This study is undertaken to conduct a contingency table analysis of Jos-Plateau crisis to determine the factors that chiefly account for the preponderance of conflict in Jos-Plateau and the effects of peace efforts on the Jos/Plateau crisis through a survey of the ethno-religious and political perception of the people on the catalysts for peace and conflict resolution to reveal the spark that appears before the fire, in order to achieve sustainable development in Nigeria. The data used is a primary data obtained through the administration of sample questionnaires, initially tested through a pilot survey, to the residents of Jos metropolis and environs. The statistical tools employed in the study are the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and Residual Analysis. Injustice, religion and economic hardship are identified as the causes of the preponderance of conflict in the study which also shows religious intolerance and economic hardship to be the chief causes of conflict in Jos/Plateau with dispensation of justice having little effect on the conflict.