President Bola Tinubu has approved the constitution of Nigeria’s delegation to the US-Nigeria joint working group to deepen collaboration on security.
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, announced the development in a statement on Thursday.
According to the statement, Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser (NSA), will lead the multi-stakeholder team.
The formation of the joint working group was agreed upon during the recent trip to Washington DC by senior Nigerian officials.
Members of the group include Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs; Mohammed Abubakar, minister of defence; Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior; and Bernard Doro, minister of humanitarian affairs.
Others are Olufemi Oluyede, chief of defence staff (CDS); Mohammed Mohammed, director-general of the National Intelligence Agency; and Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police (IGP).
Idayat Hassan from the office of the NSA and Paul Alabi of the Nigerian embassy in the US will serve as the secretariat.
Tinubu urged the delegation to work closely with their US counterparts to ensure “smooth operationalisation” of existing agreements across sectors
