By Nkiruka Nnorom
THE US authorities stated yesterday it has funded completely different humanitarian tasks totaling $2.5 million in Nigeria within the final 10 years although the US Africa Command, US AFRICOM.
The US Mission in Nigeria, which disclosed this by way of its X deal with, stated whereas the US funded the tasks, the dedication of the Nigerian authorities and navy leaders had stored the tasks going.
Describing the tasks as shared burden, the Mission stated: “A USAFRICOM crew, led by Captain Temitope Oladimeji and Sergeant Naif Hernandez, assessed the effectiveness of U.S. navy funded humanitarian tasks in Nigeria.
“For over a decade, the U.S. navy has funded $2.5 million in tasks benefiting Nigerian residents. These embody a cellular hospital to the Federal Medical Centre in Jaji, a borehole offering water to the neighborhood of Tafa, and the subject material experience to develop the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Plan.
“Whereas the U.S. initially funded these efforts, the dedication of the Nigerian authorities, navy leaders, and native inhabitants have stored the tasks functioning so they might proceed benefiting Nigerian residents.”
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) performs a major function in Nigeria, focussing on safety cooperation and counter-terrorism efforts.
Its actions are primarily centered on supporting Nigeria’s navy by means of coaching, intelligence sharing, and offering tools to reinforce their capability to handle safety threats, fairly than participating in direct navy operations.
This help is a part of a broader technique to advertise regional stability and counter terrorism in West Africa, significantly within the Lake Chad area.
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