Nigerian college, CJID set to introduce postgraduate programmes

The College of Ilorin (Unilorin) is ready to companion with the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) to ship two Grasp’s diploma programmes on Peace and Safety Research.

The partnership, when finalised, would have the college’s Centre for Peace and Strategic Research (CPSS) work carefully with CJID to ship the programmes in peace and digital research, early warning and verification, and nationwide safety.

The partnership particulars fashioned the thrust of a latest assembly between the Chief Government Officer (CEO) of CJID, Dapo Olorunyomi, and the college’s Vice-Chancellor, Wahab Egbewole, a professor.

Different high officers of the college had been additionally a part of the assembly which was held on the vice-chancellor’s workplace on the establishment’s campus in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.

Introduction

Talking, the Director of CPSS, Ibrahim Jawando, a professor, stated the centre seen a spot and noticed the necessity to usher in individuals with sensible experiences within the peace and safety sector.

“By means of the CJID, the centre is establishing relationships with related and very important safety companies and needed stakeholders to work with them and we imagine UNILORIN can home the whole lot,” he stated.

He defined that the deliberate collaborative programme could be run via “digital and bodily means when it has lastly been codified and permitted for graduation by the college.”

Gbemisola Animasawun, additionally a professor, and CPSS staffer, stated the essence of the event is to allow frontline responders of battle to sort out world threats by leveraging digital competence to vary the narrative of scarcity of expertise.

“If battle entrepreneurs and terrorists are doing on-line radicalisation, we see the necessity to use the identical instruments of know-how to pursue programs or initiatives that may improve the safety ecosystem, it’s a typical concern by the varsity and the CJID,” he stated.

“We’re attempting to construct graduates who can assume critically, creatively and likewise act in the identical means so we’re focusing on main gamers within the media and safety areas. This effort will mark a paradigm shift of competence and capability to guard locals in our society.”

Olorunyomi speaks

Talking on the collaborative effort, Mr Olorunyomi, who doubles because the Writer of Nigeria’s main investigative newspaper- PREMIUM TIMES, stated the event is vital “as a result of info administration within the battle sector is central to battle administration.”

He stated he believed the event is a step in the direction of creating an avenue for digital instruments, battle decision, and efficient communication to flourish vigorously.

He additionally careworn the significance of capability constructing for practitioners in that sector.

He stated: “Within the battle sector, a central fulcrum is how communication is both managed or mismanaged and this has turn out to be a robust weapon to grasp the idea of battle and how one can use it as a software to advance world peace.

“To make progress as a nation within the space of peace and democracy, it’s quintessential to construct needed expertise amongst practitioners and reformation of insurance policies and communication may be refined to allow this.”

“On the worldwide degree, most instruments are coming from journalists and you’ll take into consideration fact-checking however how can we decide what’s new? On the CJID, we now have been working on the intersection of battle, verification, and others for some time now. So, when the CPSS approached us for this, we believed that that is what the CJID has been doing for years with confirmed data of experience.”

VC lauds CJID

Additionally, the VC, Mr Egbewole, expressed optimism concerning the partnership simply as he expressed confidence in CJID’s capability to ship on the partnership.

“I’ve been following your centre [the CJID] for some time and I’m conversant with the great work you’re doing. On this foundation, I’m assured that our relationship with the CJID will add better worth to the college,” he stated.

He added that Nigeria’s safety structure can not operate effectively till data, know-how, and different processes by means of in-depth analysis, are deployed in tackling safety challenges.

“The safety companies might need invested deeply in coaching however the query is how a lot of that is of worth and impactful in our society, so I’m extraordinarily thrilled that the CJID is this,” he stated.

He added that the collaborative work would increase its attain past the citadel of studying, noting that the problem of safety challenges like Boko Haram cuts throughout the West African nations.

The VC stated the college would be certain that all institutional frameworks and documentation are fast-tracked to hasten the implementation of the partnership.

Some high officers of the college in attendance on the assembly embody a Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Suleiman Ambali, a professor; the college’s Bursar, Oba Abdulbaki; the college Librarian, Tunde Omopupa, and AbdulKareem Oloyede, amongst others.