President Muhammadu
Buhari on Friday said with the coming on board of the Multi National Joint Task
Force which has been established under the auspices of the Lake Chad Basin
Commission, Nigeria and neighbouring countries are now on a better stead to defeat
the Boko Haram sect.
He said with the
formation of what he called stronger regional coalition, the countries in the
region had an increased capacity to deal effectively with the sect and other
terrorist groups.
A statement by his
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, quoted the President
as speaking while granting audience to the United Nations Secretary-General’s
Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West
Africa, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Adesina, said Buhari
reaffirmed his belief that the full activation and deployment of the joint task
force would lead to the speedy defeat and elimination of Boko Haram.
The President added
that with the Command and Control Centre of the Nigerian military now in
Maiduguri, Borno State, the morale of troops in the front-line states had
improved significantly.
“You can tell the
Secretary-General that we are doing our best and our best will be good enough
for the nation and the sub-region,’’ Buhari told Chambas.
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