Obama Snubs Nigeria,Gives France $35million Military Support to Fight Boko Haram

US President, Barack Obama has ordered the release of $35million military assistance to France for their support in Mali, Niger, and Chad from Boko Haram terrorists. 

Obama gave the order on Wednesday in a statement issued from the white house. See statement obtained from White House website below: 

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release April 29, 2015
Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE


SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the authority under section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the drawdown of up to $35 million in defense services of the Department of Defense to provide assistance to France in its efforts to secure Mali, Niger, and Chad from terrorists and violent extremists, and to make the determinations required under such section to direct such a drawdown.

You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

BARACK OBAMA

Obama's action is seen as the latest consequence of strained relations between Nigeria and the United States. Nigeria has been at the centre of the five-year boko haram insurgency.