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Government spends millions on peacekeeping

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    Nigeria’s government spent at least 2.3 billion naira (US $22.86 million) between October 1999 and February 2000 to sustain military operations at home and abroad, President Olusegun Obasanjo said in a memorandum to the national assembly.

    This includes peacekeeping in Sierra Leone as well as dealing with communal conflicts in various parts of Nigeria.

    In the document on ‘Financial Requirements of Military and Other National Emergencies’, Obasanjo said this spending was not included in the appropriations bill for year 2000, now under consideration by the national assembly, the ‘Post Express’ newspaper reported.

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