USIP: Northern governors go to U.S. to discuss insecurity
Governor Abba Yusuf has arrived in the U.S. for a high-powered symposium organised by the U.S. Institute of Peace.
This was disclosed in a statement issued Wednesday by the governor’s spokesman, Sunusi Bature.
Governors of Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger, Sokoto, Kebbi, Jigawa, and Plateau are attending the three-day symposium.
The statement said the event would address insecurity in northern Nigeria and proffer solutions to the challenge.
It said the intensive executive engagement would enable the governors of some of the security-challenged states to deepen their understanding of the socioeconomic dynamics of insecurity and near-term opportunities to drive stability in northern Nigeria.
According to the statement, experts at the institute would also broaden the participants’ knowledge of strengthening conflict prevention in the region through non-violent strategies.
The strategic engagement, anchored under the tutelage of Joseph Sany, vice-president of the Africa Centre at the institute, will also focus on policy coordination and management of peace and stability in Nigeria.
The symposium, which ends April 25, is part of the northern governors’ ongoing efforts to set a regional development agenda, especially those from the North-West.
(NAN)
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