President Bola Tinubu on Monday, declared open the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja holding at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA),
Presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale in a statement on Sunday said Nigeria, with the support of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), is organizing the two-day high-level African counter-terrorism summit under the theme, ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism’.
The summit which began on Monday ends on Tuesday April 23.
Ngelale said the summit would enhance multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation 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 added that “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.
“Heads of state and government and high-level government officials across Africa, representatives of international organizations and multilateral institutions, members of the diplomatic corps, and members of civil society groups are expected to attend the summit.”
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed, will attend the event while the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, and the Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism, UNOCT, Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, will deliver the concluding remarks at the end of the summit, Ngelale said.
