President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the renewed vigour by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, member countries to mobilize their own resources to combat terrorism.
President Buhari gave the commendation at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during the opening of High-Level meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council on the State of Peace and Security in Africa at the thirty-third AU Summit.
According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari called for new strategies by the Union to effectively prevent, manage and resolve conflicts in the face of new circumstances and emerging challenges.
On security challenges on the continent, Buhari said it was regrettable that terrorism, violent extremism and other forms of vicious conflicts had continued to cause mayhem and untold crisis on the continent.
He added that more emphasis should be placed on promoting national dialogue, reconciliation and social cohesion in order to rally all actors towards sustainable peace.
On the Peace Fund, the President reminded the meeting that drawing from the Kigali and Johannesburg Assembly Decisions, the fund is structured for the internal peace support arrangements within the continent and not as resources to subsidize the mandate of the UN Security Council.
President Buhari also welcomed the decision of the AU Peace and Security Council to adopt the regional stabilization strategy for the Lake Chad Basin and the renewal of mandates of the Multi-National Joint Task Force and the G5 Sahel Joint Force.
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