President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Yaounde, Cameroun on Sunday to participate in the Summit of West and Central African Heads of States and Governments on Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea.
The summit will commence on Monday.
The summit has been convened against the background of rising
incidents of piracy in the resource-rich Gulf of Guinea.
President Jonathan will join other Heads of States of the Economic
Community of West Africa States and the Economic Community of Central
Africa States in the Camerounian capital to deliberate on new
proposals and a joint action plan to tackle piracy and maritime
criminality in the gulf.
Documents to be considered and ratified by Heads of States at the
Summit include a Memorandum of Agreement among ECOWAS, ECCAS and the
Gulf of Guinea Commission on maritime safety and security in West and
Central Africa, the policy statements of the Heads of States and
Governments on maritime safety and security, as well as a Code of
Conduct on the fight against piracy, armed robbery and illegal
maritime activities.
It is expected that at the conclusion of the summit, legal instruments for cooperation on maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea will be adopted by participating heads of states and governments.
The legal instruments and the Memorandum of Agreement on joint
prevention and repression of illegal activities in the gulf will
establish a concrete basis for the two regional blocs to share
intelligence, conduct joint patrols and jointly repress piracy in
their maritime domains.
President Jonathan will be accompanied to the summit by the Minister
of Justice, Mohammed Adoke; the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro; the
Minister of Transport, Alhaji Idris Umar; the Minister of State for
Defence, Erelu Olusola Obada; the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral
Joseph Ezeoba; and the Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi.
The President will also hold bi-lateral talks with President Paul Biya of Cameroun on bilateral issues such as border security and the
welfare of Nigerians living in Cameroun.
He will meet with the Nigerian community in Cameroun before returning
to Abuja on Tuesday.
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