The Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Centre for Strategic Research and Studies, National Defence College (CSRS/NDC) has launched a new phase of their cooperation in support of peace operations in Nigeria.
Speaking at the launch, The Commandant, National Defence College, Rear Admiral MM Kadiri, stated: “The funding support from the Government of Japan for the project will help in consolidating Nigeria’s effort at building peace through peace support operations globally.”
He added that this phase of the collaboration is taking place during a delicate period in global history and despite the scourge of the Corona virus pandemic, conflicts have abated, thus there is the need for greater and more dynamic capacity building of peacekeepers to manage these conflicts.
The project titled “Strengthening National and Regional Capacities for Peace Support Operations (PSOs)” is funded by the of the Government of Japan (GoJ) and will focus on enhancing the capacity of CSRS/NDC to sponsor peace support operations courses on protection of civilians, gender in peace support operations and logistics support in peace support operations as well as, boost its contribution of qualified troops to regional and global peace missions.
