THE LAGOS STATE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT OFFICE (LSWMO), YESTERDAY, SEALED OFF SOME BUILDINGS/PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STATE OVER DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFRACTIONS.(PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has called for a comprehensive and multifaceted strategy, hinged on broader regional cooperation to tackle the escalating security and humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region.
The Governor stated while presenting a paper at the roundtable discussion of the 5th Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development held in Aswan, Egypt.
The governor whose state has been at the epicentre of Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin, argued that a purely military solution has proven insufficient, emphasising that lasting peace can only be achieved by simultaneously addressing the root causes of the conflict.
He also called for broader cooperation among countries in the Sahel region and stressed that extremist groups and other criminal networks operate across borders with impunity and the response must be equally transnational.
Beyond security collaboration, the governor also called for improved development in the Sahel countries, identifying poverty, lack of education and climate change-induced scarcity as key drivers of recruitment for armed groups.
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