• Moves to raise withheld aid from 50% to 100% pending FG’s action
•Steube: We can’t reward a govt that fails to protect its citizens
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The United States House of Representatives has approved an amendment seeking to withhold 100 per cent of the country’s assistance to Nigeria until the federal government takes effective steps to prevent and respond to terrorism and violence, significantly tightening an earlier proposal that sought to suspend only half of the aid.
The amendment, sponsored by Representative Gregory Steube of Florida’s 17th Congressional District, was adopted by voice vote during consideration of the appropriations bill.
