Nigerian political economy requires a concerted effort to strengthen the use of Alternative Dispute Resolutions, ADR with its components of dialogue, mediation, negotiation and conciliation.
This was the consensus of guest speakers in Ibadan at the induction of New Fellows and the Award of Certificates of Professional excellence organised by the Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Society of Nigeria.
According to Attorney and Accredited Mediator, Lagos State Multi-Door Courts, Mr Fola Alade, Nigerians should explore dialogue, mediation, and conciliation as tools for dousing the spiralling tensions in the country.
In her own submission, Barrister Hafsah Adetola of Lagos and Ogun Multi-Door Courts said the Nigerian economy requires reforms for commercial dispute resolution, as well as to enhance the capacity of mediators across the country.
Earlier in an address, the President, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Society of Nigeria, Chief Kole Ojo, said that the goal of the Society was to safeguard the nation from the scourge of conflict, ethnic and parochial misunderstandings.
He advised the new fellows to uphold the tenets of the Society and stands to gain from the utilization of ADR methods and approaches beyond just commercial and business disputes.
Sixteen new fellows, who cut across different disciplines, were inducted into the Society.
Nofiu Busari
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