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President Buhari Orders The Release Of $21m To Joint Taskforce To Fight Boko Haram + Photos From AU Summit.

by therandompostar on 09:22:00

Nigeria’s President, Muhammed Buhari has approved the sum of $21m to aid in the fight against Boko Haram…

Speaking at the AU summit on Saturday, 13th of June 2015, he said

I am pleased to note that Cameroon, Chad and Niger are already showing this attribute by fighting alongside Nigeria under the umbrella of Multinational Joint Task Force to defeat Boko Haram.
“In this regard, the member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin met recently where far-reaching decisions were taken to immediately put into operations the Multinational Joint Task Force.
“To this end, the summit approved the immediate provision of $30m for the Multinational Joint Task Force.
“Consequently, out of the pledge of $100m, which Nigeria made to the Multinational Joint Task Force, I have directed that $21m be released within the next one week.