Peace Counselling in Post-Conflict Societies in Oil-Producing Niger Delta, Nigeria
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2018-03-27
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Olusakin, A.M
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International Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) of the Teachers College, Columbia University
Abstract
This study examines the effect of peace counselling among dwellers of two oil-producing communities in Akwa Ibom state of Nigeria after a dreadful inter-communal clash. 126 youths participated in this study; 63 from each community (30 male and 33 female). Twenty participants were used as control (10 male and 10 female) in each community while the remaining 43 (20 male and 23 female) in each community, were exposed to peace counselling. Two hypotheses were tested and significant differences were recorded in both. Analysis of the pre-test and post-test scores of all the participants on the Peace Index Questionnaire (PIQ) showed that the participants in the treatment group reported significantly higher scores on the peace index than the control. Also the female participants had a significantly higher peace index scores than the male participants. The participants in the control group were also given peace counselling immediate after the post-test scores were obtained. After the completion of the study, peace counselling continued during the end-of-year Town-Hall meetings of the two communities.
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Peace, , Counselling , Post-conflict , Oil-producing , Communities , Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION
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Olusakin A. M. (2018). Peace Counselling in Post-Conflict Societies in Oil-Producing Niger Delta, Nigeria. A Paper Presented At the International Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) of the Teachers College, Columbia University-A Graduate School of Education, Health and Psychology. Theme: ‘Re-Mapping Global Education’. Held at Hilton Reforma, Don Genaro, Mexico from March 25-29, 2018