Oyetokunbo Ibidapo-Obe Somorin
26 Nov
The president and chairman of the governing council of the Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution Development and Conflict Management of Nigeria (i-ADRNigera), Prof Akin Ibidapo-Obe has said that traditional methods of resolving disputes need to be revisited and resuscitated to broaden the scope of ADR and conflict management. He said African societies invented informal dispute…
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