CONAECDA

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF CDP WORKSHOP FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS by suleman a.d. sukukum                       Friday 23 MARCH 2018 PROTOCOL: WHAT IS CONAECDA? The acronym CONAECDA stands for Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Community Development Associations. This is an institution designed to serve as a Network with an implementation secretariat for existing or future community development associations registered as incorporated trustees or as Limited by guarantee institutions OBJECTIVES OF CONAECDA CONAECDA is established as a forum to help in coordinating the activities of the various development associations in areas that affect most of the communities or a single community but requiring collaboration of other members to successfully address. a.        To promote unity and integration among its membe

COMMUNIQUÉ AT THE END OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS ETHNIC NATIONALITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS (CONAECDA) 2017 Held at Eliel center and green valley suites, Jos Plateau state from Thursday 2 nd to Sunday 5 th November 2017 PREAMBLE The conference of community leaders which holds annually commenced on 2 nd with the arrival and registration of delegates. The 4 th CONAECDA had as its theme, Unity in diversity the roles and challenges of the autochthonous ethnic communities. In attendance at the opening ceremony were delegates, dignitaries and observers, the Executive Governor of plateau State represented by His deputy in the Person of Prof. Sonni G. Tyoden declared the conference open. In his speech, he called on delegates to work together for unity and to commit themselves to the values that will build a vibrant Nigeria. He also cautioned against the use of ethnicity and identity politics as tools to divide the people but call on the conferenc