Nigeria on Wednesday pledged a donation of two million U.S. dollars (about N320m) in support of agricultural development and conduct of free and fair elections in Mali.
Vice-President Namadi Sambo made the pledge in Brussels at the International Donors Conference on the Development of Mali, organised by the EU, a statement by Malam Umar Sani, the Vice-President's Senior Special Assistant on Media, said.
The statement quoted the vice-president as saying that Nigeria had so far spent 45 million U.S. dollars (about N7.2 billion) on the ongoing efforts to achieve peace and restore normalcy in Mali.
He said Nigeria had also committed moneys to humanitarian assistance, rehabilitation, administration and maintenance of military operations for the restoration of peace in the country.
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