President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Accra, Ghana, identified regular meetings among the countries that make up the Gulf of Guinea Commission as a
His speech marked the last time he would address such a gathering as Nigeria’s President.
According to him: “We must remain committed to our regular GGC Summits and the Extraordinary Sessions and use these deep-seated fundamental platforms to essentially continue to work out key modalities that could afford us the opportunity to discuss, identify, support strategies and develop capacities to achieve peace, security and prosperity in the Gulf of Guinea Region.”
“As a demonstration of Nigeria’s strong commitment towards the repositioning of the GGC into a more vibrant organisation that will effectively deliver on its mandate, the 5th Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission was hosted on 13th October 2022 in Abuja, where the Assembly adopted policy decisions towards revitalising the Commission.
“Nigeria continues to deploy significant resources towards tackling piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. In June 2021, the Government of Nigeria unveiled One Hundred and Ninety-Five Million Dollars’ worth of boats, vehicles and aircraft to spearhead the country’s fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea through the Deep Blue Project,” he added.
He further lauded the team for elevating “the status of the GGC to such a level that enables it to partner with the African Union to implement some of her sub-regional programmes on maritime security, safety and sustainable developmental issues with profound impact on Central and West Africa.”
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