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Nigeria: Buhari Appoints Kingibe Special Envoy on Chad, Lake Chad Basin Region

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, as his Special Envoy with Cabinet Rank status to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha in a statement on Monday said Mr Kingibe will “monitor developments in Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region as well as aid reconciliation and seamless progress towards return to
democratic rule at the end of the current Transitional Military Council’s rule.”

According to Mr Mustapha, the newly appointed special envoy will also “collaborate with member Countries and partners in the region with similar initiatives to restore stability, promote peace and, security and promote any other initiative ancillary to the restoration of peace and security in Chad, the North East Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin Region.

“The appointment of a special envoy by the President is in consonance 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 on the 25th of May, 2021.”

Mr Mustapha stated further that “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 return to democratic rule, when he visited Nigeria in May, 2021.”

The Special Envoy, Ambassador Babagana 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.

He had also participated in previous Nigeria-led Chadian reconciliation talks (Kano 1 & II as well as Lagos 1 & II).

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