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President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday, October 12, for Rome, the capital of Italy, to participate in the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government Level Meeting, with special focus on the security crisis in West Africa.

The meeting, which will begin on October 14, will bring together Heads of State and Government, senior intelligence and military officials from African countries, and representatives of intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations to discuss the evolving security challenges in West Africa.

The Aqaba Process Meeting is a counter-terrorism initiative launched by King Abdullah II of Jordan in 2015. It is co–chaired by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Italian Government.

It recognises the complex security challenges confronting West Africa, including the expansion of terrorist networks, the growing crime-terror nexus and the increasing overlap between land-based terrorism in the Sahel and the maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

At the meeting, participants will exchange assessments of the current security landscape in West Africa and foster collaboration between regional and international partners to address cross-border security challenges. Participants will also develop strategies to counter the terror threat on land and the sea.

The meeting will discuss ideas on how to coordinate efforts to combat online radicalisation and disrupt digital networks that facilitate terrorist propaganda and recruitment.

In addition to attending the plenary sessions of the Aqaba meeting, President Tinubu will hold bilateral talks with other leaders to explore ways of addressing the rising security challenges across the subregion.

The President will be accompanied by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu–Ojukwu, the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed, and other senior government officials.


Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information & Strategy)

jmoore:
Tinubu that avoided traveling to USA for UN meeting this year, what is he going to do in Paris?

The trip is just a disguise for another thing.

Even Nuhu Ribadu that presents fake stats on insecurity is going for the trip. A country that keeps releasing terrorists especially in the north is going for counter terrorism talk.

Just sign an agreement with Israel to provide military security for Nigeria. Disband Nigerian military. If you can hire foreign coach, this proposal ain't weird.

Immatex:
He should go visit Trump, lets see what Trump will say about him!

Ofunaofu:
Yet another overseas trip.

What has Nigeria achieved from Tinubu's globe-trotting adventures so far? Absolutely nothing. Each trip seems to be a cover for seeking medical attention in foreign hospitals, while he hasn’t built a single world-class hospital since becoming president. When there’s no legitimate reason to travel, they invent one and call it a working visit, just another excuse to waste Nigeria’s scarce resources on medical tourism.

Putindbutt:
Trump has become your own god. Tell your tingod to come to Nigeria.

Immatex:
Tinubu is your wooden god.

At least Trump fine pass Tinubu.

Putindbutt:
So, the President is now going for medical in Rome, it is no longer in France?.. ipob sef 😂
And all the while the President has been in the country, has it made you stop wailing?

Ofunaofu:
It's obvious you lack mental capacity to comprehend simple and precised English

Where exactly did I say Tinubu is going for medical in Rome? You're so eager to defend failure that you’re arguing with points I never made

Ofunaofu:
Yet another overseas trip.

What has Nigeria achieved from Tinubu's globe-trotting adventures so far? Absolutely nothing. Each trip seems to be a cover for seeking medical attention in foreign hospitals, while he hasn’t built a single world-class hospital since becoming president. When there’s no legitimate reason to travel, they invent one and call it a working visit, just another excuse to waste Nigeria’s scarce resources on medical tourism.

Putindbutt:
Go and use his " fine" to collect free US visa,