By Ben Agande

ABUJA — President Goodluck   Jonathan,  Monday night, held closed-door security meeting with his Chadian counterpart, Idris Deby, in Ndjamena, Chad, to discuss ways of ending the spiralling cross-border  insurgency and acts of terrorism in the region, particularly the Boko Haram menace afflicting northern Nigeria.

Though details of the meeting were not made known, it is a   follow-up to the discussions in Nairobi, Kenya, last week during a meeting of the African Union Security Council summit between the two Presidents on the on the sidelines of the summit.

It was gathered that the meeting between both leaders centred on the actualisation of agreements for greater co-operation against insurgents and terrorists reached by Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon at a meeting in Paris earlier this year.

It would be recalled that presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, while announcing the President’s trip to N’djamena, said the talks between the two leaders  were expected to lead to the strengthening of the Paris Accord on joint border patrols and intelligence sharing.

“Also on the agenda is the prevention of illicit movement of terrorists, criminals, arms and ammunition across shared borders,” he added.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has called on all African countries to become more active participants in the digital revolution going on in the world.

Speaking at an international conference on Information and Communications Technology, ICT, in the Chadian capital, hosted by the country’s President, Idris Deby, yesterday, President Jonathan noted that African countries stood to gain a lot from the effective adoption of the new technologies, in view of the strong correlation between the efficient deployment of ICTs and socio-economic development.

He noted:  “Africa and Africans must be active participants in the digital revolution that is taking place all around the world.
“We must in fact be at the forefront of that revolution, creating information societies and knowledge based economies.