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| Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan seeks $1bn to fight Boko Haram | Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan seeks $1bn to fight Boko Haram |
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| Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan wants the government to borrow $1bn (£580m) to strengthen the military's capability to fight militant Islamists. | Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan wants the government to borrow $1bn (£580m) to strengthen the military's capability to fight militant Islamists. |
| Mr Jonathan wrote to parliament, asking for the expenditure to be approved. | Mr Jonathan wrote to parliament, asking for the expenditure to be approved. |
| Nigeria has a military budget of about $6.3bn a year but large sums are lost to corruption, critics say. | Nigeria has a military budget of about $6.3bn a year but large sums are lost to corruption, critics say. |
| Mr Jonathan has faced intense criticism over the government's failure to curb the increasingly brutal insurgency waged by the Boko Haram group. | Mr Jonathan has faced intense criticism over the government's failure to curb the increasingly brutal insurgency waged by the Boko Haram group. |
| The Islamist group caused international outrage in April when it abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in its heartland of north-eastern Nigeria. | The Islamist group caused international outrage in April when it abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in its heartland of north-eastern Nigeria. |
| In the letter to the Senate and House of Representatives, Mr Jonathan said he wanted to borrow the extra money as part of a "government-to-government arrangement". | In the letter to the Senate and House of Representatives, Mr Jonathan said he wanted to borrow the extra money as part of a "government-to-government arrangement". |
| He did not specify which country he was looking at making a deal with. | He did not specify which country he was looking at making a deal with. |
| Mr Jonathan said there was an "urgent need" to upgrade the equipment, training and logistics of the armed forces and security services to help them confront the "serious threat" posed by Boko Haram. | Mr Jonathan said there was an "urgent need" to upgrade the equipment, training and logistics of the armed forces and security services to help them confront the "serious threat" posed by Boko Haram. |
| "For this reason, I seek the concurrence of the National Assembly for external borrowing of not more than $1bn," he said. | |
| Who are Boko Haram? | Who are Boko Haram? |