An extraordinary meeting of Heads and
Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission
and Benin has approved that Nigeria retains the
position of the force commander in the war
against Boko Haram until the end of the
mission.

It also approved that the slot of the deputy
force commander and chief of staff be rotated
between Cameroun and Chad every twelve
months.

Their decision followed an earlier rejection of a
rotational six-month tenure of the Multi-
National Joint Task Force’s Commander, by
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr. Buhari suggested instead that Nigeria heads
the force for the period of the war against the
insurgents since it was providing the bulk of
troops.

Mr. Buhari had earlier argued that such a
process will undermine the military’s capacity to
sustain the push against the insurgents “who also
have the uncanny ability to adapt and rejig
their operational strategies”.

“This command will be to the effectiveness of
military strategy, since Nigeria will be providing
the bulk of the troops and the main theatre of
the war is on Nigerian soil,” he said.

A Nigerian, Tukur Buratai, a major general,
had only last week been appointed the force
commander of the Multi-National Joint Task
Force, The summit which held at the Presidential
Conference Lodge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja was attended by,
Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger
Republic; Idriss Deby, President of Chad; and
Boni Yayi, President of Benin Republic.

The Cameroonian President, Paul Biya, was
represented by Mebe Ngo’o Edgard Alain,
minister delegate at the presidency in charge of Defence Deliberations at the summit focused on The Security Situation in the Lake Chad Basin, the Immediate Operationalization of the Multinational Joint Task Force and the Adoption of Emergency Development Plan.

They were preceded by a preparatory meeting of
the Ministers of Defence, the Chiefs of Defence
Staff and Heads of Security and Intelligence
Services of the LCBC member States and Benin.

The heads of state and government of the
LCBC and Benin Republic acknowledged with
satisfaction the success recorded on military
operations jointly conducted in the field by the
coalition of the troops from Cameroun, Niger,
Nigeria and Chad which have significantly
broken down the military capability of Boko
Haram terrorist group.

However, they agreed on the need to keep up
the drive marked by solidarity in action by
taking decisive measures in order to totally curb
Boko Haram insurgency.

According to a communique released at the end
of the one day summit, the Heads of State
agreed on the need to support military
operations with an emergency development plan
in favour of vulnerable populations in the region
in order to fight against the root causes of
insecurity relating to poverty.

At the end of their deliberations, the Heads of
State also approved the Concept of Operations
Strategic and Operational and related
documents of the MNJTF for the fight against
Boko Haram terrorist group.

Approval was also given for the immediate
deployment of the MNJTF HQ at N’Djamena
(Chad) by implementing its human, logistic
and financial requirements as well as the
deployment of the national contingents to the
MNJTF under the operational command of the
MNJTF commander assisted by his joint
headquarters by July 30, 2015.

The leaders also approved $30million for the
installation and equipping of the MNJTF HQ.
MNJTF will require $30 million in the next one
year to reduce terrorism in Nigeria’s north-east
and neighbouring countries to its barest
minimum, the executive secretary of the Lake
Chad Basin Commission, Sanusi Abdullahi, had
said on Wednesday, at the end of a two-day
meeting of the Ministers of Defence and top
military officials of the LCBC, in Abuja.

The leaders approved the establishment of the
executive secretariat as the headquarters of
the mission and the executive secretary of the
LCBC to be the head of mission.

It requested the African Union’s support to the
MNJTF in its operations, logistics and general
mission support; by mobilizing financial support.
The heads of state also resolved to seek the
support of strategic partners, notably
European Union, France, United Kingdom and
United States of America in favour of the
MNJTF.

It also requested the president of the UN
Security Council to make a declarative statement
in support of MNJTF Operations against the Boko
Haram terrorist group.
The Emergency Plan for Development in the
Lake Chad Basin, was also adopted at the
summit.

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boko-haram-war.html

That is a president extraordinaire.

Before nko who would have led the MNJTF, these our neighboring children don deh grow wings ooo just imagine pikin wey never sabi how to baff himself finish wants to wash a car....

temitemi1,barcanista nd others wont find dz thread interesting, its another sad news

jantofubu:
temitemi1,barcanista nd others wont find dz thread interesting, its another sad news

What is new in this development?

Wasn't Nigeria the one leading the Multi-National Joint Task Force fighting Bokoharam throughout Jonathan's regime?

An extraordinary meeting of Heads and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin has approved that Nigeria retains the position of the force commander in the war against Boko Haram until the end of the mission.

When will this after-sales customer services paid on repackaging Buhari stop?

They sold lies and concoctions to us to win the elections and they want to sustain this deception when it is evident that Nigerians were deceived into believing that APC at Federal level had a magic wand.

My question is: Is this in preparation for the two months President Buhari promised to wipe out Bokoharam?

Why the six month leadership when the job will be finished in two months?

IsraeliAIRFORCE:



What is new in this development?

Wasn't Nigeria the one leading the Multi-National Joint Task Force fighting Bokoharam throughout Jonathan's regime?

yes of course. One thing I still think is that Chad and Niger have more information than Nigeria in regard to these BH guys. Disregarding them may not be good. There should a synergy among the their military in terms of the leadership structure.. We pray for peace.

Thank you! Buhari is only following Jonathan's plan! Nigeria is on autopilot

IsraeliAIRFORCE:



What is new in this development?

Wasn't Nigeria the one leading the Multi-National Joint Task Force fighting Bokoharam throughout Jonathan's regime?

barcanista:
Thank you! Buhari is only following Jonathan's plan! Nigeria is on autopilot

An extraordinary meeting of Heads and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin has approved that Nigeria retains the position of the force commander in the war against Boko Haram until the end of the mission.

When will this after-sales customer services paid on repackaging Buhari stop?

They sold lies and concoctions to us to win the elections and they want to sustain this deception when it is evident that Nigerians were deceived into believing that APC at Federal level had a magic wand.

My question is: Is this in preparation for the two months President Buhari promised to wipe out Bokoharam?

Why the six month leadership when the job will be finished in two months?

IsraeliAIRFORCE:


When will this after-sales customer services paid on repackaging Buhari stop?

They sold lies and concoctions to us to win the elections and they want to sustain this deception when it is evident that Nigerians were deceived into believing that APC at Federal level had a magic wand.

My question is: Is this in preparation for the two months President Buhari promised to wipe out Bokoharam?

Why the six month leadership when the job will be finished in two months?

you recall that barely 48hours when Buhari made the pledge to eliminate BH in 2months, the APC and Buhari came out to deny the pledge coincidentally it was after the polls. But sadly for them, reputable media outfit like GuardianUK and CNN published the initial pledge. The APC have no clear blueprint and Buhari has never been prepared for leadership. A man that won election 2months before inauguration still couldn't come up with any fresh policy on how to lead the country. All we are witnessing is the implementation of Jonathan's policies. The so-called JMTF leadership has always been held by Nigeria. It wasn't even subject to negotiation. The $100m pledge was made by Jonathan, buhari only reiterated it.

Sadly, the administration is going about like they were the initiator of everything. Their propaganda is just too much!