Governments at all levels have been asked to key into the Regional Stabilization Strategy of the Lake Chad River Basin Commission.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, who made the call, while receiving in audience, officials of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, African Union and UNDP at Abuja, said keying into the common approach programme, will give policy makers the needed information to stabilize those communities shattered by Boko Haram.
Ekwi Ajide of our Abuja bureau reports that Lake Chad Basin Commission, set up in 1964 by four riparian countries of Niger, Nigeria, Cameroun and Chad to supervise and coordinate trans boundary water projects, protect natural resources regulate and monitor water usage and settle disputes is worried about the increasing security challenges occasioned by the menace of Boko Haram.
Minister Onyeama, commended the Commission for its efforts towards stabilization and harmonization of those areas affected by Boko Haram through sensitizing not just the actors but the international partners.
In his speech, the Executive Secretary of the Commission and leader of the team, Ambassador Mamman Nuhu, reechoed the need for governments to synergize and partner the Commission to ensure the strategy is implemented especially those that fell within their region for the success of the project.
According to Ambassador Nuhu, there is no development without security and there is no security without development hence civilization can only happen in a secured society.
Delivering a report of the activities of the Commission, the Head of the Secretariat, Dr Chike Aniekwe, disclosed that the Commission had already taken the sensitization to other member countries and is in Nigeria with the same message of disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration.
He said the sensitization message, hinged on nine pillars, is aimed at promoting rule of law and ensuring that women, youths and children affected by Boko Haram are catered for.
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