President Muhammadu Buhari will
on Saturday depart Nigeria for N’Djamena, capital of Chad Republic, to
participate in the Extraordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State
and Government of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, CEN-SAD.
Buhari’s scheduled trip was
disclosed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
in a statement he signed and forwarded.
Buhari and other regional leaders
will join their host and current Chairperson of CEN-SAD Conference, President
Idriss Deby to deliberate among others on political and security issues, state
of peace and ways to address multifaceted threats in CEN-SAD area especially
Boko Haram and refugees; and make a declaration on the entry into force of
CEN-SAD revised Treaty intended to fast track the realisation of the objectives
of the body.
During the opening Session of the
Conference, special awards will be given to Heads of State and Military contingents
in Mali, Sudan, Somalia, Central African Republic and in the Lake Chad Basin.
President Buhari will be
accompanied on his trip to the CEN-SAD meeting by Governors of Borno, Lagos and
Osun: Kashim Shettima, Akinwunmi Ambode and Adegboyega Oyetola respectively.
Others include: Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen Adulrahman
Danbazau (rtd); Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen Mansur Dan Ali (rtd); National
Security Adviser, Maj-Gen. Mohammed Monguno (rtd); Director-General, National
Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; Comptroller-General of
Immigration, Mohammed Babandede; and the Federal Commissioner for Refugees,
Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Sadiya Umar Farouq.
According to the statement, the
President will return to Nigeria at the end of the Conference on Saturday.
CEN-SAD was created by the Treaty
of Tripoli on February 4, 1998 with six founding members.
Nigeria joined the current
29-member regional economic community in 2001 which seeks mainly to create a
free trade area in Africa, as well as “strengthen peace, security and
stability, and achieve global economic and social development of its members.”
Delegations from 22
member-nations are expected at the extraordinary meeting of CEN-SAD holding on
Saturday at the Radisson Blu Hotel, N’Djamena.
Buhari’s latest trip is coming
few days after he returned from the United Arab Emirate, UAE.
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