Joint Action Against Boko Haram: Buhari To Visit Cameroon

President Muhammadu Buhari today in Abuja accepted an invitation
from President Paul Biya to visit Cameroon at his earliest
convenience for talks on the intensification of cooperation between
Nigeria and   neighbouring countries in the war against Boko Haram
and terrorism, a State House press statement said.
He received the invitation from Mr. Sadi Rene Emmanuel, the
Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration and
Decentralization, and President Buhari said that he will make the
high-level visit Cameroon after the Ramadan fast.
President Buhari, who said that he was putting his experience as a
former soldier to good use in the war against Boko Haram, re-
emphasized that greater regional and international cooperation was
needed to end the atrocities of the terrorist group.
He commended the efforts of all regional governments, including
Cameroon, to support Nigeria in the war against Boko Haram, but
called for even greater collaboration.
“I am happy that the President has sent you. As you must have
observed, I was in Niger and Chad over this issue. I planned to be in
Cameroon afterwards, but I received an invitation to attend the
Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Germany.
“I had to attend the meeting because Boko Haram has been
internationalized and it was part of the discussions there,” he told
Mr. Emmanuel.
The Special Envoy assured President Buhari of President Biya’s
“fraternity, sympathy and brotherly commitment” to working with
Nigeria to end the Boko Haram insurgency.
“Together, we will reinforce our efforts, eradicate the scourge of
terrorism and look forward to better things,’’ he told the President