Nasarawa State, in the North-Central geo-political zone of Nigeria, was created on 1st October, 1996 with Lafia, a fast urbanizing town along the Northern Benue Valley as its State Capital . The state has an area of 27, 117 square kilometers, an estimated population of 3.1 million with thirteen Local Government Areas and Sixteen Development Areas. It shares a boundary with the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This proximity to Nigeria’s fast growing capital has steadily guaranteed a fast- moving market for various agricultural crops and products from the State and…
TOWARDS COMMUNITY BASED PEACE-BUILDING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN NASARAWA STATE By Mukhtar Wakeel
