Terrorism: U.S to send FBI team to assist Nigeria.
The U.S. Government has promised to send officials from its Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, and other security experts to provide technical assistance to the federal government to deal with terrorism.
Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Alan Tousignant, disclosed this in Abuja, when he led a security delegation on a courtesy visit to the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau on Monday.
The envoy said the delegation, which comprised a team of the U.S Security Governance Initiative, was in the country as a follow-up to its earlier visit in January.
The SGI is an initiative of the U.S. government that offers enhanced security technical assistance to six African countries, including Nigeria.
The envoy said they were in Nigeria at the request of the Federal Government to provide a holistic security technical assistance and not to donate any equipment.
He explained that the federal government identified three major areas of partnership to include enhancing the Ministry of Interior’s emergency response coordination, Ministry of Defence’s procurement procedure and the civilian security planning for the North-East.
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He said the week-long interaction between the SGI team and the Nigerian security agencies would fashion out a robust roadmap to ensure better efficiency, transparency and justice in Nigeria’s security architecture.
The Team leader, SGI, Stephen Nolan, said both countries were working to finalize and implement a Joint Country Action Plan, JCAP, which was a document that outlined a roadmap for a successful partnership.
He said the JCAP emphasized partnership and finding Nigerian solution to its security challenges, and not about what the U.S was doing for Nigeria.
Mr. Nolan, however, assured that the forthcoming elections in the U.S and the change of government in January 2017 would not affect the project as they had been working hard to ensure its sustenance.
“I want to assure you that we have been working for the continuity and sustainability of this project, even after the Obama administration in January, 2017,” he said.
Responding Gen. Dambazau said the partnership would involve all security agencies and not just those of the Ministry of Interior to fashion out a holistic security roadmap to deal with terrorism and other crimes.
The minister said the meeting was in tandem with President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda to address security, corruption and the economy of the country in line with international best practice.
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