President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to niamey today, for a one-day official visit to Niamey, capital of Niger Republic, to participate in a Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission( The Lake Chad Basin Commission was established in 1964 by Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon)
In a statement, released by the Presidential Spokesperson, Reuben Abati, stated that President Jonathan and other
participating Heads of State and Government are expected to review the ongoing collaboration against terrorism and agree on further joint actions to curb terrorism and insurgency within and across their national boundaries.
Hitherto, President Jonathan and the Heads of State and Government of Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin Republic agreed at a meeting in Paris in May this year to increase efforts to curtail terrorism and violent extremism.
The President , will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, the Chief Of Defence State, Air Chief Marshall Alex Barde and other senior government officials. The party will return to Abuja at the conclusion of the one-day
summit.
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