Nigeria has so far committed
about $34million (about
N7billion) towards the
deployment of troops and
logistics support to the
Malian Crisis with an
additional pledge of $
5millionin further assistance.
President Goodluck Jonathan,
who made this disclosure at
the Donors’ Conference
organized at the end of the
20th Ordinary Session of the
African Union Summit in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on
Tuesday, also revealed that
900 combat soldiers and 300
Air Force personnel are
already on ground in Mali as
part of the African-led
International Support
Mission in Mali (AFISMA).
According to the president,
Nigeria’s commitment was
an expression of Nigeria’s
desire to restore normalcy in
Mali, noting that the country
has undertaken the re-
construction and
refurbishment of a number
of medical clinics in the
military barracks of some of
the Malian Defence and
Security Forces, as part of the
Security Sector Reform (SSR)
intervention to the tune of
US$5.5 million.

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