Abstract
This paper analyses the challenges confronting local governance institutions on peace building strategies using Southwestern Nigeria as a reference point. It puts the challenges of peace building strageies in institutional perspectives and intervening tendencies of foreign agencies in Africa. It examines Lederach’s structural framework under the theoretical discourse as an underlying assumption for peace building challenges. However, primary data were collected and analysed for the empirical insight using Relative Impact Index and content analysis methods. This paper reveals that lack of shared vision (RII = 3.49), finances (RII = 3.34), poor information communication network (RII = 3.26), and deficiency of institutional arrangement (RII = 3.24) are the foremost challenges facing local governance institutions on peace building in South western Nigeria; with greater emphasis on poor value system and non-compliance with traditional customs. It therefore concludes that the peace building strategies are susceptible to unfavourable conditions by activities of governance institutions at the local level. It thus recommends that formal and informal institutions at the local level should share a common vision which will serve as a driving force for the pursuit of peace building agenda in Africa. Keywords: Local Governance, Conflict Resolution, Peace Building, Local Institutions, Peace building Strategies, and Local Governance Institutions
Highlights
The quest for peacebuilding in developing countries remains a requisite action when interactions among the people, groups and communities are flawed by numerous social vices
OF FINDINGS the findings of this study revealed that lack of shared vision (RII = 3.49) was rated leading challenge confronting local governance on peace building strategies
The quantitative data analysis found out that financial practice in the peace building exercise (RII = 3.34) was a notable challenge facing local governance on peace building in Southwestern Nigeria
Summary
The quest for peacebuilding in developing countries remains a requisite action when interactions among the people, groups and communities are flawed by numerous social vices. Retaliation is most often the order of the day among the conflict-driven people, groups and communities. The imperativeness of peacebuilding becomes essential so as to establish resolution strategies, thereby thwarting the menace of vengeance in the societies. To this end, a cross-sectional review of available literature has empirically lent credence to how conflict-prone environments could transform to peace-reigning ones. The intricacies of peacebuilding across the world have not been without some challenges on its strategies and components. A crosssectional review of literatures (Aning, 2008; Obiekwu, 2009; Noll, 2013; MacGinty, 2013 and Lamidi, 2019) identified the lack of shared visions, difficulties in managing trade-offs between conflicting parties, proliferation of peacebuilding plans and frameworks, governance and accountability inadequacies, deficiency of institutional arrangement, overcentralisation of peacebuilding implementation strategies and poor strategic communication
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