President Muhammadu Buhari said the Boko Haram terrorist group, though fragmented by internal strife and degraded by Nigeria’s defense forces, is still active and preying on soft targets.

Buhari made this known while speaking at the third edition of the Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit on Saturday.

The president, however, called on the Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit to provide concrete support to help defeat terrorism and insurgency on the African continent.

The President expressed delight that the Summit convened by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has given due consideration to the issue of terrorism, while also focusing on development and infrastructure in Africa.

He said: ‘‘Another area this Partnership must focus on, is the global challenge of climate change which is impacting us in Nigeria, Turkey, across Africa, and indeed across the world.

‘‘It has become a catalyst for conflict through food insecurity, drying up of lakes; loss of livelihood and youth migration, among others.

‘‘The trend is the same around the world where communities are overwhelmed by forest fires, rising sea levels, flood, drought, and desertification.

‘‘I want to seize this opportunity to appeal for support for initiatives such as Africa’s Great Green Wall on Environment and Land Management, which is designed to fight the effects of climate change and desertification in Africa.

‘‘The initiative aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land in the 11 countries of the Sahel-Sahara strip, capture 250 million tons of carbon and, create 10 million green jobs by 2030.’’

On the global coronavirus pandemic, President Buhari urged nations to follow the example of Africa-Turkey cooperation, which emphasizes solidarity and support in tackling the challenge.

‘‘The pandemic is a global challenge which calls for global solidarity and solutions and the Africa-Turkey cooperation model has proved to be an example to the world.

‘‘Not only has there been mutual support to respond to the pandemic but also mutual support to build resilience and sustainable development in other sectors.

‘‘The pandemic is a global challenge which calls for global solidarity and solutions and the Africa-Turkey cooperation model has proved to be an example to the world.

‘‘Not only has there been mutual support to respond to the pandemic but also mutual support to build resilience and sustainable development in other sectors.

‘‘We also commend the African Union for the excellent role it has been playing in coordinating the implementation process of the Partnership,’’ he said.

The Nigerian leader noted that in view of the increasingly unpredictable nature of contemporary global challenges facing mankind, world leaders must continue to put the wellbeing of humanity at the center of the agenda for the common good and prosperity of all.

‘‘We must therefore promote science, technology, and innovation and share knowledge from research and development to better equip us to address present and future challenges in a more equitable and sustainable manner.

‘‘In this regard, Nigeria strongly endorses the Summit Declaration as well as the 2022-2026 Joint Action Plan,’’ he said.

Reaffirming that international trade is an engine for development and sustained economic growth, as well as the global eradication of poverty, President Buhari welcomed the significant increase in trade figures between Africa and Turkey.

He urged the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCTA) to assist in further increasing the level of Africa-Turkey trade, leading to a win-win for all countries.

President Buhari, who applauded President Erdogan for initiating the Turkey-Africa Partnership since 2008, said:

‘‘We are confident that given the level of openness, trust and commitment manifested in the Africa–Turkey Partnership, this cooperation mechanism will be a game-changer for our countries and set us on the path of sustainable development for our peoples.’’

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This boko haram format never cast yet.
Dem still dey use BH to suck loans.

Spot the lie;
A. Mr integrity: Bh still active
B. Mr Lai: Bh is technically defeated.

Yahoo President.. shey you're back in Aso rock??

lol how can a technical defeated people still be going after soft target....

so our Army wey dem dey attack na part of the soft people......


awa confused president....

Soft target like NA and NPF
Sai Bubu

Will you please keep quiet




Father reporting his kids

The president should buy armed drones from Turkey.

The kind of drones Arzebaijain used against Serbia

The may be targeting Bola Tinubu and other politicians who knows

Even Nigeria soldiers are soft target to bokoharam, not just civilians alone

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Yeye man

It's been long he has been saying this

A general was killed and our darling president calls it soft target, trying to look good on the blood of innocent Nigerians.

Buhari the announcer always mentioning and discussing problems with no solution!

They are no longer technically defeated

Garba Shehu, I thought you said North is now secured Thanks to Bullhari

Defending Buhari is like going into the lions den starved for days

It's a heinous task!

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walemoney007:
The president should buy armed drones from Turkey.

The kind of drones Arzebaijain used against Serbia

Will he use it on them If it's ESN now... Ehen
Bokoharam is helping his ministry while ESN will deprive him access to free crude oil!

This nincompoop man again... Lmao.

Saying this just so he can get loan from Turkey?

Always speaking from the abroad

Baba, that was why we voted you in the first place because you said you would destroy then in your first tenure.
But here we are.
We never knew it is *Format* for cash out.
We hear about Billions of Naira that is always allocated for Security and arms & ammunition every year

Soft target?

What are you doing about that Mr president??

Our lovely president has said the truth, Nigerian Army has exterminated Bokoharam and are now incapacitated to lunch any major attack in the country as they used to do, as a result, their remnants resort to attacking soft targets which is an act of cowardice

How many presidency do we have??

Their president and grand patron have spoken..
Buhari doesn't want iswap and bandits to take his group's shine..
Using reverse psychology to beg

Zombies and BMCs come and hear oo
Una no Sabi pass your principal
If he tells you it's active, don't tell us otherwise

This assertion is in sharp contrast to that of another party man claiming no territory occupied by bandits. A lot of confusion.

So you do nothing because being burnt to death is soft target
Kidnapping and killing is soft target
Raiding, killing and burning down villages is soft target

In short, human life is soft target in Nigeria

Turbaning greater than human life...

APC government, I hail thee