The Saudi Press Agency reported that the OIC Secretary-General, Hissein Brahim Taha is following with great concern the developments in Niger, which is an OIC member state.
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The Christian body spoke on the development in a statement by its President, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, on Saturday.
On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari delivered the address of 16 African nations who are members of Organization of Islamic Cooperation, making it the third time a Nigerian leader will speak at the OIC. Late President of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua, and his successor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, had attended previous meetings.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation says it will support countries of the Sahel region, particularly Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon, by building their defence and security forces to counter terrorism and combat organised crime.
President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted that many Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states are grappling with serious security problems, including terrorism, violent extremism and armed criminality.
The president made his position known during a bilateral meeting on Thursday, with OIC Secretary-General, Youssef Ahmed Al-Othaimeen.
In a statement to the High-level Conference on the Lake Chad Region, jointly organized by the Governments of Germany, Nigeria, Norway and the United Nations, held on September 3, 2018, in Berlin Germany