President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday to
attend the third extraordinary session of the assembly of heads of state and
government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission.
The meeting is convened by Nana Akuffo-Ado, president of
Ghana, and will be held in Accra, the capital of the west African country.
According to a statement released on Monday by Femi Adesina,
presidential spokesman, Buhari will at the meeting, deliver a keynote address
on strategies for strengthening peace and security in the fight against
maritime-related crimes in the region.
“As the immediate past chair of the assembly, President
Buhari had championed collective efforts by member states of the region, the
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS), the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC), and their
partners to address and prevent piracy,” the statement reads.
“In June 2019,
Nigeria’s national assembly passed the suppression of piracy and other maritime
offences act, 2019, (POMO Act) which aims to prevent and suppress piracy, armed
robbery, and other unlawful acts against
a ship.”
Buhari will be accompanied to Ghana by Geoffrey Onyeama,
minister of foreign affairs; Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA);
Ahmed Abubakar, director-general of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), among
other government officials.
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