Our economy will certainly thrive when business owners can reduce the amount spent on avoidable and end-less litigations. Our courts are usually overloaded. Court procedure is very formal and technical leaving parties exhausted, embittered and often impoverished. It is best suited for ONLY criminal, constitutional and other rights-based issues. On the other hand, mediation, conciliation and arbitration are the major ADR mechanisms for the effective administration of Justice and amicable dispute resolution.

Yes, mediation skills are life-skills for building and sustaining relationships. People with the skills help in promoting peace and harmonious coexistence at work, at home and in the society at large.

These are trying times for our nation, Nigeria. Undoubtedly, the need for Mediation in our present dispensation in harmonizing different and divergent views cannot be over-emphasized. Mediation can be used for speedy resolution of civil, commercial, industrial, communal and political disputes.

With a vision and goal of promoting the training of all stakeholders in Mediation and Conciliation skills and regulating the practice in Nigeria, the Institute is very well position to bring these laudable objectives to fruition.