Community-Based Organisations’ Collaboration in Promoting Sustainable Peace in Communities in Rivers State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study is aimed at assessing the community-based organisations’ collaboration in promoting sustainable peace in communities in Rivers State. Two research objectives and questions guided the study. The descriptive research design was adopted. The population of the study was 2,718 Members of 113 community-based organisations in the three senatorial districts of Rivers State. The sample size for this study was 1,359 members of 56 community-based organisations (CBOs) in the study local government areas. The sampling technique that was adopted for this study was the multi-stage sampling procedure involving the use of purposive and proportionate sampling. A structured questionnaire titled ‘Collaborating with Community Based Organisations in Promoting Sustainable Peace (CBOCPSPQ) was used for data collection. The responses were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The study identified that collaborating with community-based organisations brings about intelligent gathering, partnership with relevant security agents to reduce violent crime and enlightenment to the people on current security issues and strong advocacy for social justice among others. Based on the findings it was recommended among others that there should be constant collaboration between state actors and relevant community-based organisations in order to attain the target of crime prevention in the community.

Keywords: Community Based Organisations, Security, Sustainability, Peace, Social Justice.