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Minister Backs Establishment of Nigeria-Benin Permanent Commission

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"fB6J8Zba" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"lmCp6ET8" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Minister of Foreign Affairs&comma; Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has thrown his weight behind the establishment of Nigeria-Benin Republic permanent Commission&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Minister gave the nod on Wednesday when he received in audience the Nigeria&comma; Advocacy Group for the Establishment<br &sol;>&NewLine;of a Permanent Joint Commission between<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nigeria and Benin Republic in Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group was led by Amb&period; Oguntuase Kayode&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Chairman of the group&&num;8217&semi;s Governing board&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Bl3JF81m" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This issue of the Nigeria Benin Joint Commission is one that is on the front burner&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s also important to note from our records here that in Nigeria Benin Joint Commission does exist it&&num;8217&semi;s just gone silent&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s already in existence and went sort of I wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t want to use the word comatose&comma; for lack of a better word slowed down in 2014 and it&&num;8217&semi;s one that needs to be resuscitated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;And I believe that is happening organically because there&&num;8217&semi;s a lot happening bilaterally between the two countries&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;So it is a laudable initiative because it&&num;8217&semi;s important that private sector and civil society is involved&period; In this that way&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s even more organic than just governments coming together&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s important that we have private sector&comma; civil society&comma; engaging each other and then we just reinforce that&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s also important to remind ourselves that the you have an asset in border&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8221&semi; And we&&num;8217&semi;ve seen that the issue of security is increasingly tied to deficiencies in development in standards of living in border areas&comma; because this is where sometimes insurgencies and unrest hide to to incubate and then come up with of course&comma; well we&&num;8217&semi;re lucky maybe because of the very friendly relations between Nigeria and public opinion and also because of the comparative affluence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We don&&num;8217&semi;t have that on the Nigeria Benin border&comma; even though we do have some disputes and disagreements which we urge you to also&comma; you know&comma; participate in&comma; in diffusing some of the tension that every now and again comes up with regards to border disputes&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his early remarks&comma; Amb&period; Oguntuase Kayode said the establishment of the permanent Nigeria-Benin republic Commission was apt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The establishment of the proposedNigeria and Benin Republic Joint<br &sol;>&NewLine;Commission is quite apt and important in leveraging the existing warm<br &sol;>&NewLine;relations between the two countries to a strategic partnership which will<br &sol;>&NewLine;manifest itself in building robust and sustainable people to people and business<br &sol;>&NewLine;relations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This Proposal has been inspired<br &sol;>&NewLine;by the successesof existing Permanent Joint Commission between Nigeria and<br &sol;>&NewLine;her neighbouring countries&comma;specially&comma; Niger Republic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The Geo-strategic importance of Nigeria and Benin Republic to their<br &sol;>&NewLine;existential realities is a compelling factor for forging a strategic partnership<br &sol;>&NewLine;such as a Permanent Joint Commission that would regulate&comma; monitor&comma;supervise<br &sol;>&NewLine;and co-ordinate beneficial relations between the two countries&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; 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