The Kukah Centre, Secretariat of National Peace Committee has inaugurated the Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) system ahead of the Anambra state November 8 governorship election.
The system, comprising 21 team members drawn from the 21 Local Government Areas of the state is targeted at ensuring violent -free peaceful poll.
Speaking on Friday at the closing of a 4-day workshop with support from the European Union under the EUSDGN programme, Project Manager, Bar Asabe Ndahi said success of the system would be measured by members faithfulness to transform their commitments into action.
She said, “Over the past days, we have deepened our understanding of principles and practice of Early Warning and Early Response; from community engagement and data collection, to analysis, reporting and coordinated response.
“Together, we have tested our systems, reflected on our challenges, and strengthened our collective capacities. Today, we move from knowledge to action.
“As agents of resilience, we will define our roles together and take the important step of formally adopting the framework and guiding principles that will guide the EWER System going forward.
“This is not just another meeting of stakeholders; it is a call to responsibility. The November 8 elections present both risks and opportunities.
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“Our task is clear: to ensure that early warning leads to early response, and that every piece of information triggers timely, effective action.”
Appreciating participants for standing as torchbearers of peace, Asabe charged them to be proactive, accountable and resilient to ensure that, “peace must prevail, elections must be credible and our communities must be safe.”
Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Officer, Ms. Obafemi Deborah said the engagement aimed at strengthening coordination and building truly inclusive multi-stakeholder framework for peace in the State.
“The workshop highlighted the goal of shared responsibility, so as to reduce the burden on one actor, while building synergy to promote transparency, accountability and enhance credibility of peace efforts in the elections,” she added.
The workshop which attracted representatives of traditional and religious institutions, civil society organizations, among others featured presentation of community action plan, adoption of framework and guiding principles as well as signing of commitment forms.