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CONFERENCE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS ETHNICNATIONALITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS Temporary Office: No. 17 Kungfang Village,Miango Road, Jos, Plateau State Phone: 08036025872       E-Mail: conaecda@gmail.com COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE third NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS ETHNIC COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS (CANAECDA), HELD AT YELWA CLUB BUKURU,  JOS, ON WEDNESDAY 26 TH   TO FRIDAY 29 TH OCTOBER 2016 Preamble:             The Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Nationalities Community Development Associations (CONAECDA) held its third Annual Conference at the Yelwa Club, Bukuru, Jos, from the 26 th to 29 th October, 2016. The Conference was attended by several Community Development Association Leaders (CDA) leaders from the Northern states of Nigeria. The Conference was declared open by the Chairman of the occasion, Hon. Frank Kure of, Gombe State. The Host Royal Father in the person of His Majesty Da Jacob Gyang Buba the Bong Gwom Jos and Chairman Plateau S

CONFERENCE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS ETHNIC NATIONALITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS Temporary Office: No. 17, Miango Road, Jos, Plateau State Phone: 08036025872              E-Mail: conaecda@gmail.com TEXT OF THE COOMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF MINORITY LANGUAGES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - INTERNATONAL STRATEGY CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY CONFERENCE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS ETHNIC COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS (CONAECDA) HELD BETWEEN JUNE 6 – 10, 2016 AT AZI NYAKO YOUTH CENTRE, JOS, PLATEAU STATE The Minority languages programme is a programme that seeks to assist all minority ethnic nationalities, to put in place all necessary machineries to preserve and develop their languages, teach their children how to speak their languages and imbibe their cultures as a matter of utmost importance. The conference therefore, aims t o identify and effectively classify all minority languages in Nigeria, develop media for each language to be written and read, produce reading materials and inst

PRESS RELEASE CONAECDA SECRETARIAT COMMITTEE OF FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES ON FULANI /HERDSMEN RELATED CONFLICTS 1.      Following the conference resolution number 2 of CONAECDA 2015 on the Fulani Based conflicts, the secretariat set up the committee of frontline communities on Fulani /herdsmen related conflicts with the following objectives. i.       Study the CONAECDA POSITION DOCUMENT and make final correction for forwarding to relevant bodies ii.      Look into all relevant issues of the Fulani based conflict and design action plans to resolve the issues. iii.     Compare notes on what each one is doing. iv.     Work with the Government and relevant institutions to resolve identified issues. v.      Cooperate towards a peaceful resolution of the issues. 2.      The following communities are to serve as the frontline communities; they represent our over 300 member communities. Other affected communities may be added later. i.       Jukun  ii.      Eggon