Justice, Development & Peace Movement
Catholic Diocese Of Oyo
+234 (0) 813 438 0797
JDP House, Mobolaje Oyo
P.O.Box 1458,Oyo
Justice, Development & Peace Movement
Catholic Diocese Of Oyo
P.O.Box 1458,Oyo
In line with the identification of and visit to Project stakeholders, a 6-man advocacy team was inaugurated on the 20th of June 2023, under the EU-SDGN project. The team comprises of retired seasoned educationists in Messrs. Ayediran J.A, Adewuyi T.A, Oladipupo J.I, Taiwo D.O, Alhaji Isamat T.A and .... Read More
Opening prayer was said by Mr. Gideon Ogundeji at exactly 08:04 at JDPM HALL. On behalf of the Coordinator JDPM and the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo, the Head of Department (HOD), Mr. Anthony Ogunnupebi, welcomed the participants to the program. He urged the women and youth in the .... Read More
International Youth Day (IYD) is celebrated across the world on the 12th of August every year as a recommendation by the World Conference of Ministers of Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) and endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999. Over the last two decades of International Youth .... Read More
Storytelling and effective communication are like bone and blood that cannot do without the other. The same goes to organizational communication and report writing where information is targeted at a certain audience. This was made know by Mr Crispin Oduobuk, Managing Director, BW Binary Ltd, Abuja .... Read More
As the passion of most youth grows for quick riches in recent time, their inordinate ambition and zeal draw them nearer to the pit of destruction daily. A resounding and visionary leadership through proactive efforts keep the young people out of many societal vices at all cost. Given this, the .... Read More
IITA in partnership with JDPM organized a 3 day workshop at IITA for Rural Development Program staffs of Ibadan Province. The workshop became necessary as a result of the need to reach out to more crop farmers on cassava varieties in Ibadan province. RUDEP of JDPM Oyo is leading others in .... Read More
What has a beginning must definitely have an end. There was a moment of joy and mixed reactions during the Holy Mass at Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Cathedral, Asogo, Oyo town as parishioners, families, friends, associates and members of staff, Justice Development and Peace Movement (JDPM) of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo, converge to celebrate the Diocesan Director for Communication Commissions, Rev Sr Eunice Olushola Ikufisile who has been transferred to Lagos State. In his Homily, Rev Fr
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Sustainable agricultural development is an integral part of humanity that promotes a peaceful society through bio food security. This resonates one of the core mission of Rural Development Programme (RUDEP) of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo in a bit to ensure improved livelihood for farmers in Oyo, Oke-ogun and Ogbomoso. The team led by the Head of Dept (RUDEP), Mr Anthony Ogunnupebi was received by Dr. A. O. Oyebanji, the Director (Perishable Research) who explains that the Nigerian Stored
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In an effort to raise the next generation of competent young politicians through digital media on civic engagement, the Jdpmoyo through the Social Transformation Movement of Nigeria organized a-day workshop on "Strategic training on the use of new media as a tool to cause change, attract government and generate income by young politicians" in the Catholic Diocese of Oyo. Welcoming the participants from Oyo and environs, the Coordinator of Jdpmoyo, Rev Fr Gabriel Adeleke, represented by the
Read MoreJDPM is a faith-based non-profit and non-governmental organization that centers on Human Rights protection, Entrepreneurship Development, Rural Development and Good Governance regardless of race, age or gender. This is an institution with an unraveled pedigree and achievement since 1995. It is a social arm of the church shouldered with the empowering the less privileged masses for their sustenance. We covered 19 out of 33 local government areas in Oyo State, Nigeria where we have been able to positively affected over 5,000 people in the area of education, awareness, creation, technical back up, advocacy, networking with relevant agents on training on economic ventures for survival Vision:- A society where people live in dignity Mission:- To sustain human dignity and rights through solidarity, community animation, public conscientization, training workshop, socio-political advocacy, social supports, civil mobilization, socio-political networking and economic empowerment. JDPM ACTIVITIES We focus on Democracy and Good Governance, Human Rights Promotion and Protection, Budget Monitoring, Sustainable and Agriculture Rural Development, Entrepreneur Development and Micro-credit Programme. We also work on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Free Legal Aid, Conflict Resolution and Management
Sequel to the bi-monthly discourse on anti-gender-based violence organized by JDPM and sponsored by the European Union (EU) under the EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) Programme Phase II Project, the participant agreed to establish an Anti- Gender Based Club in secondary schools with the intention of improving school-community understanding of gender-based violence (GBV) and reducing or eliminating GBV in schools. Guess what? Ladigbolu Grammar School, Oyo, inaugurated the Anti-Gender-Based Violence Club on March 6, 2024. At the inauguration, Mrs. V. Bosede Adeoye gave a short lecture that highlighted some root causes of GBV and emphasized the urgent need to stop its spread in schools and society through wide awareness-raising and sensitization. The teacher .... Read More
How do you feel whenever your relatives or colleagues are brutalized and killed by the Nigerian police officers daily? As a car owner, how do you feel whenever you are harassed at the checkpoints despite you have all documents that support car ownership or as a regular commuter, how do you feel when you are being assaulted by the SARS operatives despite you are not at fault for whatever accusation? Did I hear you saying "I am always angry and boiled from within so high that I can use any power within me to retaliate" Yes! The feeling is normal because everyone loves to be respected. Come on! Did you say I wouldn?t mind using any power to fight back? Are you not afraid to die in cold blood in the hand of these killers? Every day is a different tumultuous experience for Nigerian citizens .... Read More
The event is a cross-learning experience platform where project officers across JDPs meet to brainstorm on crucial issues and share ideas on Sustainable Agricultural Development in each zones. The Ibadan province comprises Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo and Ibadan with their respective JDPs; Justice, Development and Peace Movement (JDPM) Oyo, Justice, Development and Peace Initiative (JDPI) Ekiti, Justice Development and Peace Centre (JDPC) Ondo, Justice, Development & Peace Makers Centre,- (JDPMC),Osogbo and the host, Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC)Ibadan. During the 2-Day event, the team visited Omi-Adio Rice Cottage Mill,Young Fish Farmers Hub amongst others.
"The North has repeatedly made a play with the threat of secession from the Nigerian federation. And many people have come to assume that this threat is the measure of its preparedness to team up, whenever confronted by any upset within the federation, with other countries of the Sahara with whom it has at least the same religion and the same faith" -Drum May 1960 In the beginning Sometimes the pains associated with freedom outweigh its benefits, especially where there is poor leadership. The bane of such ills spread like a virus so fast that it eroded values orientation quickly. From generation to the other, our dear nation continues to leapfrog on the path to greatness. The hope of a common man is dying daily because our system does not seem to work out. Forced to cohabitate as a .... Read More
Street awareness and community infiltration have been identified as one of the best ways through which Child Right education could be taught at a time like this when the scourge of COVID-19 have led to the closure of many schools in Nigeria. This was made known by the Parish Priest of St Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, Tede, Atisbo LGA of Oyo State, Rev Father Martins Badejo during the meeting between the Politics and Human Rights Officers of the Justice, Development and Peace Movement (JDPM) of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo and Child Right Ambassadors in Atisbo LGA. Welcoming the team to Tede, the Parish priest said, JDPM is well known in Oke-Ogun and beyond not just as a social arm of the Church but also as a champion of good cause on different development issues over the years. He .... Read More
Williams Shakespeare in one of his plays, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; "observed and submitted this about a man: What a piece of work and mystery is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty. In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel and in apprehension how like a god" This sum up the homily of the JDPM Oyo Coordinator and Ave Maria Multipurpose Investment LTD (AMMIL), a microfinance institution of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Rev Fr Gabriel Adeleke during Holy Chrism commemorating the 2021 priestly celebration of parishioners at Our Lady of Assumpta Catholic Cathedral, Asogo, Oyo. Rev Fr Gabriel Adeleke said what kind of a man is a priest, who is not married yet claimed by many as FATHER, He is a human in every respect but absolves and .... Read More
The Rural Development Programme was at the flag-off of agricultural inputs distribution to farmers throughout Nigeria as the exercise hits Oyo State at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) Moor Plantation,Ibadan. Dignitaries at the event are; Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Sabo Nanono ably represented by Mustapha Shehuri - Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Oyo State Head of Service, Mrs Ololade Adeosun, Director, Federal Dept of Agric, Hajia Karimot Babangida, Director of Special Duties, Mrs Mojisola Omisore, other Directors of federal agencies, farmers groups representatives, research institutes, members of the press, civil societies amongst other. The minister said the palliative is to cushion effects of .... Read More
The Child Rights Education and Welfare Project was designed to target young pupils in formal school structure in Oyo, Oke-Ogun and Ogbomoso zones of Oyo State. The Project is funded by Kindermissionwerk, a child development international organization in Germany for different phases beginning from March 2017 till date. The Child Right Project was conceived against the background that the myriads of developmental challenges militating against Nigeria did not just spring up abruptly. Research, through Need Assessment Surveys, had consistently shown that those problems build, accumulate and fester because people lack the basic knowledge and understanding of their rights at a tender age. Thus, through the instrumentality of research, the child right project was conceived and birthed, as .... Read More
Development means "improvement in the country's economic and social conditions". More specially, it refers to improvements in the way of managing an area's natural and human resources. To create wealth and improve people's lives. Dudley Seers while elaborating on the meaning of development suggests that while there can be value judgments on what is a development and what is not, it should be a universally acceptable aim of development to make for conditions that lead to a realization of the potentials of human personality. I am always appalled and bemused when our political leaders discuss issues of Nigeria development. Not only because of the hollow points they marshal to project their arguments but also because of obvious doublespeak congealed in their thoughts and actions. Our .... Read More
DAY ONE (TUESDAY) The sustainable farmers association of Nigeria (SUFAN) meeting commenced with registration and lunch overseen by Bolanle Adegoke, Ikeh Victor, and Abubakar Ramon. The SUFAN executives were introduced, and Mr. Adetoro Adeniyi elaborated on the significance of SUFAN, its membership, and its relationship with JDPM. He stressed the importance of farmers leading the organization, given its name - Sustainable Farmers Association of Nigeria. He inquired about SUFAN's objectives for the year and their strategy for the upcoming farmers’ forum. It was underscored that a well-established association should be self-sufficient and not relies on JDPM for support. The meeting concluded with a focus on the organization's sustainability and future endeavors. The meeting addressed .... Read More
