Nigeria’s bid to combat the insurgency in the North eastern part of the countries got a major boost has four West African nations contributed troops to an international force being set up.
The countries are Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to him the neighboring West African nations pledged one battalion each at the regional Summit on Security held in Paris, last Saturday.
Speaking Abati said, “Nigeria and other countries in the sub-region will continue to cooperate and coordinate efforts to combat the Boko Haram menace. The countries will come together to put in place an effective border management regime.
“No effort will be spared to stop the proliferation of small arms and light weapons and the supply of arms and equipment made available to terrorists,” he added.
The Paris summit was convened by President Francois Hollande of France to fashion ways to deal with the Boko Haram terrorist group.