President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Babagana Kingibe as his Special Envoy to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region. The Presidency disclosed this in a statement on Monday evening, adding that the appointment would be in consonance with the resolution of the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission Member Countries, on the situation in Chad on the 25th of May, 2021. What the statement said (i) Monitor developments in Chad and the Lake Chad Basin Region; (ii) Aid reconciliation and seamless progress towards a return to democratic rule at the end of the current Transitional Military Council’s rule;