The 5th session of the Cameroon/Nigeria
trans-frontier committee to reinforce security measures along the borders of
both countries has just ended in Yaoundé with several measures put in place to
mitigate the activities of terrorists, robbers and sea pirates.
The
Nigerian delegation of security officials led by general Abba Mohammed Dikko
the director of defense in the Nigerian national security council met with the
Cameroonian defense and security authorities in a two-day working session that
was co-presided over by the Cameroon minister of territorial administration and
decentralization, Rene Emmanuel Sadi head of the Cameroon delegation, and the
leader of the Nigerian delegation.
Focus
in the discussions was base on exchanges of experiences and techniques use by
both countries to eliminate trans-border criminality and improve upon the
livelihood of their boarder inhabitants.
Another
point of focus was laid on the examination of the activities and performance of
the joint multinational force stationed to ensure trans-border security. In
other to properly analyze the security challenges prevailing at the frontiers
of both countries and design better measures to tackle them, delegates were
regrouped into different working groups to examine specific themes and propose
adequate solutions that will enable both countries improve upon security
measures along the borders.
After two days of serious brainstorming, the committee resolved to improve
upon four main sectors within the realm of their joint trans-border security
efforts. In the domain of security, the committee resolved to explore
alternative sources of finance for the mix multinational force and to
ameliorate military training for special frontier forces especially in the use
of improvised explosive engines.
With
respect to frontier control operations, it was resolved that the military
forces of both countries will have to work relentlessly and intensify control
to cover the entire boarder both land and water linking the two countries.
Also, authorities of both countries were called upon to make available
necessary infrastructures in terms of roads, schools, hospitals and water to
ensure an effective occupation in their various border communities. Equally the
authorities will have to intensify their surveillance policies in the sale of
motor cycles and their spear parts.
In
the domain of diplomacy and judiciary, it was agreed that all accords relating
to the issue of security still to be
negotiated or signed should rapidly be concluded and signed including the
accord to guarantee the free movement of persons and goods between the two
countries.
The
last point was on investigations, surveys and researches at the frontiers were
by it was agreed that both countries should harmonize ethnographic studies and
results to suit the socio-economic needs of the frontier inhabitants. Moreover,
they agreed to harmonize the training of sub divisional officers stationed
within this zone and to create a local bilateral committee to implicate local
and traditional authorities in frontier governance.
Other
attractive results of the workshop include the project to construct the
Gamboru-Ngala-Fotoko-Kousseri corridor, and the Jabbi-Lamba-Garoua corridor to
facilitate circulation at the northern frontiers of both countries.
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