2013-06-23 00:00:22
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday (today) travel to
Yaounde, Cameroon, to participate in the Summit of West
and Central African Heads of State and Government on
maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea, which opens on
Monday.
According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the
President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the
summit was convened against the backdrop of rising
incidents of piracy in the resource-rich Gulf of Guinea.
Abati said Jonathan would join other heads of state of the
Economic Community of West Africa States and the
Economic Community of Central Africa States in the
Cameroonian capital to deliberate on new proposals and a
joint action plan to tackle piracy and maritime criminality in
the gulf.
Abati said documents to be considered and ratified by heads
of state at the summit include a Memorandum of Agreement
among ECOWAS, ECCAS and the Gulf of Guinea Commission
on Maritime Safety and Security in West and Central Africa;
the policy statements of the heads of state and government
on maritime safety and security; as well as a Code of
Conduct on the fight against piracy, armed robbery and
illegal maritime activities.
The statement read in part, "It is expected that at the
conclusion of the summit, legal instruments for cooperation
on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea will be adopted by
participating heads of state and government.
"The legal instruments and the Memorandum of Agreement
on joint prevention and repression of illegal activities in the
gulf will establish a concrete basis for the two regional blocs
to share intelligence, conduct joint patrols and jointly repress
piracy in their maritime domain.
"President Jonathan will be accompanied to the summit by
the Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke; Minister of
Interior, Mr. Abba Moro; Minister of Transport, Mr. Idris
Umar; Minister of State for Defence, Mrs. Olusola Obada;
Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Joseph Ezeoba and the
Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and
Safety Agency, Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi."
Jonathan is also expected to hold bilateral talks with
President Paul Biya on issues such as border security and
the welfare of Nigerians living in Cameroon.
He will meet with the Nigerian community in Cameroun
before returning to Abuja on Tuesday.

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Hope he would not go there to do "stupiid Buhari, stupiid Amaechi".