Nigeria gets UN approval additional territory ‘5 times the size of Lagos

The UN has approved Nigeria’s submission, granting sovereignty over additional square kilometres of maritime territory. This was revealed Tuesday after President Bola received the report of the High Powered Presidential Committee (HPPC) on Nigeria’s Extended Continental Shelf Project.

The team of experts had worked hard over the years to advance the project, which aimed at extending Nigeria’s maritime boundaries in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982.

The President while receiving the report, expressed his appreciation to the technical committee after the presentations by Larry Awosika, a marine scientist and member of the Committee, and Aliyu Omar, Secretary of the HPPC.

The experts have been involved in the project since Nigeria’s initial submission to extend its continental shelf to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in 2009.