Read the State House press release below...
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will undertake a one-day
official visit to Niamey, capital of Niger Republic tomorrow, Tuesday, October
7, 2014 to participate in an Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and
Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
President Jonathan and other participating Heads of State
and Government are expected to review ongoing collaboration against terrorism
and agree on further joint action to curb terrorism and insurgency within and
across their national boundaries.
It will be recalled that President Jonathan and the Heads of
State and Government of the neighbouring countries of Niger, Chad, Cameroon and
Benin Republic resolved at a meeting in Paris in May this year to intensify
joint efforts to curtail terrorism and violent extremism.
At the Paris Summit hosted by President Francois Hollande of
France in the aftermath of the dastardly abduction of the Chibok College
girls, President Jonathan and
neighbouring heads of state and government also
agreed to establish joint anti-terrorism patrols and a system of
sharing intelligence to support
operations against terrorists and other cross-border criminals.
They likewise agreed to create a dedicated team to draw up
and advise on the implementation of a regional counter-terrorism strategy under
the framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
Benin Republic, which participated in the Paris Summit but
is not a member of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, has been invited to the
Niamey talks.
The Lake Chad Basin Commission was established in 1964 by
Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon with the mandate of sustainably and equitably
managing shared water resources of the
Lake Chad Basin and promoting regional integration, peace and security across
the Basin.
President Jonathan who will be accompanied to Niamey by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, the Minister of State for
Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, the Chief Of Defence Staff, Air Chief
Marshall Alex Barde and other senior government officials will return to Abuja
at the conclusion of the one-day summit.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
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