It will be President
Jonathan's first visit since the kidnappings to Chibok village, epicenter of a growing international effort to
rescue the girls. Officials said he will also travel on to a regional security
summit in Paris at. Topics of discussion at the summit will include the
coordination and intensification of efforts to curtail the terrorist activities
of Boko Haram in Nigeria and
neighbouring countries.
President Jonathan is under pressure to crush the rebels,
who have killed thousands in their campaign for an Islamist state, and to free
the girls, whose kidnapping has sparked global outrage.
The Nigerian government has come under criticism for its
slow response to the abductions. President Jonathan asked France last week to
arrange a Paris security summit with neighbours Chad, Cameroon, Niger and
Benin, and officials from the U.S., Britain and the European Union to discuss a
coordinated reponse.
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