The base of a multi-national military offensive against Boko Haram will cost some $30 million over the next year, the head of a regional security grouping said Wednesday in Nigeria, appealing for help.

His comments came as defence ministers and military chiefs from Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin — which will contribute military personnel, police and civilians to the so-called Multi-national Joint Task Force (MNJTF) — met in Abuja to thrash out plans to take on the militants.

Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari has made stopping Boko Haram’s bloody, six-year insurgency a top priority, and on Thursday he will meet with his regional counterparts in a high-level summit on the issue in the Nigerian capital.

“The total amount required to set up and sustain the MNJTF headquarters for the next 12 months is about $30 million (27 million euros),” said Sanusi Imran Abdullahi, head of the Lake Chad Basin Commission security grouping that includes Nigeria and nearby countries.

“The troop-contributing countries are responsible for equipping and sustenance of their battalion.”

The long-awaited task force, which has its headquarters in Chad’s capital N’Djamena under a senior Nigerian officer, was originally due to have been operational in November. In the meantime, troops from Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon have been fighting Boko Haram insurgents in northeast Nigeria for several months and have claimed a series of successes.

But since Buhari took office on May 29, Boko Haram attacks have risen with 12 recorded and a total of 109 people killed, according to AFP reporting.
Abdullahi said it was crucial to quickly deploy the force to “sustain the offensive on the Boko Haram terrorist group who should not be given the time and space to regroup, as this may constitute a much more potent threat than we witnessed.” He appealed to other regional groupings to contribute resources to help fight the insurgency, which has left at least 15,000 people dead.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/boko-haram-hqs-of-regional-force-against-boko-haram-to-cost-30mn/

What?

I hope PMB is not going to use the whole of his tenure fighting BH.

K

6.3 billion naira about to go down the drain.

One chance

chuna1985:
6.3 billion naira about to go down the drain.

What drain are you talking about? Do you think warfare is cheap? Don't talk about things you know nothing about.

chuna1985:
6.3 billion naira about to go down the drain.

when will you ever be reasonable? This pessimism is definitely connected to the fact that u hate Buhari.. And all u want is to see him fail..u don't care about the country and those who will be affected... Pathetic!

If it were GEJ that said he would use 30 mil usd some people would have screamed and used it for political gains.

dustmalik:

What drain are you talking about? Do you think warfare is cheap? Don't talk about things you know nothing about.

Its both s.tupid n a waste of our scarce funds for buhari to move our command n control centre to Maiduguri

buharisambisada:
If it were GEJ that said he would use 30 mil usd some people would have screamed and used it for political gains.

ur right brother, buhari is spending like gej n also taking all the steps he took n some Nigerian Satanoids are applauding him.

For those making senseless comments above, please realize GEJ and PMB are not the same. One (PMB) is genuinely committed to the course, the other (GEJ) only pretended to be committed.

Secondly, the report didn't say the project will be funded by Nigeria. I implore you TANoids to always read and understand perfectly before embarrassing yourselves on a public forum.

Cc lalasticlala OAM4J seun

jorlons:
For those making senseless comments above, please realize GEJ and PMB are not the same. One (PMB) is genuinely committed to the course, the other (GEJ) only pretended to be committed.

Secondly, the report didn't say the project will be funded by Nigeria. I implore you TANoids to always read and understand perfectly before embarrassing yourselves on a public forum.

Cc lalasticla.la OAM4.J seu.n

thank you

dustmalik:

What drain are you talking about? Do you think warfare is cheap? Don't talk about things you know nothing about.

And when Jonathan asked for a billion dollars not only to fight boko haram but to modernise our military you guys screamed no.


Here is Buhari spending $30million to build a command centre in Tchad.

I pity the janjawiid for his brain is turned off!

chuna1985:
6.3 billion naira about to go down the drain.

Chanji

Nigerians shine your eyes else you will be one chanced

jorlons:
For those making senseless comments above, please realize GEJ and PMB are not the same. One (PMB) is genuinely committed to the course, the other (GEJ) only pretended to be committed.

Secondly, the report didn't say the project will be funded by Nigeria. I implore you TANoids to always read and understand perfectly before embarrassing yourselves on a public forum.

Cc lalasticlala OAM4J seun

This post reeks of sentimental bullsh1t.

chuna1985:

Its both s.tupid n a waste of our scarce funds for buhari to move our command n control centre to Maiduguri

'Aku yoyi'

Goats.

RevDesmondJuju:
This post reeks of sentimental bullsh1t.

Fool.
Watin u know.

Agwagwa

Sunnybobo3:
Chanji

If not that I respect people, I could have said 'you are stupid'

buharisambisada:
If it were GEJ that said he would use 30 mil usd some people would have screamed and used it for political gains.

You are hullucunating.

IdisuleOurOwn:



If not that I respect people, I could have said 'you are stupid'

Then I would have responded by saying 'Your mother is a basstard'.

Imagine what boko haram is causing us now. Money that will be spent on other things is now used to combat terrorism. It will never be well with them in Jesus name.

Sunnybobo3:


Then I would have responded by saying 'Your mother is a basstard'.

I don't have time for a jobless drunkard like you. Keep on wasting your entire life on hating Buhari while he does not know weather you wasted 'sperm' exist.


I have better things to do, am not like you who goes in all day and all night on Nairaland.


Old fool.


Jaki

IdisuleOurOwn:


Fool.

Watin u know.


Agwagwa

And you can add blind fanatiscm to you ever growing list of Plebeian attributes.

That's quite a lot of money.....but any amount just to crush those demons is acceptable by me.


On this note, on behalf of the GoldStraw Group, I wish to announce the humble donation of the sum of $5,200,000 to this cause. I also pledge to make more donations as soon as global oil prices increase. Thank you!

RevDesmondJuju:


And you can add blind fanatiscm to you ever growing list of Plebeian attributes.

I don't have time for jobless drunkard like you.

Wawa

Jonathan would have spent 60mil usd and there would nothing to show for it.

buharisambisada:
If it were GEJ that said he would use 30 mil usd some people would have screamed and used it for political gains.

i pray this won't be a waste...are they planning to use the centre forever? only the Nigerian army was able to inflict heavy damage on bokoharam within 6 weeks to the presidential elections...is the multinational joint task force planning to take a much longer time under buhari?...i see $30m centre as a waste. or are we trying to build something greater than the military bases we already have in bokoharam enclave? oh okay while concentrating efforts on building, boko haram should keep bombing and killing innocent civilians ryt? common buhari we need you to pull stunts as a retired major General.

i said it!
when buhari went to Niger,
they told him to settle them because of all their boko haram boys that have been killed by Nigeria Army!
this $30million is just the first installment!
IDRIS DEBY IS USING THIS BOKO HARAM THING TO BLACKMAIL BUHARI!

IdisuleOurOwn:



I don't have time for a jobless drunkard like you. Keep on wasting your entire life on hating Buhari while he does not know weather you wasted 'sperm' exist.


I have better things to do, am not like you who goes in all day and all night on Nairaland.


Old fool.


Jaki

This is what you get when contraceptives fail.

bunmititi:
i said it!
when buhari went to Niger,
they told him to settle them because of all their boko haram boys that have been killed by Nigeria Army!
this $30million is just the first installment!
IDRIS DEBY IS USING THIS BOKO HARAM THING TO BLACKMAIL BUHARI!

And if dem ask this "MAN" now, hin sef go say hin get brain o! SMH