The Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, has said that Nigeria’s boundary with her neighbours is artificial.
The countries are Cameroon, Niger Benin Republic, Chad and Niger Republic.
The President’s Chief of Staff said that the neighbouring countries share similar interest and cultures which binds them to Nigeria.
Gambari spoke at a reception organized in honour of two principal officers of the President who were recently honoured by the President of Niger, Mohammed Bazoum in Abuja on Monday.
The two Presidential aides who are recipients of the highest honour in Niger are the State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Lawal Kazaure and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Household and Domestic Affairs, Sarkin Ada.
He said “All these boundaries are very much artificial. The Europeans in Congress of Berlin just took a piece of paper and were drawing lines across places where they have never been; they never intended to be, separated people who should be united and uniting people, perhaps, who should be separated.
“But the leaders of Africa decided that it’s wise to keep those boundaries artificial as they may be, because to change them other than peacefully, will be creating even more problems than they can solve.
“But in any case, whether by those lines, whether artificial or not, Niger/Nigeria share common boundaries, common interests, common concerns their families across the borders.” He said
