The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Mr Alan Tousignant, has on Monday stated that the U.S. Government is going to send officials from its Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, and other security experts to provide technical assistance to Nigeria on how to deal with terrorism.
Tousignant made the revelation when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau with a crack team of the U.S Security Governance Initiative (SGI)
Tousignant emphasized that 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 that 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.
