The base of a multi-national military offensive against Boko Haram will cost some $30 million over the next year, the head of a regional security grouping said Wednesday in Nigeria, appealing for help.
His comments came as defence ministers and military chiefs from Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin -- which will contribute military personnel, police and civilians to the so-called Multi-national Joint Task Force (MNJTF) -- met in Abuja to thrash out plans to take on the militants.
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