Boko Haram Aftermath: UK Provides $78m For Youth Empowerment Against Terrorism In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 17, 2019
The United Kingdom says it is currently supporting programmes to
increase economic opportunities for marginalised youths in northern
Nigeria with development funding worth nearly fifty million dollars,
about fifteen billion naira.
The UK Ambassador on General Assembly Matters to the UnitedNations, UN James Roscoe stated this at a UN Security Council meeting on peaceand security in West Africa, in New York.
Roscoe said the UK is providing additional twenty-eightmillion
dollars about eight-point-five billion naira infunding for projects
to “reduce young people’s vulnerability torecruitment by violent
extremist groups” in Borno state.
According to the envoy, the gestures are part of the UK’s
contributions, working with its partners in WestAfrica, to support
domestic efforts at preventing extremism andinter-communal violence
in the region.
Earlier at a briefing, Special Representative and Head of theUN
Office for West Africa and the Sahel, MohamedChambas, said the region had been “shaken by unprecedented violence” in recentmonths.