Buhari to host conference onLake ChadPublishedDecember 26, 2017ShareTweetSharePin it+1President Muhammadu BuhariOlalekan Adetayo, AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari will in February host an international conference on saving theLake Chad.According to a statementon Tuesdayby the SeniorSpecial Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the conference is to revitalise the basin’s ecosystem for sustainable livelihood, security and development.Shehu said this was the first time an internationalconference on Lake Chadis being organised by thesix member countries of the region.The three-day conference, according to him, will consist of two days of technical sessions and will hold betweenFebruary 26-28, 2018, in Abuja.He said the meeting was expected to have in attendance all the Presidents and Heads of government of the member-states, namely Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic and Libya.The presidential spokesman said, “The main objective of the international conference is to create global awareness on the socio-economic and environmental challenges arising from the shrinkage of the LakeChad, the threat to livelihoods including insecurity with a view to developing a comprehensive program for action to save the lake from extinction.“Specifically, the conference is expected to discuss and develop consensus on the different options to restore Lake Chad, including the Inter-Basin Water Transfer project from the Ubangi River in Central Africa to the LakeChad.”
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