President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will open the African Counter-terrorism Summit in Abuja on Monday, 22 April, 2024.
Spokesperson for the President, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Sunday, said Nigeria, with the support of the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism (UNOCT), is organizing the two-day summit under the theme, ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism’.
Ngelale said the aim 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.
The spokesperson noted that the summit will provide am avenue 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 it.
Also, he stated that it will foster deeper regional collaboration, enhancing the institutional capacity of member states and facilitating the exchange of best practices and knowledge to combat the multifaceted threat of terrorism in Africa.
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Heads of state and government and high-level government officials across Africa, representatives of international organizations and multilateral institutions, members of the diplomatic corps, and members of civil society groups are expected to be at the summit.
Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, will attend the event.
Meanwhile, National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and Vladimir Voronkov, the Under-Secretary-General for Counterterrorism, UNOCT, will deliver the concluding remarks at the end of the summit.
The African Counter-terrorism summit will end on Tuesday, 23 April, 2024.
