₦airaland Forum

eagleeye2:
The same USA that refused to help some months ago. Issorite

Noloss:
Thanks to them

ShowYourCertificate:
Where were they all this while? These guys just wanted the ouster of Jonathan because he never danced to their tune (the anti-gay law comes to mind)

#Neocolonialism

cirmuell:
And you think they are helping now 'cause they think Buhari will dance to their tune or reverse the law? smh, I wonder how most of you guys think.


@GenBuhari, what yah say about this? Is it a ploy?

IbnSultaan:
The United States will provide $35 million in military
and defense support services to France as part of
America’s investment in the war against Islamist
terrorist group, Boko Haram. The American support,
contained in a press statement issued by the White
House late on Wednesday, is to provide assistance to
France which has been actively supporting Nigeria’s
French speaking neighbors—Niger and Chad—in their
fight against Boko Haram insurgents as well as Mali,
which is battling Islamist extremism. The three French-speaking have been in the forefront
of the war against the dreaded Islamist terrorist group.
Curiously, America’s new support did not mention
Nigeria, the country worst hit by Boko Haram’s
terrorist assaults. The conspicuous omission of Nigeria
has raised questions in diplomatic circles whether the
apparent snub represented a continuing fallout from
strained relations between the Goodluck Jonathan
administration and President Barack Obama over the
former’s original questionable response to the Boko
Haram menace.
Speaking off the record yesterday, a US government
official simply reaffirmed that the $35 million funding
was in support of French operations, which are not
taking place in Nigeria.
Some diplomats expect that, once President-elect
Muhammadu Buhari assumes office on May 29, the
White House will announce some new initiatives to
support the overall fight against terror groups in
Nigeria.
Last week, at Time magazine’s 100 influential people
gala in New York City, top US government officials,
including Samantha Powers, promised that the US
would do more to support the search for the Chibok
girls and the fight against Boko Haram in Nigeria.
Titled “Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,” the White
House statement noted that President Obama had
authorized Secretary of State John Kerry to facilitate
the US assistance to Mali, Niger and Chad,
significantly omitting Nigeria, where Islamist groups
had captured significant territories and killed
thousands of people in suicide attacks and military
operations.
In the White House statement, Mr. Obama declared, “I
hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the authority
under section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 to direct the drawdown of up to $35 million in
defense services of the Department of Defense to
provide assistance to France in its efforts to secure
Mali, Niger, and Chad from terrorists and violent
extremists, and to make the determinations required
under such section to direct such a drawdown.”
US-Nigeria relationship on Boko Haram has been rocky,
leading the Nigerian Ambassador to the US to openly
state that the American government had not given
Nigeria the needed support especially in the area of
weapons.
Indeed, the US government refused to sell US-made
Cobra fighter-helicopters to the Nigerian government.
Newly available information revealed that Nigeria was
to purchase the helicopters from Israel, but the deal
required US approval, which Washington declined to
give.
Under the terms of US-Israeli ties, the Israeli
government cannot transfer the military helicopters to
a third country unless the US government okayed the
transaction.
A US military training of a unit of the Nigerian military
was also abruptly ended late last year as the
Americans said Nigeria asked for the training to stop.
Earlier in the week, the US State Department issued a
statement condemning Boko Haram’s killing of 48
security officials from Niger Republic. The statement
came less than 48 hours after that State Department
condemned a terror attack that took place on the
Karamga Island in Lake Chad. The US offered
“condolences to the Government and people of Niger
and to the families and loved ones of those who lost
their lives and who are missing.”
The statement also condemned “the violent actions of
Boko Haram and its continued disregard for human
life. Boko Haram has perpetrated countless
unprovoked attacks on men, women, and children in
their homes, schools, places of worship, and
businesses. Their brutality and barbarism know no
bounds.”
The United States also restated its commitment “to
supporting the efforts of the multi-national Joint Task
Force (MNJTF) to help the countries of the region
increase their capabilities to degrade and destroy Boko
Haram. We commend efforts by the African Union and
Lake Chad Basin Commission countries and Benin to
stand up the MNJTF.”
http://saharareporters.com/2015/05/01/us-invests-35-million-fight-against-boko-haram

eagleeye2:
The same USA that refused to help some months ago. Issorite

GenBuhari:
what does "invests $35million" mean?

Is it not what you do when you want to make profit?