The agreement was reached at a meeting between the Nigerian President, Mr Muhammadu Buharia and his Cameroonian counterpart, Mr Paul Biya in Yaounde, the Capital of Cameroon.
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More than 13,000 people are thought to have died since Boko Haram began its insurgency in 2009.
On Monday, authorities confiscated 600 Islamic veils in the border city of Kousseri, across the Chari River from the Chadian capital N’Djamena, a police official said.
In this regard, the Council commended the Lake Chad Basin Member States and Benin for their continued efforts to fully operationalize the MNJTF in order to collectively enhance regional military cooperation and coordination to more effectively combat the threat posed by the Boko Haram.
Boko Haram has stepped up its attacks since President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May, unleashing a wave of violence that has claimed 800 lives in just two months.
The Army said yesterday that troops have rescued 30 persons, (including 21 children) from Boko Haram in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State.
The movement has also forced young teenage girls and women to become suicide bombers.
Also complicating the fight has been the long-tense relations between Cameroon and Nigeria, and concerns over the role of Chad’s military might on Nigerian soil.
Niger has joined a regional campaign alongside Chad, Niger and Nigeria to battle Boko Haram, whose insurgency has killed at least 15,000 people since 2009 in the name of founding an Islamic caliphate.
Recent days have seen a spate of Boko Haram raids and suicide bombings in the region, with seven people killed in Cameroon at the weekend, three of whom were beheaded.
The decision was said to be part of a set of measures intended to increase security after several terror attacks in the region, triggered by the country’s war on Boko Haram.
He said: “Boko Haram is in disarray and it is doubtful they have any central command.”
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A spokesman for Buhari said that member countries had agreed that the joint task force would have the right to cross global borders – eliminating this problem. “By definition, Boko Haram means Western education is forbidden”.
