(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) President goodluck jonathan will visit chibok a town in northeastern borno state where boko haram militants abducted more than 200 schoolgirls a month ago.
“the president will visit chibok tomorrow (friday) before heading to france” an official from the presidency told afp on condition of anonymity.
an official statement said jonathan will travel friday to paris to participate in a summit convened by president francois hollande “to discuss fresh strategies for dealing with the security threat posed by boko haram and other terrorist groups in west and central africa.”
the april 14 mass abduction has sparked global outrage and galvanised the international community to help nigeria end the crisis.
the presidents of neighbouring countries — benin cameroon niger and chad are scheduled to attend the saturday summit in paris which would also be attended by representatives from britain the united states and the european union.
meanwhile the nigerian lower house of parliament thursday in abuja approved the request of jonathan to extend the state of emergency in three troubled northeastern states of adamawa borno and yobe a spokesman of the parliament said.
after a meeting with military chiefs and heads of security agencies the house of representatives decided “to vote unanimously for the extension of the emergency in the states of borno adamawa and yobe for another period of six months” zakari mohammed told reporters.
the senate which also met the security chiefs on thursday is expected to vote on the same issue on tuesday before it becomes law.
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