was established. Participants at the
program were presented with certiﬁcates of participation.

Participants during a role play on

A group of photo of Young persons Peacebuilders

2-Day Workshop on Women, Peace, and Security Resolutions for Media
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria in partnership with the Global Network of
Women Peacebuilders (GNWP) with support from Global Affairs Canada, Peace, and Stabilization
Operations Program, organized a 2-day Workshop on Women, Peace, and Security Resolutions for Media
Practitioners on the 10th – 11th October 2022. The meeting was attended by over forty (40) media
practitioners in Abuja. The meeting focused on raising national, local journalists and media practitioners'
awareness on the WPS resolutions and their role in implementing them and building capacities of media
practitioners to integrate gender responsive analysis in their work.
The workshop identiﬁed key opportunities and strategies for the strengthening of the role of the media in theimplementation of WPS Resolutions and gender responsive and conﬂict sensitive COVID-19 recovery. It
also established a network of media
practitioners that will meaningfully participate,inﬂuence, and lead community-based
peacebuilding particularly the implementationof the WPS resolution, serve as; advocates forgender equality, women's rights, human rights,
and gender-responsive humanitarian response
called “MEDIA4PEACE'. As part of the program
three media practitioners were awarded withprizes for winning the Media and WPS Prize
Competition which was announced in 2021.
The competition aimed to incentivize thejournalists to produce media materials thatGroup Picture of Participants at the training
showcase women's roles as leaders andpeacebuilders.

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1- Day Strategic Meeting with Key Stakeholders on the Impact of Insecurity on Women and Girls in
Nigeria
To raise awareness on the effects of insecurity on women and girls, WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration with
Urgent Action Fund Africa organised a one-day meeting with key-stakeholders on women and insecurity in
Nigeria. The meeting which was attended by thirty (30) persons from different parastatals and community
groups comprising of 8 males and 22 females was held on the 31st of October 2022.
This meeting was organised to create public awareness on the needto urgently curb insecurity and protect women and girls in communities
in Nigeria, to promote increased networking and collaboration
between relevant stakeholders - ofﬁcials/agencies, Community
Based Organisations and Civil Societies Organisations towards
promoting and protecting the rights of women and girls. Also, tocall for increased reportage on the continuous killings in the country
and how it affects girls and women by the media. Participants at themeeting made inputs and validated the Conﬂict Impact Assessment
and Local Peacebuilding Initiatives Report for Anambra, Benue,
Enugu, Delta, FCT, Niger, Sokoto in Nigeria.

Cross Section of Participants at the strategic Meeting

Launch of the Women Peace and Security Bi-annual Journal to Commemorate the Twenty Second
Anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325
On 31st October, 2022, The Maiden Edition of the Women, Peace, and Security Journal produced by
WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration with Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)Nigeria in commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution(UNSCR) 1325, was launched in Abuja.
The journal aimed to share qualitative and quantitative information on women's contributions to peace andsecurity and had Civil Society Organisations and media entities in attendance. The journal is a handy tool
for policy and academic discourse. During the discussions, the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs andSocial Development who was represented by her Special Technical Assistant Ms Princess Jumai Idonije,
recognised WANEP-Nigeria’s contribution to the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) on
UNSCR 1325 and included WANEP-Nigeria as part of technical committee for the development of 3rd
NAP.
2-Day Localization Training of Trainers Workshop for the Implementation of the Women, Peace, And
Security Resolutions in Nigeria.
In continuation of the project “Localization of the WPS Resolutions in Nigeria” the West Africa Network for
Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria in partnership with the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP)
organized a 2-day day Localization Training of Trainers Workshop for the Implementation of the Women, Peace,and Security Resolutions in Nigeria on the 1st – 2nd November 2022. The meeting was attended by over forty(40) participants from diverse groups in Abuja. The meeting enhanced the understanding of the Women, Peace,and Security (WPS) resolutions and Nigeria National Action Plan (NAP) on WPS among local government
authorities, local women activists and leaders, youth activists and leaders, civil society, and marginalizedgroups in [local area]. Also, it created an avenue to discuss the relevance of the WPS resolutions and the Nigeria
National Action Plan (NNAP) on UNSCR 1325 and provide participants with practical skills to be able todeliver training on localization to women, local authorities and other key stakeholders in local areas, to replicate
the localization strategy. The workshop provided the platform for the presentation and validation of the draft
Localization guidelines for the implementation of Nigeria National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325.

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16 Days of Activism Campaign Against Gender Based Violence 2022
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is an annual international campaign thatkicks off on 25th November - the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and runs
until 10th December, Human Rights Day. This year's theme was “UNITE! Activism to End Violence against
Women and Girls”. It was a call for everyone to play their role in ending violence against women and girls,
show support and solidarity to women's rights activists and to resist the rollback on women's rights.
WANEP- Nigeria commemorated the days by carrying out series of activities including photo quotes by staff
members and trainings for students of Iju Obawole Junior Grammar School, Alimosho Senior Grammar
School and pupils of Express Primary School Ikosi- Ketu; all in Lagos State on the dangers of Gender-Based
Violence and actions to take to eliminate violence against women and girls on 29th – 30th November,
2022 and 6th December, 2022.

GBV Sensitization Program for Students of Iju Obawole Junior Grammar School, Lagos

GBV Sensitization Program for Students of Alimosho Senior Grammar School, Lagos

Twitter Chat on Gun Violence to Commemorate the 16 Days of Activism
As part of activities to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism on Gender Based Violence WANEP-Nigeria incollaboration with the West Africa Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA- Nigeria) organized a Twitterchat on the topic 'Addressing Gender Based Gun Violence: Creating a Safe Environment for Women andGirls in Nigeria” on 9th December , 2022. Prof. Patricia Donli, the Executive Director of Gender Equality,
Peace and Development Center (GEPaDC) was the Guest on the Twitter chat. She responded to questions
asked by the populace on the consequences of gun violence on women and girls.

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Active Non- Violence & Peace Education ProgramWest Africa Network for Peacebuilding(WANEP) -Nigeria implemented the following
activities from January- December, 2022 for thepromotion of Peace Education to address therising involvement of children in violent conﬂict.
The activities were executed with the participationof the Lagos State Ministry of Education, Kosofe
School Based Management Committee (SBMC)
and Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board(LASUBEB). The activities included;

Cross section of students in public secondary schools being trained onpeace education in Lagos StateOne Day Sensitisation/ Training on Peace
Education for Public Primary Schools in Lagos
Mainland LGA, Lagos StateWANEP-Nigeria in participation with Lagos State
Ministry of Education, Kosofe School BasedManagement Committee (SBMC) and approval
from the Lagos State Universal Basic Education
Board (LASUBEB) carried out Peace Education
Training in nineteen (19) Public Primary Schools
from 22nd June -- 7th July, 2022.

One Day Sensitisation/ Training on Peace
Education for Public Secondary Schools in Lagos
State:WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration with Kosofe
School-Based Management Committee (SBMC)
and the Ministry of Education carried out Peace
Education Training from Jan. –Dec. 2022 forstudents in thirty-four (34) public secondary
schools spread across six (6) zones of Education
Districts VI and I namely: Oshodi/Isolo Zone,
Mushin Zone, Ikeja Zone, Agege Zone, Ifako
Ijaiye Zone and Alimosho Zone. The training
sessions consisted of topics such as
Understanding Conﬂict, the Role of Youth inViolent Conﬂicts, How to Resolve Conﬂict inSchools, Deﬁnition of Peace and Peace
Education, Identifying Factors That Promote
Peace, Why Peace Education in Schools andAttributes of a Peace Ambassador. The slogan
used by the students during the program was“Peace Ambassadors, Responsible People”. The
program aimed to enlighten the students on theneed for peaceful co-existence, how they cancurb violent acts, build peace and become PeerMediators in their respective schools andcommunity. The students identiﬁed ways ofresolving conﬂict amicably without resorting toviolence, the attributes they should possess as
Peace Ambassadors.

The training session included the use of songs andpictorial diagrams to help the pupils understandthe need for peace. The pupils were enlightenedon the three methods of resolving disputes –Dialogue, Negotiation and Mediation. As
children, mediation was the skill they needed toacquire to effectively resolve disputes amongst
their peers within and outside the school
environment.

Training of Pupils in Public Primary Schools in Lagos State on Peace Education

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Peace and Security (YPS) on 27th to 29th July,
2022. The event brought together over twenty(20) participants drawn from youth Civil Society
Organizations across the country. The objectivesof the advocacy training was to raise awarenesson the existing global, regional, and national
policy frameworks on Youth, Peace and Security(YPS) and equip young persons with skills andcapacities to drive implementation at state levels.
Participants expressed gratitude to the organizersof the training and promised to network, initiate
and implement activities aimed at educatingother young persons on the Youth, Peace andSecurity Agenda.

Advocacy Visit to the Lagos State Ministry of
Education:
WANEP-Nigeria and ofﬁcers from Kosofe School
Based Management Committee (SBMC) paid an
advocacy visit to the Lagos State Ministry of
Education on 24th June, 2022 for further
discussions on the extension of theimplementation of Peace Education Training in
Public Secondary Schools in the State. The teamwas well received by Hon. Adesoye and hepromised to follow up on the request as regards
the approval for the extension of the project to
Educational District I. WANEP- Nigeria wasgiven approval by the Lagos State Ministry of
Education to implement the Peace Education
Training in the remaining four education districts in
Lagos State namely education Districts I,III, IV andV.
Humanitarian and Peace Club Inter-School
Debate Competition.
WANEP-Nigeria in partnership with Departmentof Peace, Security and Humanitarian studies in
the University of Ibadan, Oyo State organized aninter-school debate on 1st July, 2022 tagged“Conﬂict Prevention, Peacemaking and the use of
Punishment. Advocate for the importance andpracticability of one over the others to achieve
peace in a secondary school setting.” Debaters
highlighted on the negative outcomes ofpunishment such as aggression, disruptive
behaviour in school. Proving that punishment
rapidly resolves the problems especially in a shortterm but not long term. It was also highlighted thatpeacemaking spoils the ambience and spread of
negativity amongst their peers and Conﬂict
Prevention reduces risk of violence. To prevent
conﬂicts, teaching techniques that foster
collaboration among students should be
introduced.

Group picture of participants at the training

Community Education Development ForumThe Kosofe School Based Management
Committee (SBMC) in collaboration with theLagos State Universal Basic Education Board(LASUBEB), WANEP-Nigeria and other Civil
Society partners organized Community Education
Development Forum on 4th August, 2022. The
aim of the community forum was to highlight theachievements of the civil society in the
educational sector in Lagos State and give award
to outstanding partners that have contributed
immensely to the development of education in thestate. In recognition of the organization's efforts inbuilding the capacity of pupils in public primaryschools to adopt non-violent approaches toresolving disputes, WANEP-Nigeria waspresented with an award for being the most
supportive NGO towards the development of
Basic Education in the state. The award wasreceived by the Head of Programs- Ms. Patience
Ikpeh- Obaulo on behalf of the organization.

3- Day National Advocacy Training and
Dialogue on Youth, Peace and Security
B u i l d i n g B l o c k s f o r Pe a ce Fo u n d a t i o n(BBFORPEACE) and United Network of Young(UNOY) Peacebuilders in collaboration with
WANEP – Nigeria organized 3- day “National
Advocacy Training and Dialogue on Youth,41those who have and continue to build the cultureof peace. The theme was “End Racism. Build
Peace”. Over ﬁfty (50) students participated in thesensitization program and they promised toeducate other students in their schools on the needto stop ethnic bias/ discrimination and embracea culture of peace.

Commemoration of International Youth Day
2022.
WANEP-Nigeria joined the rest of the world tocommemorate the International Youth Day on
12th August, 2022 with the theme:“Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a world for
all Ages”. In achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), the world needs toleverage the full potential of all generations.
Solidarity across generations is key forsustainable development. As part of the activities
to celebrate the International Youth Day, WANEPNigeria organised a Twitter Chat on “Bridging
Intergenerational Gap for the Promotion of Peaceand Security” highlighting one of the mosteffective strategies to promote collaborations withyoung persons as the implementation of the
National Action Plan on Youth, Peace andSecurity.

Engaging with Schools to Promote a Culture ofPeace in Sports:
WANEP-Nigeria in partnership with Kosofe
School Based Management Committee (SBMC)
supported the Annual Inter House Sports Festival
competition of Anthony Model Nursery/ Primary
School, Anthony Village, Lagos State held on
23rd November, 2022. WANEP-Nigeria being
the patron of Yellow House encouraged the pupils
to embrace the culture of peace and dismiss all
forms of violence. Yellow House which is named
WANEP House participated actively in all theactivities and came overall best in thecompetition. The event was attended by ofﬁcers
from the Lagos State Universal Basic Education
Board (LASUBEB), teachers, parents andOne Day Advocacy Visit to Education District I,
Agege, Lagos State.
WANEP-Nigeria paid an advocacy visit to
Education District I, Tutor General PermanentthSecretary, Agege, Lagos State on the 7
September, 2022. The visit aimed to discuss theimplementation of the peace education project insecondary schools across three educationalzones (Agege, Ifako-Ijaiye and Alimosho) in
Lagos State. The ﬁfteen (15) public secondary
schools where the peace education training will
be held in Agege Local Government Area (LGA)
were identiﬁed during the visit. The district also
agreed to send a letter to the Principal andGuidance and Counseling unit of the selectedschools to ensure receptiveness and easy
coordination for the training.

Members of WANEP House Participating actively in the sporting events

guardians of the pupils.

Commemoration of International Peace
Day2022.

Engaging with Street Children in Peacebuilding
to Promote National Unity:

WA N E P- N i g e r i a o rg a n i s e d a o n e - d a ysensitisation programme for students of three (3)public secondary schools: Unity Junior College,
Yewa Junior High School, Sango Senior
Secondary School and Dairy-Farm Senior
Secondary School, Agege, Lagos State on the
21st September, 2022 in commemoration of theWorld Peace Day to recognise all the efforts of

WANEP-Nigeria in collaboration with PrinceChildren Foundation Nigeria and Alice Goodwill
Foundation organized a sensitization program/
Christmas funfair for the street children on 24th
December, 2022. The event was attended bystreet children, parents, community members and42event partners. Several games were played
during the event and all the children felt special.
The event also provided a platform for the children
to share experiences on the meaning of peace toand how they have been practicing
peacebuilding. They were very excited about the
funfair with lots to eat and drink. They promised to
be Peace Ambassadors wherever they ﬁndthemselves in the community.

3- day Workshop on Intergenerational
Dialogue: Reinforcing Youth Capacities on
Co n ﬂ i c t Pre v e n t i o n a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Humanitarian and Human Rights Law:WANEP-Nigeria represented by Peace
Education Intern-- Valerie Edem attended thetraining organized by ECOWAS Commission on
the theme “Intergenerational Dialogues:
Reinforcing Youth Capacities on Conﬂict
Prevention and International Humanitarian and
Human Rights Law” from 29th to 31st March,2022 in Lilygate Hotel, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. At
the program, youths representatives from ﬁfteen(15) member states were enlightened on intergenerational differences and the need forcollaboration. Their capacity was also enhanced
in conﬂict prevention and international
humanitarian law and human right law. Over
twenty (20) participants were in attendance at thetraining program.

Sports for Peace: Engaging Corp Members in
Building a Culture of Peace
WANEP- Nigeria in partnership with the National
Youth Services Corps (NYSC) provided
information, Education and Communication
Materials to corp members to educate them on theneed to embrace a culture of peace. As part of theorientation course for 2022 Batch C Stream 2
Corp Members, the “Inter-Platoon Games andSports” event was held on 18th December,
2022. WANEP-Nigeria was at the program tocreate awareness on the role young person playin peacebuilding. A banner produced by
WANEP-Nigeria was on display to encourage
corp members to build social cohesion andpeace.

Three-Day workshop on “The Role of Youth inPreventing and Countering Violent Extremism inWest Africa”:
WANEP-Nigeria represented by Peace
Education Intern– Valerie Edem attended theabove named training at Azalai Hotel de laplage, Cotonou-Benin Republic from 15th to17th
November, 2022 organized by Algeria andGermany, co-chairs of Global Counter-terrorism
Forum's (GCTF) - Capacity Building in West
Africa Working Group (WAWG), with thesupport of the United Nations Ofﬁce on Drugs
and Crime (UNODC) as their implementing
partner. The workshop had in attendance ahundred (100) participants including; a mix ofofﬁcials, experts and youth representatives ofCivil Society Organisations across West Africa
region. The workshop offered an opportunity tounderstand the impact of violent extremism
amongst children and youths; the involvement ofchildren and youths in violent extremist groups;
criminal justice response to children recruited andexploited by terrorist and violent extremist group;
the prevention of youth radicalization in prisons;rehabilitation and reintegration of children andyouth involved with terrorist groups; therelationship between the youths and security
forces; and the need to put youths’ perspectives at

PROGRAMS ATTENDED BY STAFF MEMBERS
Commonwealth Professional Fellowship 2022:
During the year, the Head of Programs -- Ms.
Patience Ikpeh Obaulo was awarded a
Commonwealth Professional Fellowship tenable
at Lifegate Outreach Centre, administered withfunds from the Commonwealth Scholarship
Commission (CSC) in the United Kingdom (UK).
The special Professional Fellowship Program
centered on promoting Girls' Education as part of
the UK government initiative to get 40 million
more girls into primary and secondary schools indeveloping country by 2025 and improvelearning levels so that girls can achieve their fullpotentials. The fellowship program provided her
with the opportunity to enhance knowledge andskills which has had catalytic effects on theorganization's programs. The fellowship lasted
for a period of three months between March andJune 2022.

43the forefront of national efforts.
Democracy and Political Transition in Africa:
Harnessing Voices for Change
The Peace Education intern- Valerie Edem
represented WANEP-Nigeria at a 2-day seminar
held in Accra, Ghana organised by ExpertiseFrance in partnership with WANEP-Regional,
ECOWAS and AU from 28th - 29th June 2022.
Present at the summit were selected youth
representatives and stakeholders from thirteen(13) member states. Participants were equippedwith skills on identifying the beneﬁts of intergenerational dialogue in governance and bestpractices to deepen their knowledge of youth
participation in political transition andpeacebuilding.

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3.West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
IT/Cert. No. 15438 of 14th July, 2003.
Financial Statements for the year
ended 31st December, 2021.

Contents

Pages

Financial highlights

46

Board of Directors/Trustees and other ofﬁcials

47 - 48

General background, Vision, Missions and Objectives

49 - 50

Report of the Directors

51 - 52

Report of the Auditors

53

Income and Expenditure

54

Statement of Financial Position

55

Statement of Changes in Net Asset

56

Cash Flow Statement

57

Statement of Accounting Policies

58 - 60

Notes on the Accounts

61 - 63

Five - Year Financial Summary

64

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Financial Statements for the year
ended 31st December, 2021.
Financial highlights

2021
N

2020
N

Gross income

438,124,197

233,283,962

Program expenses(315,464,763)(109,811,578)

Total administrative expenses and others(53,832,994)(32,266,892)

Surplus of income over expenditure

102,432,145

91,205,491

Total ﬁxed assets (Net Book Value)

2,237,638

3,505,170

Cash at bank and in hand

231,008,113

124,472,383

Accumulated fund237,607,840

139,299,048

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Financial Statements for the year
ended 31st December, 2021.
Board of Directors and other ofﬁcials

Board of Directors and other ofﬁcials
Dr.Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi

Board Chair

Barrister Margaret Nwagbo

Director Training and Capacity Building

Dr. Nsekpong Udoh

Director Treasury and Finance

Mallam Y Z Ya’u

Director of Communication

Mr. Kolawole Olatosimi

MemberMallam Mohammed Golkos Wuyo

MemberDr. Bridget Osakwe

National Network Coordinator andSecretary to the Board

Zonal Coordinators
Emem Okon

South South

Kola Amusat

South WestNathaniel Awuapila

North Central

Mustapha Muhammad

North West

Chibundu Uchegbu

South East

Mohammed Aliyu Wayas

North East

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December, 2021.
Board of Directors and other ofﬁcials (Cont'd)Secretariat Staff
Ms. Bridget Osakwe-

National Network Coordinator

Ms. Patience Obaulo-

Head of Programs

Mr. Austin Eneanya-

Finance Manager

Ms. Vivian Anyaegbu-

Administrative Manager

Mr. Kevin Abonyi-

Programme Manager

Ms. Osariemen Amas- Edobor-

Programme Manager

Ms. Damilola Adeoye-

Programme Ofﬁcer

Mr. Idris Suleiman-

Programme Assistant

Ms. Patricia Unegbu-

Ofﬁce Assistant

Mr. Babalola Dawodu-

IT Ofﬁcer

Mr. Esho Akeem-

Ofﬁce Driver

Ms. Oyindamola Somoye-

InternMr. Femi Emmanuel-InternMs. Chiamaka Mbachi-InternMs. Constance Onyemaechi-

InternMr. Oluwadare Taiwo Abe-

Volunteer

Bankers:-

Ecobank Plc-

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc-

Zenith Bank Plc

Registered ofﬁce:-

27, Adeniji Street,
Adeniji Estate,
Off Wempco Road,
Ogba- Lagos.

Auditors:-

Ademola S. Adeleke & Co.
(Chartered Accountants),
8, Sura-Mogaji Street,
Off Coker Road, Ilupeju, Lagos.

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Financial Statements for the year
stended 31 December, 2021
General Background, Vision, Mission and Objectives

General Background
The WEST AFRICA NETWORK FOR PEACEBUILDING (WANEP) NIGERIA is a regional nonproﬁt making organisation with the mandate to enable and facilitate the development of
mechanisms for cooperation among civil society-based peace building practitioners andorganisations. That is by promoting cooperative prevention and responses to violent conﬂicts,
providing the structures through which these experiences and information on issues ofpeacebuilding, conﬂict prevention and transformation, social, religious and politicalreconciliation and promoting West Africa’s social and cultural values as resources forpeacebuilding.
VisionA Nigeria characterised by just and peaceful coexistence among communities where dignity of
the human person is paramount and where the people can meet their human needs and decide
their own direction.
MissionTo enable and facilitate the development of mechanisms for cooperation among civil society
based peacebuilding practitioners and organisations in Nigeria by providing cooperative
responses to violent conﬂicts, providing structure through which these practitioners and institutions
can regularly share experience and information on peace building, conﬂict transformation, social
ethnic-religious and political reconciliation and tolerance and promoting cultural values as
resources for peacebuilding.
Goal
To build a sustainable peaceful co-existence amongst all the various sectors and groups of the
Nigerian community, for an enabling environment towards national growth and development.

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
General Background, Vision, Mission and Objectives (Cont'd)

Objectives
WANEP – NIGERIA seeks to:·Create a critical mass of women with enhanced voice and capacity for conﬂict
management, political participation and enhancing their livelihood;·

Community-based conﬂict early warning/response system with direct links to
ECOWAS and AU early warning systems and policy makers;·

Promote the culture of peace and tolerance through peace education at primary andsecondary level and radicalization prevention among youths;·

Support small scale farmers to adapt their practices to the realities of climate change
toward enhanced livelihood and mitigating the tension between pastoralist andfarmers;·

Support government actors and communities to prevent and address the risk ofoutbreak of violence in elections;·

Build the capacity and resilience of vulnerable communities to engage theirgovernment to mitigate natural disaster;·Community-based dialogue and mediation to promote peace and security.

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Report of the Directors for the year
stended 31 December, 2021.
The directors have pleasure in submitting their report together with the WANEP – NIGERIA audited ﬁnancial
statements for the year ended 31stDecember, 2021.

N
2021

1. Operating Result
Surplus of income to expenditure for the year

102,432,145

Surplus Brought Forward

135,175,695

Surplus Carried Forward----------------237,607,840==========

2. Legal Form

The WEST AFRICA NETWORK FOR PEACEBUILDING – NIGERIA was incorporated on 14th July, 2003 andcommenced operation on the 15th July, 2003.

3. Principal Activities
The WEST AFRICA NETWORK FOR PEACEBUILDING – NIGERIA was created with the goal of capacity
building in conﬂict prevention, collaborative peacebuilding, response, mitigation, advocacy and good
governance in order to create an enabling environment through sustainable peace as prerequisite for growth anddevelopment.

4. Directors
The names of the directors of WANEP–Nigeria are shown on page 47.

5. Donations and Contributions to Charitable Organisations
The Network made donations during the year 2021 as corporate social responsibility to thedevelopment and improvement to our host communities. The donations to the tune of N700,000 were
for charitable and non-political activities
6. Property, Plants and Equipments
Movement in ﬁxed assets during the period are as shown in Note 1 on page 61 of the accounts. In theopinion of the directors/trustees, the market value is not less than the value shown in the accounts.
7. Events after the reporting period
There are no post reporting period events which could have had material effect on the ﬁnancial positionof WANEP–Nigeria as at 31st December, 2021 which have not been adequately provided for ordisclosed in these accounts.
8. Employment and Employees
I. Employments of Physically Challenged
WANEP- Nigeria maintains a policy of giving fair consideration to the application for employment made bydisabled persons with due regard to their abilities and aptitude. WANEP- Nigeria's policy prohibits
discrimination against disabled persons in the recruitment, training and career development of its
employees. In the event of members of staff becoming disabled, efforts will be made to ensure that theiremployment continues and appropriate training arranged to ensure that they ﬁt into WANEP- Nigeria 's
working environment.

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Report of the Directors (Cont'd)ii.

Health, Safety at Work and Welfare of Employees

WANEP-Nigeria enforces strict health and safety rules and practices at the work environment, which
are reviewed and tested regularly. The COVID-19 pandemic also presented an opportunity for
WANEP- Nigeria to enhance its health and safety protocols in all its operating locations.
Fire prevention and ﬁre-ﬁghting equipment are installed in strategic locations within WANEP- Nigeria's
premises, while occasional ﬁre drills are conducted to create awareness amongst staff.
iii. Employees Involvement and Training

WANEP-Nigeria ensures, through various fora, that employees are informed on matters concerningthem. Formal and informal channels are also employed in communication with employees with anappropriate two-way feedback mechanism.
In accordance with the Network's policy of continuous development, training facilities are provided inwell-equipped training centres. These are complemented by on-the-job training.
9.

Board of Directors' Responsibilities in relation to Financial Statements

The following statements which should be read in conjunction with the report of the auditors set out on
page 53 is made with a view to distinguishing the respective responsibilities of the board ofmanagement and of the auditors in relation to the ﬁnancial statements.
The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the ﬁnancial statements which gives a trueand fair view of the state of affairs of the WEST AFRICA NETWORK FOR PEACEBUILDING (WANEP)NIGERIA as at the end of the ﬁnancial year.
These responsibilities include ensuring that:i. Adequate internal control procedures are instituted to safeguard assets and prevent and detect fraud
and other irregularities;
ii Proper accounting books and records are kept and maintained;
iii Applicable accounting policies are followed;
iv Suitable accounting policies are used and consistently applied;v The ﬁnancial statements are prepared on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate topresume that WANEP–Nigeria will continue to be in existence.
10. Auditors

The auditors, Messrs Ademola S. Adegoke & Co. (Chartered Accountants) , having satisﬁed therelevant corporate governance rules on their tenor in ofﬁce, have indicated their willingness to continue
in ofﬁce as auditors in accordance with section 401(2) of the Company and Allied Matters Act, 2020
By Order of the Board of Directors

Secretary
Lagos,Nigeria.

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ASA ADEMOLA S. ADEGOKE & CO
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

8, Sura-Mogaji Street, Oﬀ Coker Road, Ilupeju, Lagos
Tel: 08055421762, 08033907216 E-mail: lailawal810@gmail.com

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND BOARD MEMBERS OF
WEST AFRICA NETWORK FOR PEACEBUILDING – NIGERIA.

OpinionIn our opinion, the ﬁnancial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of West Africa Network for
Peacebuilding – Nigeria as at 31st December, 2021 and of its operating result and cashﬂow for the year then endedin accordance with the Statement of Accounting Standards applicable in Nigeria and in the manner required by theCompanies and Allied Matters Act of Nigeria.
Report on other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
Compliance with the requirements of schedule 6 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of Nigeria
In our opinion, proper books of accounts have been kept by the WANEP - Nigeria, so far as appears from our
examination of those books. The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria balance sheet and income andexpenditure account are in agreement with books of accounts.
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying ﬁnancial statements of West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria which
comprise of balance sheet as at 31st December, 2021, the income and expenditure, cashﬂow statement for the year
then ended, the statement of accounting policies, notes to the ﬁnancial statements and the ﬁve-year ﬁnancial summary,as set out on pages 56 to 61.
Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Board Members.
The Trustees and board members are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these ﬁnancial statementsin accordance with the Statement of Accounting Standards applicable in Nigeria and the manner required by theCompanies and Allied Matters Act of Nigeria. This responsibility include: designing, implementing and maintaining
internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of ﬁnancial statements that are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies and making
accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.
Auditors' Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these ﬁnancial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit
in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing. Those Standards require that we comply with ethicalrequirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the ﬁnancial statements are freefrom material misstatement of the ﬁnancial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments,
the auditors consider internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the ﬁnancial statements
in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control.
An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates made by the board/trustees as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the ﬁnancial
statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufﬁcient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit
opinion.
Ademola S. Adegoke
FRC/2013/ICAN/00000006685
For: ADEMOLA S ADEGOKE& CO.
(CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS)

Lagos, Nigeria.
………………………, 2022.

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Income and Expenditure Statement for the year ended 31st December, 2021.
Notes

2021
N

Gross income
Cost of programmes

6

Surplus of income over programmes cost
Other Income

7438,124,197(315,464,763)----------------122,659,434
35,605,705-----------------158,265,139===========

233,283,962(109,811,578)----------------123,472,384----------------123,472,384==========

14,200485,513
1,005,000
419,771
1,357,800
47,1501,675,450
459,600
2,497,532
2,588,888
2,071,952
86,5001,625,000
1,229,300
1,000,000
5,035,245
454,900
215,000
733,500
706,200
30,00022,00074,395
522,701
254,117
951,500
39,950946,200
217,600
2,368,630
810,250
1,323,105
18,2501,519,200
722,350
450,000
1,188,025
377,640
750,000
84,00020,000658,000

30,980,194
630,000
450,000
8,500-----------------(55,832,994)----------------102,432,145==========

23,072,312----------------(36,390,225)----------------87,082,159==========

Administrative Expenses:
Telephone/mobile phone
Courier & postages
Internet accessBank charges
Fuel and lubricants
Newspaper and magazines
Printing, stationery and consumables
Entertainment
Depreciation
Repairs and maintenanceTravelling and transport
Cleaning and cleaning consumables
Ofﬁce rent
Ofﬁce running expenses
Audit and accountancy
AGM Board meeting expenses
Electricity and lighting
Legal and other professional fees
Contract labour/security
Public relations
Donation
Publicity
Salaries
Consultancy
Medical expenses
Motor vehicle expenses
Surplus /(Deﬁcit)for the year

2020
N

The accounting policies on page 58 to 60 and the notes on pages 61 to 63 form an integral part of these.
ﬁnancialstatements.

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Statement of Financial Position as at 31st December, 2021

Dec. 312021

Dec. 312020

Jan. 1
2020

Notes

N

N

N

Non- current assets
Property, Plant and Equipment

12,237,638=========

3,505,150=========

4,138,809=========

Current Assets
Receivables and Prepayment

3

Cash and Cash Equivalents

2

5,362,089
231,008,113--------------236,370,202=========

7,432,422
124,938,123--------------132,370,545=========

5,322,256
40,911,393--------------44,354,727=========(1,000,000)---------------(700,000)---------------(700,000)---------------Net current assets

235,370,202---------------

131,670,545---------------

43,954,727---------------Net Assets

237,607,840

135,175,695

48,093,536

237,607,840==========

135,175,695==========

135,175,695=========

AssetsTotal Assets
Current Liabilities
Payables4

Represented by:Accumulated fund5------------------------------------------------------------

Directors

Directors

The accounting policies on page 58 to 60 and the notes on pages 61 to 63 form an integral part of theseﬁnancial statements.

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Statement of Changes in Net Asset
For the year ended 31st December, 2021.

Details
Jan, 1, 2020 Opening Balance

Accumulated FundN
48,093,536

Total
N
48,093,536

Dec. 31, 2020 Surplus for the year

87,082,139

87,082,139

Dec. 31, 2020 Closing Balance

135,175,695

35,175,695

Jan, 1, 2021 Opening Balance

135,175,695=========

135,175,695=========

Jan, 1, 2021 Opening Balance

135,175,695

135,175,696

Dec. 31, 2021 Surplus for the year

102,432,145

102,432,145

Dec. 31, 2021 Closing Balance

237,607,840=========

237,607,840=========

Prior year Adjustment

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Cashﬂow Statement for the year
ended 31st December, 2021.

2021
N

2020
N

102,432,125

87,082,159

2,497,532

2,368,630----------------104,929,677----------------89,450,789(Increase)/decrease in Receivable(2,0703,313)(3,989,059)

Increase/(decrease) in Other payables(300,000)---------------107,299,990==========

300,000---------------85,761,730==========

Purchase of ﬁxed assets(1,230,000)(1,735,000)

Sales considerations of damaged Laptop--------------------------------Net cashﬂow from investing activities(1,230,000)---------------------------------(1,735,000)---------------------------------Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

106,069,990

84,026,730

Cash and cash equivalents at 1st January

124,938,123=========

40,911,393=========Cash and cash equivalents at 31st December

231,008,113 124,938,123========= =========

Bank and cash balances at 31st December

231,008,113 124,938,123========= =========

Cashﬂow from operating activities
Surplus/(deﬁcit) of income over expenditure
Adjustment for non- cash items:
Depreciation
Operating surplus/(deﬁcit) before changes in working capital
Changes in working capital:

Net cash from operating activities

Cashﬂow from ﬁnancing activities

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West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Statement of Accounting Policies adopted which have been
applied consistently throughout the current and preceeding years
The following are the principal accounting policies which have been consistently applied throughout thecurrent and preceding years:
1.Basis of Accounting
These ﬁnancial statements have been prepared under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
This is the Company's ﬁrst set of ﬁnancial statements presented under this reporting framework.
The effect of transition to IFRS from Nigerian Generally Acceptable Accounting Practices (NGAAP-based)
reporting on the equity, ﬁnancial performance and cash ﬂow position for the comparative year is explainedin note... of this ﬁnancial statement.
2.Reporting Period and Comparative Information
The reporting period of these ﬁnancial statements is for twelve-month period ended 31st December, 2021.
Information covers comparative twelve-month period ended 31st December, 2020.
3.Grants Received
These are donations and grants from various donors in the form of cash and cash equivalents which are
given for the purpose of achieving the objectives of programmes execution for which the grants areprovided. They are received on different programmes which are concurrently executed within a period but
the donations are not presented as separate components of net assets.
Undertakings to provide funding by donors in any form, is not contractual. Therefore, subscriptions fromindividuals and corporate organisations who share the aspirations of WANEP-Nigeria's objectives are notcontractual, and are thus classiﬁed as part of donations.
Donations are measured as the exact amount of the cash and cash equivalents transferred to WANEPNigeria by donors. Other than subscriptions, donations are recognised on the approval by donors ofproposal for programmes to be pursued by WANEP-Nigeria and the receipt of associated funding for suchprogrammes, and are spread over the periods in which WANEP-Nigeria recognises the expenses related tothe programmes.
WANEP-Nigeria's principal activity is the prosecution of programmes to realise the objectives therein,based on the donations received. Therefore, donations are presented gross in the statement of income andexpenditure without the netting of their related expenses incurred on the programmes. Such expenses are
separately presented in the statement of income and expenditure.
4. Fixed Assets
i Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Costs include expenditure directly
attributable to the acquisition of the assets.
ii The costs of the day-to-day servicing of ﬁxed assets are recognised in the income and expenditureaccount as incurred.
iii Gains or losses on disposal of ﬁxed assets are determined by reference to those carrying values andare included in the income and expenditure account.

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Statement of Accounting Policies (Cont'd)
5. Depreciation of Fixed Assets
Depreciation is calculated to write-off the cost of ﬁxed assets on a straight-line basis over the expected
useful lives of the assets concerned. The principal annual rates used for this purpose are:
%
25
25
25
25
25

Plant and machinery
Ofﬁce equipment
Motor vehicles
Furniture and ﬁttings
Library books

6.Recievables
Receivables are indebtedness to the WANEP-Nigeria arising from advances to its staff.
Receivables are recognised only when WANEP-Nigeria becomes a party to contracts or statutory
framework giving rise to them. Other receivables are measured at amortised cost as they are advances tostaff by WANEP-Nigeria. WANEP-Nigeria collects these advances from staff at speciﬁed payment dates
and they are solely repayment of principal and interests.
Loss allowance is recognised for impairment for expected credit loss. Expected credit loss is the weighted
average of credit losses with the respective risks of a default occurring at different weights. The loss
allowance is measured using lifetime expected credit loss if the credit risk on other receivables has increased
signiﬁcantly since its initial recognition. Where there is no signiﬁcant increase in credit risk since an initialrecognition, loss allowance is measured at an amount equal to 12-month expected credit losses.
To ascertain expected credit loss, the carrying amount of other receivables at the reporting date is multipliedby the probability of default and the exposure at default. Probability of default is the risk likelihood that thecarrying amount as at a reporting date would be lost as a result of the credit risk involved. The index ofprobability or probability co-efﬁcient is arrived at by factoring the risk triggers – which are reasonable andsupportable information that is available without undue cost or effort at the reporting date- to which the credit
assessment system of WANEP-Nigeria assigns risk percentages at various bands. Exposure at default is theamount of the carrying amount or credit advanced at a reporting date not covered by collateral.
7.Provisions
Provisions are liabilities of uncertain timing or amount.
Provisions are recognised when the company has legal or constructive obligation at a reporting date as aresult of past event where the Company is more likely than not will be required to transfer economic beneﬁts
in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be reliably estimated.
Provisions are initially measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at areporting date. When the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions are measured at thepresent value of the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation. Subsequently, the Company
charges against provisions only those expenditures for which the provisions were originally recognised. The
Company reviews provisions at each reporting date and adjust them to reﬂect the current best estimate of theamount that would be required to settle the obligation at that reporting date.

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Statement of Accounting Policies (Cont'd)
8.Foreign Currency Transactions.
Foreign currency transactions are transactions carried out by WANEP-Nigeria that are denominated in or
requires settlement in currency other than the Nigeria naira which is the functional currency. Thesetransactions are associated with the income, expenses, assets, liabilities and components of equity which
serve as the bases for the transactions.
9.Employee Beneﬁts
PensionIn line with the provision of the Pension Reform Act 2004, the WANEP-Nigeria instituted a deﬁned
contribution Pension Scheme for the management and non-management staff. Staff contributions to thescheme are funded through payroll deduction while the WANEP-Nigeria contribution is charged to theincome and expenditure account. WANEP-Nigeria contributes 13% for management and non-management
staff respectively. While the employees contribute 5%.
10. Related Party Transactions
Related party transactions are transfers of resources, services or obligations between the WANEP-Nigeria
and related parties, regardless of whether price is charged.
A related party is a person or a close member of that person's family or an entity related to WANEP-Nigeria
when that person or entity is a member of the key management personnel of WANEP-Nigeria or has control
over WANEP-Nigeria or has signiﬁcant inﬂuence over or signiﬁcant voting power in WANEP-Nigeria Key
management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing andcontrolling the activities of WANEP-Nigeria, directly or indirectly, including, any director of WANEPNigeria Where there are related party transactions, WANEP-Nigeria discloses the nature of the related
party relationship as well as information about the transactions, outstanding balances and commitments.
WANEP also discloses the total compensation paid to key management personnel at all times
11. Program Expenses
Cost of programmes is the collection of expenses incurred in the prosecution of programmes on which
donations have been received. They are ﬁnanced from donations made in their regard.
Cost of programmes is recognised as the set of expenses incurred in a year towards the realisation of theobjectives of the programmes. They are measured as the amounts expended or contracted for the expense
items concerned.
It is presented gross in the statement of income and expenditure and deducted from donation income toarrive at gross surplus from donation income over cost of programmes executed in a period.
12. Prepayments
Prepayments are money and resources paid by the Company to other parties in advance of the use ofservices or for the supply of goods.
Prepayments are recognised only when the Company becomes a party to contracts or statutory framework
giving rise to them.
At initial recognition, they are measured at the amount of cash or cash equivalents paid or the fair value ofthe consideration given to establish the rights to the prepayments at the time of the transactions.
Subsequently, prepayments classiﬁed as current assets are measured at the undiscounted amount of cash,
cash equivalents or beneﬁts given the counter party.

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5,398,325

1,230,000-

2,089,965
5,892,000
3,512,623
51,2005,398,325
9,889,460

-

-

-

-

-

-

7,227,516

4,844,812

51,1902,613,774

5,271,156

2,089,955

N

N

N

B/F

Disposal

Cost

1,026,318

553,503-296,877

620,834-

N

Addition

Depreciation

-

-

-

-

N

Disposal

8,253,834

5,398,315

51,1902,910,651

5,891,990

2,089,955

N

10

10

1,635,626

10

10

601,972

N

2021

Net Book Value-

26,833,573

22,098,403

2,497,532-

24,595,935 2,237,638=========================================================================================

25,603,573 1,230,000-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8,659,460-

51,200Library books

Computer/Laptops-

3,512,623

Furniture & ﬁttings-

5,892,000

Motor vehicles-

2021
AdditionN

2,089,965

2021
B/F
N

Plant & machinery

Description

Note 1

West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Notes on the Accountsfor the year ended 31st December, 2021.
Fixed Assets Schedule

West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Notes on the Accounts(Cont'd).

2 Cash and bank
Current account– Ecobank I
Current account– Ecobank II
Ecobank – USD
Ecobank – EuroGT Bank Plc – EuroGT Bank Plc II
GT Bank Plc (Staff welfare)
GT Bank Dollar
Oceanic Bank I (Ecobank Pl
c)Oceanic Bank II (Ecobank Plc)
Oceanic Bank Euro (Ecobank Plc)
Oceanic Bank Dollar (Ecobank Plc)
Cash in hand
Oceanic Bank III (Ecobank Plc)
GT Bank Pound
Zenith Bank Plc –Naira
Zenith Bank Plc – Euro
Zenith Bank Plc – Dollar
Zenith Bank Plc – Naira 2()
Ecobank – 0429
Zenith Bank Welfare

3 Receivables
Prepayment – Rent
Receivables

4 Payables
Audit Fees
Accrued expenses (salaries and other expenses)
Sundry creditors

5 Accumulated fund brought forward
Add: Prior year adjustment (5.1)
Surplus fund for the year2021
N26,901,222
4,434
128,879,864
8,103,335
17,733
1,602
1,272
18,9491,306
409
24,855
6,509
68,05138,803
13,676
41,588,043
225,852
241,7039,175,647
3,651,402
12,043,447--------------231,008,113-----------------------------124,938,123---------------

2,125,000

750,000

3,237,086--------------5,362,089=========

6,682,422----------------------------7,432,422=========

1,000,000

700,000--------------1,000,000=========----------------------------700,000=========

135,175,695

48,093,536
87,082,159---------------135,175,715==========-

102,432,145---------------238,607,840==========

Accumulated fund carried forward

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2020
N
726,012
12,793,721
26,856,404
59,783
17,733
1,602
1,272
18,9491,306
409
24,855
6,509
68,05138,803
13,676
1,014,260
225,852
46,97190,09882,931,857-

West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Notes on the Accounts(Cont'd).

2021
N208,441,968
97,151,412
35,709,055
8,280,000
49,220,666
69,812,068
5,114,732==========
438,124,197==========

2020
N
58,999,342
8,473,299
10,959,020
8,781
23,152,819
2,230,000
106,942,144
21,761,057
757,500==========
233,328,962==========

Regional Programmes

14,091,530

4,018,742

United States Institute of Peace

159,260,824

30,067,040

OXFAM Nigeria-

2,180,500

ICCT-

760,000

GNWP

13,469,136

-

NORAD

49,940,890

45,782,237

Urgent Action Fund - Africa

4,088,500

1,503,984-

120,000

74,013,883

25,379,075

6. Gross income
United State Institute of Peace
WANEP Regional ofﬁce
Oxfam Nigeria
Bank interest
Other incomes
Urgent Action Fund Africa
UNDP
NORAD
GNWP
US Embassy

7. Cost of Programme

LITE Africa
UNDP

600,000

US Embassy--------------315,464,763

63-------------109,811,578

West Africa Network for Peacebuilding – Nigeria
Five Year Financial Summary

2021
N

2020
N

2019
N

2018
N

2017
N

2,237,638

3,505,170

4,138,829

4,159,385

4,775,018

Net Current Assets/(liabilities) 235,370,202

131,670,525

43,954,727

20,901,173

20,644,159

Fixed assets------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------237,607,840

135,175,695

48,093,556

25,060,558

25,418,851======================================================
Represented by:Accumulated fund237,607,840

135,175,695

48,093,556

25,060,558

25,419,177======================================================
Total income

438,124,197

233,283,962

232,160,502

202,178,197 94,911,015

Less: Expenditure371,297,757

146,201,803 209,127,505

202,536,816 88,404,730======================================================
Surplus/(Deﬁcit) for the year

102,432,145

87,082,159

23,032,998(358,619)

6,506,610======================================================

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GLOSSARY of Abbreviations
ADSEMAAM
AUBBFORPEACE
CBO
CBRC
CDP
CDS
CEPAN
CEWERS
CEWIMs
COPAC
CPAID
CRNA
CS
CSC
DNH
ECOWASEWER
EWMRGsFC
FCT
FGD
FMWASD
FM
GA
GBV
GCTF

Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency
Administrative Manager
African Union
Building Blocks for Peace Foundation
Community Based Organisation
Community-Based Reconciliation Committees
Capacity Development Plan
Chief of Defence Staff
Centre for Peace Advancement in Nigeria
Conﬂict Early Warning Early Response System
Conﬂict Early Warning Indicator Monitors
Coalition of Civil Society on Peace and Conﬂict Prevention in Central Africa
Citizens Participation for Inclusive & Accountable Democracy
Conﬂict Rapid Needs Assessments
Conﬂict Sensitivity
Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Do-No-Harm
Economic Community of West-Africa States
Early Warning Early Response
Early Warning Monitoring and Reporting Groups
Football Club
Federal Capital Territory
Focus Group Discussion
Federal Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development
Finance Manager
General Assembly
Gender Based Violence
Global Counter Terrorism Forums

GEPaDC
GNWP
HOP
HRH
IBNM
ICT
IDP
INEC
IPCR
IPOB
JSD
KII
KSPC
LAP
LASUBEB
LGA
MEL
MFR
MOU
NAP

Gender Equality, Peace and Development Centre (GEPaDC)
Global Network of Women Peacebuilders
Head of Programs
His/Her Royal Highness
Interest-Based Negotiation and Mediation
Information & Communication Technology
Internally Displaced Person
Independent National Electoral Commission
Institute for Peace and Conﬂict Resolution
Indigenous People of Biafra
Justice & Security Dialogue
Key Informant Interview
Kaduna State Peace Commission
Local Action Plan
Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board
Local Government Area
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Member of the Order of the Federal Republic
Memorandum of Understanding
National Action Plan

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NASFAT
NDLEA
NEWS
NGO
NNC
NORAD
NRC
NSCDC
NYSC
OCA
OCI/A
OFR
PARTNER
PLWDs
PM R&D
PM (CP)
PO
PPBA
PWDs
SAS
SBMC
SDGs
SEMA
SGBV
START
TOR
TOT
UAF-A
UNDP
UNODC
UNSCR
UNOY
USAID
USIP
USSD
WAANSA
WAWG
WEFON
WILPF
WIPNET
WPS
YPS

Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society of Nigeria
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
National Early Warning System
Non-Governmental Organization
National Network Co-ordinator
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Nigerian Railway Cooperation
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
National Youths Service Corps
Organizational Capacity Assessment
Organizational Capacity Index/ Assessment
Order of the Federal Republic
Peace Action for Rapid and Transformative Nigeria Early Response
Persons Living with Disabilities
Program Manager Research & Documentation
Program Manager (Conﬂict Prevention)
Program Ofﬁcer
Plateau Peacebuilding Agency
Persons With Disabilities
Stopping at Success
School-Based Management Committee
Sustainable Development Goals
State Emergency Management Agency
Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
Terms of ReferenceTraining of Trainers
Urgent Action Fund-Africa
United Nations Development Program
United Nations Ofﬁce on Drugs and Crime
United Nations Security Council Resolution
United Network of Young Peacebuilders
United States Agency for International Development
United States Institute of Peace
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
West Africa Action Network for Small Arms
West Africa Working Group
Women for Fairness and Equity Organisation Nigeria
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Women in Peacebuilding Network
Women, Peace and Security
Youth, Peace and Security

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