News Investigators/ The National Boundary Commission (NBC) says it has commenced the demarcation of interstate boundaries that have been resolved and defined in the last two years.
The Director-General of the commission, Adamu Adaji, stated this on Sunday in Abuja, while assessing the impact of President Bola Tinubu’s administration after two years in office.
Mr Adaji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the progress was made possible following the support of the Tinubu-led administration in the last two years.
“We have commenced the demarcation of some boundaries.
“This is because, if the boundaries are not properly demarcated for it to be recognised easily on the ground, you can’t say you have resolved the boundary dispute.
“So, we have commenced the process of demarcating some of the boundaries that have been resolved.
“We have demarcated Katsina-Jigawa boundary; we have commenced the demarcation of Ebuen boundary between Edo and Enugu states and made some demarcation exercises on a few other boundaries.
“We have also demarcated the boundaries of FCT and its neighbours substantially,” he said.
Mr Adaji added that the commission had also improved in the resolution of some aspects of some internal boundaries that require intervention.
He assured that the commission would continue with the demarcation exercises.
Mr Adaji said, before now, more emphasis was on the resolution of contested boundaries with little efforts on demarcation.
He added that the non demarcation of some resolved boundaries have led to some instances of encroachment.
“For the problems to be curtailed, they need to be demarcated, and we have strategised in such a way that we demarcate these boundaries as we make progress.
“We don’t wait until the entire boundary is defined before we demarcate. Once any sector is resolved, we try to commence the demarcation,” he said.
He identified lack of political will on the part of some of the neighbouring local government, states and neighbouring countries as one of the serious challenges affecting boundary demarcation efforts.
The NBC boss, however, said that the commission had been empowered by President Tinubu administration to make a better impact in resolving and demarcating some of the disputed boundaries.
NAN
