President Buhari approves $1bn to fight Boko haram

According to Cable reports,the minister of
defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, disclosed this
on Wednesday, April 4, following a
security meeting with the president. He
said they reviewed the security situation
of the country before te president gave
his approval for more equipment to be
purchased.
The minister's speech disclosed “I can inform you that
of recent, our leader, President
Muhammadu Buhari, gave approval for
the purchase of more equipment for the
military, worth $1 billion.
“This is a normal meeting of security
agencies in the country. As usual, we
discussed the current activities that
affected most of the states in the
federation like Taraba, Zamfara and other
states.
“We have operationalised a division in
Sokoto, there will be a brigade in Katsina
and another brigade in Zamfara that will
take care of security situation in that
area.
“The strength of security personnel has
increased, including the Air Force
additional quick response group, they
have added enough manpower in that
area.”