House of Reps Put on Hold Plan to Cede Part of Adamawa to Cameroon
- The plan to cede Sina in Michika Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa to the Republic of Cameroon has been halted
- The Chairman of the House of Representatives ad hoc Committee on International Boundary Dispute, Beni Lar, said demarcation will be decided after resolving the disputes
- Lar added that the committee will visit Sina and have informed Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of the visit
FCT, Abuja - The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on International Boundary Dispute has announced plan to put on hold the ceding of Sina in Michika Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa state to the Republic of Cameroon.
The Chairman of the Committee, Beni Lar, said the demarcation of the boundary will wait until the disputes are resolved, Nigerian Tribune reported.
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Lar disclosed this at an investigative hearing on the Nigeria-Cameroon boundary disputes in Abuja on Tuesday, September 12.
She added that the committee would visit Adamawa on a fact-finding mission to get a comprehensive report.
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Demarcation has been decided
The Director General, National Boundary Commission, Adamu Adaji, said the demarcation between Nigeria and Cameroon was decided by the International Court of Justice based on agreements entered into by colonial masters.
“It is a boundary that has been existing and there are documents that show the fact that these boundaries have been existing.
“What the court ruled was that go and use this document to re-establish the boundary as it has always been recognized.”
The representative of the Sina community, Adamu Kamale, said the court made a pronouncement on Nigerian submission that it was the watershed that should be used for demarcation.
He added that the disputed area was a Nigerian territory and was never a settlement.
Children trek from Cameroon to Nigeria every day to acquire education
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that a video of some school children from Cameroon who always trek to Nigeria has gotten people emotional.
In their quest for a good and sound education, the children who live in a timid village in Cameroon trek down to Nigeria to school.
A kind man saw the children trekking back to Cameroon and interrogated them on their condition. The children revealed that had no money for a bike and even if they paid for a bike, it won't get to their village as there are no good roads in their village.
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