Enhancing National Security and Building Sustainable Peace Through Collaboration: UNILORIN and CJID Join Forces

Our Vice Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, SAN, on Friday (December 29, 2023), welcomed Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi, the Publisher of Premium Times and CEO of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), to consummate ongoing talks between the University of Ilorin's Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS) and CJID.

When commenced, the collaboration will see the CJID and the CPSS jointly developing training, contents, proposals for interventions, academic and policy publications. 

As part of the collaboration, two Masters Degree programmes are scheduled to commence in September 2024. The unique programmes are hinged on a rare blend of theory and practice by bringing together a unique faculty of distinguished experts and scholars towards providing skilled graduates with readily deployable competencies. The two groundbreaking programs:

1. Collaborative Master's in Digital Peace Building

2. Master's in Verification, Early Warning, & National Security

These two degrees and choice of a blend of scholars and practitioners were arrived at, after a careful audit of the threats undermining peaceful co-existence and national security which revealed the need for scholars and practitioners to collaborate in enriching the capacity of players in Nigeria’s security sector, the media, civil society and the general public. 

Joining the discussion were the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Management Services), Prof. Suleiman Ambali, Ag. Bursar, Mr. Oba Abdulbarki, and the University Librarian, Dr. Kamaldeen Omopupa, and the Ag. Director, Centre for Research, Development and In-house Training (CREDIT), Dr. Abdulkarim Oloyede.

Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi was accompanied to the Vice Chancellor's Committee Room by the Director of the Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, Professor Ibrahim Jawondo, and Gbemisola Animasawun, an Associate Professor at the Centre.