By Musa Umar Bologi
Abuja
Minster of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has said that Germany will provide Nigerian Armed Forces with three million Euro to procure surveillance equipment, mobile medical care unit and other support services.
He disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at a joint press conference with the German Defence Minister, Ursala Von dar Leyen.
The Germany defence minister was in Abuja to hand over some military equipment donated by her country to Nigeria.
Dan-Ali said the money would be provided through the extension of the German Technical Advisory Group Agreement for three years, spanning 2017 to 2020.
He said under the existing agreement between the two countries, Germany had donated two mobile care units with extensive care unit facilities to the country.
He added that Germany has also donated Vallon metal detector/Improvised Explosive Device and Explosive Ordnance Disposal equipment, as well training of personnel and maintenance of the device.
He said Nigeria had also received three Mobile Tactical Ground Surveillance Radar systems from Germany for border security in the North East.
The minister thanked Germany for the assistance it had extended to the Nigerian armed forces so far to enhance their capacity to fight the Boko Haram terrorists.
In her remark, the German defence minister said combating terrorism was both “difficult and dangerous.’’
She said: “Everywhere, the terrorists live bloody trail of destruction and death and time and again, they single out the most vulnerable of their targets like children just like the Boko Haram does in Nigeria.
“This is why it is in our common interest that the population at home in my country, as well as here in Nigeria is safe so that the economy can grow again.