Nigeria Calls for Active Collaboration Among Countries in Lake Chad Basin

Humanitarian and protection challenges presented by the crisis in the region remain urgent says President Buhari

The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mohammadu Buhari has called on countries and development partners in the Lake Chad Basin, to become more active and intensify their collaboration towards attaining stability of the region. Speaking at the second ministerial meeting on protection of the Lake Chad and launch of 2019/2021 humanitarian response strategy for north-east Nigeria, as well as the 2019/2020 regional response plan in Abuja Nigeria, President Buhari represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, asserted that, the humanitarian and protection challenges presented by the crisis in the region remain urgent.