Security, media stakeholders unite against ethnic profiling and divisive narratives

The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has moved to address the growing challenge of ethnic stereotyping and profiling in Nigeria with the development of new toolkits aimed at guiding media and security institutions on responsible communication.
The Director General of IPCR, Joseph Ochogwu, said the Anti-Ethnic Stereotyping and Profiling Toolkits for Media and Security would play a crucial role in tackling issues capable of undermining peace, security and national development.
Ochogwu stated this on Wednesday during an expert validation meeting on the toolkits held at the IPCR headquarters in Abuja.
Represented by Gerald Okafor, Director of Internal Conflict Preventi...