President Muhammadu Buhari is leading Nigeria’s heads of security agencies, to brainstorm with their counterparts over current security challenges at the 16th Ordinary Session of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (SISSA), in Abuja.
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President Buhari is expected to deliver the keynote address during the high profile event with about 300 delegates from member states participating.
With Nigeria facing the biggest security challenge ever in its 59 years history, the meeting is expected to produce new ideas on how to tackle the problem
Officials say the programme with the theme “Illicit Financial Outflows from Africa and their Impact on National Security and Development” aims to also address the challenges of social media platforms used to propagate the spread of terrorism as well as hate speech, among other negatives in the African continent.
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Nigeria recently assumed leadership of CISSA and the meeting is taking place at the Headquarters of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
Details later.
