Story from Kenneth AFOR, Lagos
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday has appointed Babagana Kingibe as his Special Envoy to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.
According to Mustapha, Kingibe’s appointment as a Special Envoy is in agreement with the resolution of the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission Member Countries, on the situation in Chad.
Mustapha said the Special Envoy will among other tasks, monitor developments in Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region; aid reconciliation and seamless progress towards a return to democratic rule at the end of the current Transitional Military Council’s rule.
Kingibe will also collaborate with member countries and partners in the region with similar initiatives to restore stability, promote peace, security; and promote any other initiative ancillary to the restoration of peace and security in Chad, North-East Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin Region.
“President Buhari has by this appointment demonstrated the determination of Nigeria to lead regional security efforts that will stabilize the Lake Chad Basin Region, bring peace to Chad and ultimately eliminate the Boko Haram Insurgency in the North-East zone of Nigeria.
“This is also a fulfilment of the President’s promise to General Mahamat Deby Itno, the President of the Transitional Military Council of Chad, to support a seamless progress towards a return to democratic rule when he visited Nigeria in May 2021,” Mustapha said.
He added that Kingibe is an accomplished multi-lingual diplomat, who had at various times served the nation as Federal Permanent Secretary, Secretary to the Constituent Assembly, Cabinet Minister and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).
He had also participated in previous Nigeria-led Chadian reconciliation talks (Kano 1 & II as well as Lagos 1 & II).
Kingibe was the former running mate to the late Chief MKO Abiola on June 12, 1993, Presidential Election which was annulled by General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida on June 24th, the same year.
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