President Muhammadu Buhari today in Abuja accepted an invitation from President Paul Biya to visit Cameroon at his earliest convenience for talks on the intensification of cooperation between Nigeria and neighbouring countries in the war against Boko Haram and terrorism, a State House press statement said.
He received the invitation from Mr. Sadi Rene Emmanuel, the Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, and President Buhari said that he will make the high-level visit Cameroon after the Ramadan fast.
President Buhari, who said that he was putting his experience as a former soldier to good use in the war against Boko Haram, re-emphasized that greater regional and international cooperation was needed to end the atrocities of the terrorist group.
He commended the efforts of all regional governments, including Cameroon, to support Nigeria in the war against Boko Haram, but called for even greater collaboration.
"I am happy that the President has sent you. As you must have observed, I was in Niger and Chad over this issue. I planned to be in Cameroon afterwards, but I received an invitation to attend the Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Germany.
"I had to attend the meeting because Boko Haram has been internationalized and it was part of the discussions there," he told Mr. Emmanuel.
The Special Envoy assured President Buhari of President Biya's "fraternity, sympathy and brotherly commitment" to working with Nigeria to end the Boko Haram insurgency.
"Together, we will reinforce our efforts, eradicate the scourge of terrorism and look forward to better things,’’ he told the President.