UK halves humanitarian aid to Nigeria while urging it to tackle Boko Haram

‘The British government has halved the amount of humanitarian aid it gives to Nigeria, while calling on its leaders to do more to tackle extremist group Boko Haram.
The UK will give the African country £200 million (US$257 million) of aid over four years from 2018 to 2022. That amounts to £50 million a year, half the amount given in 2017, and below the £70 million provided in 2016.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and International Development Secretary Priti Patel have been in Nigeria to assess the UK’s response to the country’s humanitarian crisis caused by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram’s insurgency.
“My job isn’t just to give aid and give money, my job is to make sure that money goes further and that we leverage that with the Nigerian government to make them step up and do more,” Patel said, according to the Telegraph.’
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