Stabilisation of Lake Chad Basin : Stakeholders Roll Out Regional Strategic Plan

Efforts at ensuring the return to peace and security for the sustainable development of the Lake Chad Basin area have been outlined in a strategic plan by stakeholders. Meeting at the Ministry of External Relations on October 31, 2019 member countries of the Lake Chad Basin, an area unfortunately of terrorism attacks which subsequently have disrupted several activities, met to harmonise and make known the plan to members of the diplomatic corps and partners. The Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations in charge of Cooperation with the Islamic World, Adoum Gargoum, chaired the session on the putting in place of a regional stabilisation strategy together with the Executive Secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, Mamman Nuhu and members of the diplomatic corps. The strategic plan englobes dispositions at the political level in bringing peace and enabling the population exploit the economic advantage of the basin through humanitarian and military action.

Going by the plan, nine principal pillars revolving around cross-border cooperation, security, disarmament and reintegration, governance, education, prevention of violent extremist an the autonomisation of women and youths w...