THE PLACE OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE PROMOTION OF PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Conflicts are featured today in the media and in our daily activities in many different forms ranging from interstate disputes to personal quarrels or disagreements. Many people today are using politics and religion as weapons of destabilization for different reasons and motives. To this end therefore, we all must learn the processes of conflict management to be able to have a national development. The causes of conflicts and how conflicts can be resolved forms the nucleus of this paper as well as styles of handling conflicts. Recommendations made include tolerance for each other, love for one another, consideration for the norms and values of others, dialogue in setting disputes and good uses of the tongue through conversations.