President Bola Tinubu will on Monday open the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja.
This was revealed in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, and posted on his Facebook page on Sunday.
Nigeria, with the help of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, is arranging a high-level African counter-terrorism summit under the theme, ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism.”
According to the statement, Heads of state and high-level government officials across Africa, representatives of international organisations and multilateral institutions, members of the diplomatic corps, and members of civil society groups are expected to attend the summit.
The goal of the summit is to improve multilateral cooperation against terrorism and reshape the international community’s collective response to terrorism in Africa, while emphasizing the importance of African-led and African-owned solutions.
The statement mentioned, “The summit will provide a platform to review the nature and severity of the threat of terrorism on the continent, with a view to agreeing on concrete strategic priorities and measures to address this scourge.
“It will also foster deeper regional collaboration, enhancing the institutional capacity of member states and facilitating the exchange of best practices and knowledge to combat the multifaceted threat of terrorism in Africa.
“Ms. Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, will attend the event.
“Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser, and Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, the Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism, UNOCT, will deliver the concluding remarks at the end of the summit.”
