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"Building Peace and Security in Nigeria" The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies (CGIRS), and the Center for International Policy (CIP), are collaborating on the conference, Building Peace and Security in Nigeria on September 16-18, 2002 in Washington, DC. Since the May 1999 elections heralded a transition to democracy, there have been numerous challenges to security and democracy in Nigeria. The velocity of change experienced has inevitably focused attention on key questions relating to security including: the accountability of the military and other security forces, the capacity of civilians to exercise oversight responsibilities, the capacity of the different security forces to carry out their duties, the exploitation of ethno-religious tensions by politicians and the security forces, and foreign military training. The conference will provide an international forum for key participants from both Nigeria and the international community to reflect critically on the forces that are shaping Nigerian security decisions at the national, regional and international levels. We hope this timely conference will have a positive impact on the future of Nigerian security by informing and influencing debate through constructive dialogue. We are attaching a tentative agenda for your information. The conference will be divided into two parts. The first will be a meeting at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, with an invited audience of government officials and policy analysts. The second will involve a series of meetings with U.S. congressional and executive branch officials and the media.
· Ambassador Robert White, president, Center for International Policy (CIP);· Dr. J. ’Kayode Fayemi, director, Centre for Democracy and Development/Lagos (CDD);· Dr. Paul Lubeck, executive director, Center for Global, International and Regional Studies (CGIRS)Panel I: Challenges in Achieving Nigeria’s Security Objectives · Dr. Paul Lubeck, CGIRS (chair)· Dr. Attahiru M. Jega, director, Centre for Democratic Research & Training, Bayero University, Kano (paper presenter)· Dr. Stephen Morrison, director, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (commentator)Panel II: Governance and Accountability of Security Forces in Nigeria · Ambassador Princeton Lyman, executive director, Global Interdependence Initiative, Aspen Institute, Washington, DC (chair)· Dr. Said Adejumobi, Department of Political Science, Lagos State University, Nigeria (paper presenter)· Dr. Eboe Hutchful, director, African Security Research & Dialogue, Accra, Ghana and Wayne State University, Detroit (commentator)Lunch Panel III: Challenges of Reforming the Security Sector – The Military Perspective · Nicole Ball, senior fellow, Center for International Policy, Washington, DC (chair)· Dr. M. L. Yesufu, National Institute for Policy & Strategic Studies, Nigeria (paper presenter)· Scott Fisher, African Crisis Response Initiative, US Department of State (commentator)· Dr. Herbert Howe, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (commentator)
Panel IV: Civil Oversight of the Security Sector · Dr. J. ’Kayode Fayemi (chair)· Hon. Temi Harriman, Defense Committee, House of Representatives, Nigeria (paper presenter)· Dr. Peter Lewis, American University, Washington, DC (commentator)· Dr. Funmi Olonisakin, United Nations, New York (commentator)Wrap Up Dr. J. ‘Kayode Fayemi Dr. Paul Lubeck Nicole Ball
Reception Cosmos Club, Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC Dr. Paul Sack, board of directors, Center for International Policy (welcome) September 18 Meetings for international participants with members of Congress, congressional staff, executive branch officials, media
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