As part of its mission to the countries of the Lake Chad Basin (Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will be visited Nigeria yesterday and today (Maiduguri and Abuja).
The mission to Nigeria is aimed at enabling the UN Body get first-hand information on the various issues affecting the country. This will be the first time the Council is visiting Nigeria.
With the on-going crisis in the North East and other challenges faced by the country, the delegation will use the mission to engage with Federal and State Authorities, actors on the ground supporting national response efforts and visit selected affected population.