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
(Media & Publicity)
October 6, 2014
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