The UK has pledged funds of £40m ($57.44m)to help Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond also said that Britain would train around 1,000 Nigerian militia in counter-insurgency operations.

The announcements came at the Regional Security Summit in Abuja, Nigeria. "President Buhari has shown strong leadership in the global fight against Boko Haram, a brutal organisation that has raped, murdered and kidnapped innocent civilians, forcing over two million people to flee their homes.

"Their allegiance to, and potential coordination with Daesh [Islamic State] is a reminder of the threat they present to the region and to British interests," Hammond said in a statement released by the Foreign & Commonweath Office.

The statement continued: "Britain and Nigeria, with support from the US, France, and its neighbours, are making progress to degrade Boko Haram, but we must maintain the momentum to win the war, and build the right conditions for stability in the region."
Hammond met with key regional leaders to discuss what the international community can do to support Nigeria with its security issues.


The fight against Islamic extremists will be paid out by the UK over a four-year period. The UN Security Council said the talks are to develop "a comprehensive strategy to address the governance, security, development, socio-economic and humanitarian dimensions of the crisis".
Martin Ewi, an analyst at the Institute for Security Studies, told Al Jazeera that Boko Haram is difficult to engage with the more remote areas of Nigeria.

"I believe Buhari [the Nigerian President] is acknowledging the difficulty and that it is not easy for the military to just go out there and elimate Boko Haram," he said.

"The rural areas have always been neglected when it comes to security and that has always been the problem - the ungoverned places. In many of these regions, the police are only getting to know them now. Now it is coming back to haunt us."

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/britain-offers-40m-nigeria-help-fight-against-boko-haram-1560107

Is the UK trying to apologise for Cameron's comments?

Britain Offers £40m To Nigeria In Fight Against Defeated Boko Haram, I laff in Cantonese.

[size=15pt]The £40m is significant to "make una no vex,cos we misyarn"[/size]

the money will be used for kwaruption

cos thats the only word Our president understand

watching in 3d

So one of the most fantastically corrupt countries is trying to help another fantastically corrupt country solve its issues....noice
_{I wonder at what cost}

Buhari has already won the war against Insurgency na.. Anyway its a good thing maybe he LIED tobuse the money to fund our budget...


I am 100% that Army has defeated Book Haram.

Buhari just scam UK that money. . Baba is a scammer...

Hope no hidden condition on the money... I see no reason why you keep accepting aid but don't want to devalue naira which will be only their condition in giving aid

Good

If I hear

Why pump in more money to a fight that has been publicized as "Technically defeated."They should channel the funds to other sectors or maybe use it to finance Lai's travels so he won't borrow again.

collect £40m and pay back times 10. these same uk invested 300m or 500m pounds then to d libya uprising. how e take end. evil pple

Too much money

Have they returned the corrupt money, or is it the same they are offering Nigeria in form of foreign aid?

sauceny:
[size=15pt]. .

Seun ban this dude for booking space with dot.

Stop giving these people aid Britain!

Where are all these funds going to?

Where is the fund that the US formerly remitted to Buhari to help fight poverty?
https://www.nairaland.com/2643936/us-give-buhari-2.3bn-fight .

fantastically good!

Medicine after death

Cos.of bashing they got from Nigerians..

Never again will religion or anything fool our people.. What is bad is bad

I laugh in Chinese.

Bubu daura oya see money 4 ya hand. How u go use am now?

This is good news, if Government will not pocket the money

Fryingpan1:
I laugh in Chinese.

as in kikikikikikiki?

I THOUGHT THEY HAVE TECHNICALLY DEFEATED BOKO HARAM

Endtime help

Ezedon:
This is good news, if Government will not pocket the money

even b4 d money come. Dem don already plan how dem go share am. So cool down. Na 9ja we dey.. Oga lai will come and say something about this moey soon. U go hear (Britain did nt give 9ja shi shi)

OK.

walozanga:
I THOUGHT THEY HAVE TECHNICALLY DEFEATED BOKO HARAM

that one nah english dem dey speak.

Now that the Britain have seen the Niger Delta Avengers causing serious harm to their investment suddenly became willing to help fight insurgence.

So what is their benefits to help fight BH? But watch as they will divert their resources towards the Avengers!

The Britain aren't interested in helping Nigeria fight terrorism.... They never have!
The Live of Nigerians means nothing to them

Nigerians will never learn!

I rest my case!

Please don't quote:

Nonsense!
They should give us the money stolen and stashed in their banks by our fantastically corrupt poli-thief-cians and stop making offerings like they are doing us a favour...
#giveusourmoney