President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday called for more effective global action and implementation of all existing international protocols against terrorism and violent extremism, including Boko Haram in Nigeria.
He made the call, according to a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, while presenting Nigeria’s statement to the ongoing United States-African Leaders Summit in Washington DC.
Jonathan also demanded for a more effective international sanctions regime against countries, organisations and individuals that sponsor terrorism in any part of the world.
He observed that some of the security problems now faced by Nigeria and other African countries were transnational in scope and could not therefore be solved by any country acting alone.
Because terrorism, piracy and transnational organised crimes have become global in scope, he said that greater regional and international collaboration was needed to combat them.
He said: “Several African countries, including Nigeria, are now challenged by terrorism and violent extremism. For several countries in the continent, terrorism has become a real threat to social progress, peace and security.
“The violent and criminal activities of Boko Haram in my country have captured the world’s attention. This has been especially so since the terrorist group abducted some girls from their school dormitory in the North-Eastern Nigeria in April.
“Nigeria may be the epicentre of Boko Haram terrorist activities at the moment, but its affiliation with international terrorist networks, dramatically increases its capacity and reach beyond Nigeria’s borders.
“Nigeria is doing everything possible to combat Boko Haram and violent extremism. While we continue to enhance our intelligence and military capacities, we are, at the same time, working on political and socio-economic solutions. We are also building partnerships, both at the regional and international levels, to combat the threat posed by terrorism in our sub-region.”
He went on: “In this enterprise, we are pleased to acknowledge the supportive role of the United States. The assistance that we continue to receive from the U.S and our other international partners is proof indeed that partnership can multiply our strengths in addressing common challenges.”
“We call for an effective international sanctions regime that would hold accountable any country, institutions and individual that finances terrorism.”
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