The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday in Accra, Ghana, said Nigeria “very much looks forward” to the proposed joint Africa Naval Exercise of the Gulf of Guinea Commission holding in Lagos on May 15, 2023.
He also identified regular meetings among the countries that make up the Gulf of Guinea Commission as a critical route towards achieving peace and security in the region.
According to a statement signed by the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari gave the assurance when he spoke for the last time as Nigeria’s President at the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission taking place in the Ghanaian capital.
In the statement titled ‘Regular GGC summits essential for peace and security in the Gulf of Guinea region, President Buhari declares,’ he encouraged member countries to enact laws against piracy and other…
