29 Oct Buhari Calls For Strategic Partnership Engagement In Africa
Nigeria has stressed the need for strategic partnerships engagement to secure lasting peace and stability in Africa.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, representing President Buhari, stated this on Thursday at the 5th Conference of the Network of African Parliamentarians for Defence and Security Committees of the House of Representatives.
The vice president spoke at the conference which brings together lawmakers from across Africa, as well as representatives of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, and the European Union to exchange ideas, share experiences and deliberate on common approaches to addressing threats to the continent’s collective security.
Osinbajo in a statement issued on Thursday by his media spokesman, Laolu Akande, said “mobilizing the full spectrum of our national assets also means engaging the broad expanse of our societies. In order to do this, we must renew the social compact that binds governments and the governed and build institutions that promote inclusive security and prosperity. We recognize that having large segments of our population feeling alienated and marginalized is a critical vulnerability.”
He added, “The challenge then is for us to develop measures through policy and legislation that create an umbrella of human security over our people and thereby prevent the forces of destabilization from weaponizing the frustrations of the marginalized. In doing this, we will also ensure that the human and material resources that we should be deploying for growth and development are not consumed in conflict.”
Noting that the conference is timely, he urged African governments to have more strategic collaboration to tackle existential threats across the continent.
“Governments across the continent are dealing with multiple threats ranging from terrorism and piracy to transnational organized crime and insurrectionary challenges to the very legitimacy of our nations.
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