SEE who visited Buhari and what president promised them (photos)
– President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged support for the United Nations on the Nigeria-Cameroon border demarcation
– So far, 2,001 kilometers out of 2,100 kilometers separating Nigeria and Cameroon had been marked
In a statement issued by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, on August 1, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his administration will abide by the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Nigeria – Cameroon border.
Speaking Monday in Abuja when he received a United Nations Mission led by a Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mohammed Ibn Chambers, President Buhari said that Nigeria will not do anything to hamper the work of the various UN committees on the border.
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“We will abide by the law. Having accepted the judgment of the ICJ, we are ready to support the security and logistics requirements of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) to carry out the border demarcation,” the president said.
President Buhari expressed his total support for the exercise, recalling that as Military Head of State between 1984 and 1985, his administration instituted the demarcation of the Nigeria land borders from Benin to Bakassi and urged that all committees be allowed to carry out their functions in line with the ICJ decision.
Earlier, Mohammed Ibn Chambers, the hairman of CNMC, had informed President Buhari that 2,001 kilometers out of 2,100 kilometers separating Nigeria and Cameroon had been marked, leaving a balance of 99 kilometers to conclude the demarcation.
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He expressed hope that the remaining area will be completed latest by the first quarter of next year following the relative calm that has returned to border areas earlier inhabited by Boko Haram terrorists.
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