President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is concerned about Libya’s stability because issues affecting the North African nation greatly impact the Lake Chad Basin, which in turn affects Nigeria.

The Nigerian leader said this on Wednesday when he hosted the Chairman, of the Presidential Council of Libya, Mohammed Younis Menfi, in Abuja.

“Republics of Chad, and Niger, have extensive borders with Libya, and they are our immediate neighbours,” Femi Adesina, one of the presidential spokesmen, quoted his principal as saying. “Whatever affects them affects us. The stability or instability of Libya will directly affect us.”

Buhari expressed joy over Menfi’s attendance at the Summit of Lake Chad Basin Commission held on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Chad and the implications for security in neighbouring nations.

Menfi believes Nigeria and Libya need each other to tackle their common challenges. Photo: Twitter@Mbuhari

The Libyan leader who said his country is making progress in the fight against insecurity informed President Buhari that Libya “now have one government, active on the ground”.

“We are expelling the mercenaries, and unifying the instructions,” he stated. According to him, plans are on the way to hold elections in the country.

Nigeria and Libya, he said, share historical relationships especially in the agriculture and oil sectors, and could not ignore each other.

“We aspire for joint cooperation, and reactivation of previous agreements,” Menfi added.

A Region Facing ‘Severe Challenges’

President Buhari had repeatedly linked the renewed crime wave in Nigeria to instability in Libya.

“The problem of herders in Nigeria is a very long historical thing. The Nigerian herders don’t carry anything more than a stick and occasionally a matchet to cut down foliage and give it to their animals, these ones are carrying AK-47,” the 78-year-old said during a meeting with former US President, Donald Trump in 2018.

“So, people should not underrate what happened in Libya. 43 years of Ghaddaffi, people were recruited from the Sahel and trained to shoot and kill. With the demise of Ghaddaffi, they moved to other countries and regions and carried the experience with them.”

Buhari who swept to power on a three-pronged promise which included tackling insecurity and repositioning the country’s economy is also calling for cooperation among nations in the Sahel region in the battle against insecurity.

‘‘Our region is faced with difficult, several challenges that need the support and engagement of all to overcome,” he said on Tuesday at the opening of the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC).

https://www.channelstv.com/2021/05/26/why-libyas-stability-matters-to-us-buhari/

so nobody rush to comment first becus na buhari matter.watin consern buhari with libya self

Libya my ass, two stupid countries with stupid leaders want to help each other... I de vex oo

This tall oldie na just Mugu

Stabilize your country first sir!

Nigeria stability matters to us too though.

Anumpam

The president that need advice is advising lybia. U can't give what u don't have.

Your own house is on fire and u are looking for a way to build another man's house.

Incompetent president

He should stabilize Nigeria first. Nigeria stability matters to us too.

I have never seen a man as foolish as this Buhari.

Your own house is on fire yet you are so concerned about putting out another on someone's house.

N

Hope he's not planning to build road to Libya sha

As if Nigeria is stable. Mumu president

EgobiambuEmmanuel:


https://www.channelstv.com/2021/05/26/why-libyas-stability-matters-to-us-buhari/

This Buhari na Akpamu for real Walahi.

You're a joke

Minister of foreign affairs

Who be Us?? Werey

This my brother sef. Worrying about another country when yours is on fire. What a low life president.

oniyeye.....................

Buhari are you done with Nigeria's stability?

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Why is other African countries like Ghana, Togo, Benin republic not mourning about instability in north African countries. The insecurity in the north was created by the north for their own selfish political gain not because of Libya crisis

u should know that Libya is their jihadis brothers like Chad, niger etc so those countries will always be his concern because if Nigeria no good again, they are always welcomed there.

Chai

If Gaddafi the great was alive them no born the vegetable abi ugu in Asorock to use Libya talk.

The narrative is totally true, but what happens after the extra ordinary meeting is what matters most, or is this just mere formality to cover face, a smokescreen to make people think that there is concious effort to tackle the spate of insecurity in the country, there are guns in this streets, a whole fucken lot of it...

Hw stable is ur country


Dump presid8)