Tuesday 2 December 2014

FG Cancels Ongoing Training Of Nigerian Army Battalion By USA


The Nigerian government has canceled the ongoing training of the Nigerian Army battalion by the US government. This was revealed in a statement by the Public Affairs Section, United States, Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, Abuja.

Read statement below;

“At the request of the Nigerian government, the United States will discontinue its training of a Nigerian Army battalion. Based on mutual assessment of the Nigerian Army and U.S. trainers, a third iteration of training was agreed upon with the intent of developing the battalion into a unit with advanced infantry skills. 
We regret premature termination of this training, as it was to be the first in a larger planned project that would have trained additional units with the goal of helping the Nigerian Army build capacity to counter Boko Haram,”

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