The National Boundary Commission (NBC) has proposed a Joint Technical Committee towards resolving the lingering interstate boundary dispute between Niger and Kebbi states.
The Director-General of the commission, Mr Adamu Adaji, made the proposal in Abuja on Friday, during a joint meeting of officials from the two states to agree on way forward.
Adaji said the Kebbi State Government had written to the commission, over an alleged encroachment of their lands in Bagudo Local Government Area by the people of Kwankoso Community of Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.
He said the government had asked the commission to resuscitate action towards ensuring that the boundary between the two states was clearly defined and demarcated.
He recalled that in 2005, a Joint Committee had identified and articulated some documents adjudged to be relevant in the definition of the boundary.
He, however, said that the expected fieldworks to translate the documents to a physical demarcation on ground could not be carried out over the years.
