Security expert Kabiru Adamu has weighed in on allegations by a US lawmaker that the US Agency for International Development, USAID, has been facilitating the sponsorship of Boko Haram, the terrorist group dominant in Nigeria and the West African region.

As DAILY POST earlier reported, Scott Perry, a US Congressman representing Pennsylvania, accused USAID of funding terrorist organisations such as Boko Haram.

Perry made this claim during the inaugural hearing of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Thursday.

Speaking at a session titled “The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud,” Perry alleged that USAID had provided $136 million for the construction of 120 schools in Pakistan, but claimed there was “zero evidence” that the schools had been built.

According to Perry: “Who gets some of that money? Does that name ring a bell to anybody in the room? Because your money—$697 million annually—plus shipments of cash funds madrasas, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, ISIS-Khorasan, and terrorist training camps. That’s what it’s funding.”
Before Perry’s assertions, figures such as tech billionaire Elon Musk—who leads President Donald Trump’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—had moved to seize control of USAID, describing it as “evil and a criminal organisation.”

While Adamu acknowledged the possibility of some governments sponsoring terrorism in other countries, he argued that Perry should have provided evidence to support his claims.

Adamu also criticised what he described as the Trump administration’s approach to airing sensitive issues in public.

“Such issues are not new. They have been on the table for a very long time, but the manner in which the current US government is washing its dirty linen in public is concerning,” he said in an interview with Channels Television.

“When we assessed Trump’s four years in office, we expected volatility. We knew there would be some impulsive reactions, but this is beyond what we anticipated. Since the creation of DOGE, the department has attempted to do a lot in the name of improving government efficiency. And of course, you have to consider the Republicans’ position on the matter, especially that of Trump’s supporters.”


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