Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution in Nigeria: Tertiary Institutions in Perspective

Abstract

This paper examines the role of tertiary institutions in Nigeria in promoting alternatives dispute resolution among Nigerians. Depending on secondary data and published articles online, the paper concludes that the tertiary institutions roles in promoting alternatives dispute resolution in Nigeria include; teaching of alternatives dispute resolution, research on how alternatives dispute resolution can be indigenous, provision of community services that are peace-building and alternatives dispute resolution inclined, provision of technical support to public and private institutions, establishment of centre for the studies of alternatives dispute resolution and development of academic programme alternatives dispute resolution. Based on these findings, the paper hereby recommends that, the government should involve the tertiary institutions in the administration and management of alternatives dispute resolution in Nigeria. Tertiary institutions should give maximum attention to the teaching and researches on effective application of alternatives dispute resolution in resolving disputes in Nigeria. More funds should be allocated to the teaching and researches on alternatives dispute resolution in the tertiary institutions. All tertiary institutions in Nigeria should establish centres for the studies of alternative dispute resolution in Nigeria.