Welcome JDPPC Ijebu-Ode – JDPC Ijebu-Ode

WELCOME TO JDPC IJEBU-ODE

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JDPC is an acroymn for Justice, Development and Peace Commision. The Justice, Development and Peace Commission, Ijebu-Ode is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission in Nigeria (Reg. No. 10, 414). JDPC of the Ijebu-Ode Catholic Diocese is an operating arm of the Church in social Ministry in Ijebu and Remo land of Ogun State, Nigeria. As a registered Non-Governmental Organization with the Corporate Affairs Commission in Nigeria, JDPC main concern is to bring about the Kingdom of God by liberating men and women from every oppressive force that keeps them under bondage irrespective of race, creed and gender.
JDPC, Ijebu-Ode continues to answer in concrete terms, the challenging question posed at the beginning of the Special Synod for Africa held in Rome, 1994. “What must the Church in Africa become for her message to be authentic and credible?” The answer to the question is “the Church must be prophetic”: that is naming the social evils of our time and addressing them concretely in line with the life and teaching of Christ. The Commission’s activities cover the geographical area of the Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode, which embraces 24 parishes, nine out of the 20 Local Government Areas in Ogun State of Nigeria and covering 36, 410.56 square kilometres with a population of over 1.8 million people.

The JDPC, Ijebu-Ode is part of a national network of JDPCs in the 53 Catholic Dioceses in Nigeria. The coordination is further broken down to Provincial, Diocesan and Parish levels. With other civil society groups in Ogun State and Nigeria, JDPC Ijebu-Ode plays a leadership role that is recognised by all. Today all the different layers of the Social Forum, from the state through the provincial to the national levels are being led by JDPC, Ijebu-Ode. The Voice for the Farmers, which is the national campaign initiated by the Farmers themselves in collaboration with Oxfam Nigeria is being coordinated in the Southwest by JDPC, Ijebu-Ode to give voice the global struggle by small scale famers to protect their land and influence national and state policies for agriculture. Read More

The JDPC of the Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode is a structural response of the Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode to the call of the Second Vatican Council. In a very important document of the Council, Populorum Progressio of 1967, Pope Paul VI wrote:

The progressive development of peoples is an object of deep interest and concern to the Church. This is particularly true in the case of those peoples who are trying to escape the ravages of hunger, poverty, endemic diseases and ignorance; of those who are seeking a larger share in the benefits of civilization and a more active improvement on their human qualities; of those who are consciously striving for fuller growth with an even clearer awareness. Since the Second Vatican Council, of the demands imposed by Christ’s gospel in this area, the Church judges it her duty to help all people explore this serious problem in all dimensions, and to impress upon them the need for concerted action at this critical juncture. [No. 1
It was with this desire that Paul VI created the Pontifical Commission, JUSTICIA ET PAX on January 6th 1967. The purpose of the Commission is to awaken in the people of God full awareness of their mission today; to further the progress of poorer nations and international social justice, to further their own development and for more justice and peace in the society. Our corporate mission as JDPC is the promotion of sustainable and integral human development through holistic empowerment approach, enhancing effective structural transformation of the society without any form of discrimination. In carrying out our work at JDPC, we are guided by the following ethical values proposed by the Church to the entire world for an inclusive and caring society:
Fundamental human dignity : All human beings, men and women are created in God’s own image, endowed with inalienable dignity and rights. We should therefore treat one another with equal consideration and respect regardless of race, age, creed, gender or status. The principle of human dignity is the basis of a moral vision for a society that regards the human person not as a means but always as an end.
The common good: Respect for each and everyone’s dignity establishes a common ground that makes social life livable. Stemming from our common humanity, the principle of the common good addresses the good of all people and of the whole person. Because it is common to all, it cannot be divided like a cake but must increase through joint effort. What is common to all peoples is what promotes the dignity of all: “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily.
The principle of Subsidiarity: The Church recognizes the interconnectedness of various forms of social life in promoting integral human development but at the same time establishes an order of precedence: “the individual and the family precede the state; that is, individuals do not exist for the state but rather the state exists for the well-being of individuals and families entrusted to its care”. Simply put, what individual persons and lower organisations can do should not be taken up by higher ones.
The principle of Solidarity: According to the Church’s teaching, “Solidarity highlights in a particular way the intrinsic social nature of the human person, the equality of all in dignity and rights and the common path of individuals and peoples towards an ever more committed unity.” Because of our common humanity, solidarity urges us to improve our relationships by turning the structures of sin into structures of solidarity through the creation or appropriate modification of laws, market regulations, and juridical systems. As a social principle, solidarity is a form commitment to act justly, promote social justice and the common good.
At JDPC we adopt and adapt participatory approaches that empower poor people to meet their basic needs and become full actors of their destinies; indeed we see ourselves as catalysts for grassroots mobilization to enable those excluded to take local action to overcome oppressive structures that keep them in bondage. We believe in creative and cooperative solidarity, partnering with a wide range of civil society actors to promote a pro-poor policy environment, where the basic rights of the people are secured.
Through workshops, seminars, training programmes, lectures, production of posters, pamphlets, textbooks, magazines, etc, JDPC informs, educates and conscientises the public so as to enhance their ability to defend and preserve their God-given and inalienable human dignity. We are grateful to Almighty God that our Commission with the entire Staff enjoy good working relationships with relevant Government Organizations and Non-Government Organizations within and outside Nigeria.

Our Impacts

Our Areas Of Concern

Micro Credit

We give small loan to the impoverished people to help them become self-employed..

Gender Equity

Gender equity means respecting all people without discrimination, regardless of their gender.

Access to Justice

Access to Justice is concerned solely with the protection of human rights by ensuring easy and non-discriminatory access to courts of law.

Human Right Education

Education, training and information aimed at building a universal culture of human rights.

Vision, Mission Core Values

What we believed in

Our vision is to bring about the Kingdom of God within the Church and the society, liberating all people from every oppressive force that keeps them under bondage, and building a society in which all enjoy their human rights irrespective of race, creed, or gender.

The Mission of Justice, Development and Peace Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode is the promotion of sustainable and integral human development through holistic empowerment approach, enhancing effective structural transformation of the society without any form of discrimination. We strive to provide a concrete answer to the challenging question posed at the 1994 Special Synod of Catholic Bishops for Africa that held in Rome: “What must the Church in Africa become for her message to be authentic and credible?” Our answer is, “The church must become prophetic; that is, naming the social evils of our time and addressing them concretely in line with the life and teaching of Christ.” We must become an organisation working to promote sustainable human development through a holistic approach aimed at effecting structural transformation to create a society that, in the spirit of Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is free of all forms of social discrimination and injustice.” Our Missions are: Empower organisations of the civil society for people’s participation in governance. Build the capacity of farmers and rural communities in Ijebu and Remo land for self-determination. Promote gender equality by increasing the recognition and integration of women as partners of men in the care of the world. Provide credit facilities to the beneficiaries of JDPC Programmes who cannot access official credits. Create a forum for information gathering and dissemination as a community empowerment tool. Build in the youths the capacity for life enhancing skills to enable them live a meaningful and dignified life as well as contribute positively to the development of the Church and the society. Build the capacity of the physically and mentally challenged to enable them ccontribute meaningfully to the society. Propagate or popularise the Catholic Social Teachings so as to contribute tot he process of social transformation. Establish a functional Monitoring and Evaluation System for JDPC Programs. Towards effective realization of its mission, JDPC operates three main Programmes: Diocesan Agricultural Development Programme (DADP) Human Rights Programme (HRP) Gender Equity and Women Empowerment Programme (GEWEP) In addition, JDPC operates some support and general service projects namely: The Resource Centre, the Savings and Credit Scheme, and a Caritas Desk, which is the charity arm of the Commission. In order to strengthen our operational capacity, we also put in place five other support services which include a printing press, a Media production unit, a Vocational training centre, Research and Publications and a small business unit known as JDPC Venture.

In doing our work, we believe in the following Christian faith-inspired values: Every human being, man and woman are created in God’s own image, endowed with inalienable rights andshould be treated equally and give an equal opportunities; their God given dignity precedes all humanarrangements and policies Option for the poor and commitment to social change through change of structures that keep poor peopleunder bondage by reproducing social inequalities and injustices Putting the people first or at the centre for any meaningful development to take place and above all the safeguard of the ecosystem for a human development that takes into considerations the harmony of in the ecosystem and the survival of generations to come.