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US training for three more battalions

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    The United States will start training three battalions of the Nigerian army on September 1 as part of a peacekeeping training programme, ‘The Guardian’ newspaper reported on Wednesday.

    The daily reported the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Howard Jeter, as saying the training programme, Operation Focus Relief, was aimed at enhancing the military’s professionalism and upgrading its equipment, and that it followed the success recorded with two battalions trained last year. He was speaking at the opening on Monday of a five-day military/public affairs workshop organised by the US Embassy and Nigeria’s Ministry of Defence.

    Jeter described the Nigerian military as “a vital force for peace and stability in Africa” and “domestically ... turning in the same new direction as the nation - a fundamental democratic and political transition that ... will make this country greater, more prosperous and more stable in the future,” the report said.

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