ActionAid Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation has commenced consultations in 24 communities in Kogi and Nasarawa States in preparation for the flag off of the second phase of its System and Structure Strengthening Approach against Radicalisation to Violent Extremism (SARVE) project in the two states.
ActionAid Nigeria Country Director, Mrs Ene Obi disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday in Lokoja.
She said that the community consultations were holding simultaneously in 24 communities from across 12 local government areas in the two states.
She said the project,t which focuses on strengthening community resilience against violent extremism in both states, would aim at decreasing vulnerability of young men and women through socio-economic empowerment of women and youths.
“One of the project implementation strategies that has stood ActionAid Nigeria out among other international non-governmental organisations is our community rootedness, which is informed by our resolve to carry communities along in every of our interventions, hence the community consultations we just began today.
“By doing this, we endear the ownership of the project to the people which by extension guarantees the smooth running of the project and thereafter the sustainability of the results.
