President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Chris Ngwodo as Director-General of a new National Early Warning Centre.
The centre was born following the signing of Executive Order 12 by Buhari.
It will be known as the National Centre for the Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanisms.
According to Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, the order was signed on June 10.
This is in conformity with Article 58 of the ECOWAS Treaty and Article 16 of the Protocol on the Mechanism related to Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Security.
Under the ECOWAS instruments, including the 1993 Revised ECOWAS Treaty, each member state is to establish a national early warning centre to address issues relating to threats to human security as part of the regional body’s peace and security architecture.
The national centre is domiciled in the Office of the Vice President.
With the support of relevant national and transnational institutions, it will provide research, analysis, and advice on trends in the human security sector, cutting across the environment, public health, and governance.
Other areas the centre will focus on including human rights, food security, and crime, among others, as well as supporting the government’s responses to emerging situations in these domains.
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