President BOLA TINUBU will open the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja today.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, AJURI NGELALE, disclosed this in a statement. 

NGELALE said Nigeria, with the support of the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism (UNOCT), is organising the high-level African counter-terrorism summit under the theme, ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Institution Building to Address the Evolving Threat of Terrorism.

He added that the objective of the summit is to enhance multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation and reshape the international community’s collective response to terrorism in Africa, while emphasizing the importance of African-led and African-owned solutions.

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, AMINA MOHAMMED, Heads of state and government and high-level government officials across Africa, representatives of international organizations and multilateral institutions, members of the diplomatic corps, and members of civil society groups are expected to attend the summit.