Peace education as a catalyst for sustainable development in Nigeria

Over the last two decades of Nigeria’s transition from military to civilian rule, the country has experienced series of conflicts, crises and crashes. The repeated inadequacies of the government to tackle this menace has disillusioned many Nigerian citizens. It appears the efforts made by the government are not good enough. The thrust of this paper is to look at peace education as a catalyst for sustainable development in Nigeria. The paper looks at the concepts of peace and peace education, strategies for peace education, sustainable development as well as peace education and sustainable development in Nigeria. The paper concludes that Nigerians must embrace peace education in all facets of our daily life until lasting peace is attained in the country.