President Bola Tinubu has called for the reactivation of a regional standby force leveraging Nigeria’s National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in Abuja.
The proposed force would function as an intelligence and kinetic fusion unit to strengthen regional counter-terrorism responses.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, conveyed Nigeria’s position in a statement delivered on Saturday in Abuja.
This followed a regional conference on security challenges and future risk trajectories in West Africa and the Sahel, held in Accra on January 29 to January 30.
Tinubu reaffirmed Nigeria’s “unwavering commitment to safeguarding peace, security and stability in West Africa and the Sahel.”
He stressed Nigeria’s preference for collaborative and multilateral approaches to address the worsening security crisis across the Sahel region.
According to him, Nigeria continues to disrupt terrorist activities through partnerships with regional intelligence and security structures.
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