The U.S. Government has said it would send officials from its
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other security experts to
provide technical assistance to the Nigerian Government to deal with
terrorism.
The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Alan Tousignant,
disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he led a security delegation on a
courtesy visit to the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau.
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.
Mr. Tousignant said they were in Nigeria at the request of the
Nigerian 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.
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 finalise and implement a Joint Country Action Plan (JCAP) which was a
document that outlined a roadmap for a successful partnership.
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