ABUJA (The Presidency Report) – The Nigerian Senate has on Tuesday July 1, 2014 noted with anxiety the recent activities of the Joint Technical Team, a sub-body of the Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed Commission mandated to carry out field work on the tracing, ascertaining and reinforcement of the boundary points between the two countries.
According to the report from the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, the team has gone to the village of Danare and Biajua in Boki Local Government in the Central Senatorial District of Cross River State aided by Nigerian soldiers to arbitrarily enforce demarcation of the boundary between the two countries in that area.
In a motion presented by the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma Egba, the Senate noted with concern that on the two occasions when the exercise was attempted in the area, there was no representation from Cross River State in the team led by a Zimbabwean national, Paul Mbaya. He also explained that at the moment, the Cameroonian security forces are guarding their border communities, but there is no security presence on the Nigerian side.
“In the light of the above, the Senate has decided to set up a ten-man Committee to investigate the matter and report back in two weeks,” Ndoma Egba stated.
In another development, Abdul Ningi (Senator) sought the leave of the Senate to table a matter of urgent national importance in relation to the pronouncement of the Imo State Government asking Northerners coming to the State to be registered and to carry identity cards. He was asked to raise the matter as a motion in the next sitting. The Senate also scheduled Wednesday July 2, 2014 for the screening of ministerial nominees.
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