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**Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Emergency Military Assistance to the Government of Nigeria**
**Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense**
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1) (the “Act”), I hereby determine that:
(1) an unforeseen emergency exists that requires immediate military assistance to the Government of Nigeria; and
(2) the emergency requirement cannot be met under the authority of the Arms Export Control Act or any other law except section 506(a) of the Act.
I therefore direct the drawdown of defense articles and defense services from the Department of Defense, and military education and training, of an aggregate value not to exceed $4 million, to provide assistance to the Government of Nigeria.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the *Federal Register* .
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