BREAKING: Tinubu Inaugurates African Counter-Terrorism Summit In Abuja

• Tinubu inaugurates the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja.
• The event, supported by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, focuses on enhancing multilateral efforts.
• Objectives include reviewing the severity of the terrorism threat and shaping collective responses.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu unveiled the African Counter-Terrorism Summit at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja on Monday.

The event which is currently ongoing and organised by Nigeria, with support from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, will be held from Monday to Tuesday, April 23, 2024, with the theme: ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism’.

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The Presidency announced on Sunday that the summit aims to enhance multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation.

In a statement the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale stated; that the support of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), is organizing a high-level counter-terrorism summit under the theme, ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism’, in Abuja, from April 22 to April 23.

Ngelale stated that the objective of the summit is to enhance multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation and reshape the international community’s collective response to terrorism in Africa while emphasizing the importance of African-led and African-owned solutions.

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He disclosed that the summit will provide a platform to review the nature and severity of the threat of terrorism on the continent, with a view to agreeing on concrete strategic priorities and measures to address this scourge.

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