The Director-General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Dr Joseph Ochogwu, has called for increased investment in peacebuilding.
He warned that the cost of failing to prevent conflicts far exceeds the resources required to sustain peace.
Ochogwu made the call on Thursday in Abuja while delivering a keynote lecture titled, “Investing in Peace: A Collective Responsibility for Everyone,” at the 2026 Peace and Dialogue Awards organised by the Ufuk Dialogue Foundation in collaboration with the IPCR.
He said Nigeria and other countries needed to move away from reacting to conflicts after they had erupted, and commit more resources to prevention, early warning systems, peace education, youth employment, interfaith literacy, justice reform and community mediation.
“To invest in peace is to move from rhetoric to resources, from reaction to prevention,” he said.
According to him, global military expenditure crossed $2.4tn in 2024, while peacebuilding spending remained below $60bn, barely
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