Minister of Interior Abdulrahman Dambazau
The federal government has announced a partnership with the United Kingdom, France, and Niger Republic to tackle cross-border crimes.
This was contained in a statement made available on the federal government’s Twitter handle on Tuesday.
The minister of interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, said the partnership was proposed during a meeting of the four countries at the regional conference on anti-human trafficking/smuggling of migrants, which held in Niamey, Niger.
Dambazau said the partnership was initiated by the British government and France to strengthen collaboration with Nigeria and Niger Republic in the area of border management, intelligence sharing, and legal cooperation.
The federal government’s Twitter handle posted on Twitter: “@MinOfInteriorNG @AsoRock has entered into a new partnership with the Governments of Niger, France and the @GOVUK on tackling cross-border crimes. #GovtAtWorkNG.
“Minister of Interior @abellodam, today, stated that the proposal was a fallout of a sideline meeting of the four countries at the Regional Conference on Anti-human Trafficking/Smuggling of Migrants held in Niamey, Niger Republic on June 18 & 19, 2018. #GovtAtWorkNG.
“Minister @abellodam said the partnership was initiated by the @GOVUK and France to strengthen collaboration with Nigeria and Niger Republic in the area of border management, intelligence sharing and legal cooperation. #GovtAtWorkNG“, the tweet added.
Dambazau said the goals of the new arrangement will be achieved between 12 to 36 months.
The minister said the partnership will strengthen cooperation among security agencies of the four countries in combating human trafficking, drugs peddling, illicit arms proliferation and terrorism.
Famzn News recalls that the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari had in July led a delegation comprising governors and ministers to the joint Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)/Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) summit in Lome, Togo.
The summit was held to deliberate on and forge “concerted strategies” in tackling terrorism, trans-border crimes and other forms of violent extremism.