BY: Mohammed O. Taoheed
Prof Babagana Zulum, the Governor of Borno State, paid a visit to the headquarters of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in N’Djamena, Chad to honour over 6,000 brave soldiers.
The soldiers were honoured at a medals parade held by the MNJTF to jubilate over 6,000 troops for their gallantry in the cause against insecurity around the lake chad region.
The event is organized annually is to honour personnel that have finished their routine one-year duty at the Multi-National Joint Task Force from where soldiers are deployed to border communities in near countries.
Four countries of Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger Republic and Nigeria contributed troops to form the Multi-National Joint Task Force to tackle unceasing attacks on government forces and civilians by Boko Haram insurgents.
The Governor seems concerned to the fight against insurgency in Lake Chad was invited by the MNJTF to serve as a special guest of honour during the medal parade.
In his address, Zulum thanked the task force for their indefatigable sacrifice in continued efforts to free the region of insurgents.
He called on the task force to sail support for the ongoing mass surrender of insurgents while continuing their military operations against fighters unwilling to embrace peace.
Force Commander MNJTF, Major General Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim decorated Borno state Governor Babagana Zulum with a medal at the 2022 MNJTF Medal Parade in N’djamena, Chad Republic.
The Governor was accompanied by the theatre commander of Northeast Operation Hadin Kai, Major Gen. Christopher Musa, Borno State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Emirates Affairs, Sugun Mai Mele, and a few top government officials.
Executive Secretary Lake Chad Basin Commission and Head of Mission, Ambassador Mamman Nuhu, who was represented by the Director of Finance, Mr Nadjingar Titdjebaye, also graced the occasion.
The ceremony was attended by the Chadian Minister of Defence, Lt Gen Daoud Yaya, who was represented by Brigadier General Taher Brahim Djouma while the Chadian Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud, was also represented by the Chadian Gendarmerie Adviser.
