Nigeria, Afghanistan ‘most corrupt countries,’ says Cameron
In spite of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption in Nigeria, British Prime Minister David Cameron has tagged the country and Afghanistan “possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world.”
“We’ve got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain,” Cameron said, apparently referring to the anti-corruption summit he is hosting on Thursday.
“Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world,” he said, according to a video clip published by the ITV News channel on Tuesday.
It was not clear if Cameron knew he was being filmed.
He made the remarks to Queen Elizabeth II and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at an event marking the monarch’s 90th birthday last month.
President Muhammadu Buhari and Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani are both due to attend the summit alongside US Secretary of State John Kerry and the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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Is he wrong? How else can you describe a country where the minister of petroleum will organise and supervise the systematic stealing of petroleum proceeds.
Britain too is corrupt because they are accomplice of corruption. The country has been aiding and abhorring corrupt leaders around the world with million of pounds of Nigeria money and other countries money in British banks but one day God will intervene.
I am very proud of President Muhammadu Buhari at least the Archbishop of Canterbury vindicate him by saying that he not corrupt. My love for President Buhari and the late Major General Tunde Idiagbon would remain forever. I have always admired them since 1983 when they ruled Nigeria and would forever do.
when we talking about the deliberate action of man, we should not call the intervention of God because He the God will not do anything. Britain maybe corrupt but not as much as Nigeria,, unlike Nigeria where people will congratulate you for being corrupt. Buhari may not be corrupted be his government is. no Nigerian politician can come out and talk openly of not being corrupted. both present and past
That’s it. Buhari should cancel his visit at this undiplomatic and tactless statement.
No respect, no decorum. This is unacceptable.
if you can’t accept true criticism you can’t progress. the ugly truth is that not only Cameron consider Nigeria as one of the most corrupt country in the world. many think it but they do not want to say it openly to hearing. anywhere you are in this globe mention Nigeria they will tag you with two present facts: boko haram and corruption. this is frequent the way Nigerians are being welcome globally. unfortunately this is the ugly truth. Recently I was talking with a foreign friend, while talking about the death of Oba Benin and who will be his successor. in the recently, national newspaper carried news that the next Oba will be his first son, that was once ambassador of Nigeria to italy, My friend started to laugh without stopping. do you know he was laughing, because we know how much the future is corrupt when he was an ambassador to Italy. No need to give the detail here. unfortunately, Nigeria is know for boko haram and corruption.
How does he account for estacode if he cancels it?
This is a man who said G7 summon him and now the shell.
The only thing though, is Britain is the one that FANTASTICALLY benefit from the loots
where has my country Nigeria gone ? why do our people preferred to be lied to ? if you cannot be criticized you cannot be praised, that is being fair. are we heading towards dictatorship ?
Prime Minister Cameron was alluding to the fact that Nigeria gained unprecedented notoriety under the Jonathan administration as corruption riddled nation. Even the Archbishop of Canterbury was around to remind Mr Prime Minister that we now have a new sheriff in town.
Its amazing.Both are ex british colonies. And their corruption paradigm is fundamentally state sponsored
Just imagine David Cameron, son of a tax cheat. A man whose family is mired in corrupt financial deals. A man whose personal finance can’t even stand up to scrutiny. He was probably tipsy, in his natural characteristics. What we are witnessing here is the case of the pot calling the kettle black. Would he ever talk about the sleazy deals BAE is engaged in with the Middle East countries? Would he talk about members of his party in parliament stealing public funds to heat their stables? Would he talk about the monarchy’s involvement in the BAE’s sleaze?
It’s a shame that one who lives in a glass house can afford to throw stones. It’s also quite ironical that he made such unguarded remarks before the queen, who I am sure understands what corruption means. How on earth can one take seriously, a man who walks out of the pub and goes home, leaving his young daughter behind?
You have written intelligently Mr Henry Nwosu even the Queen was amassed by his daft remarks with the expression on her face, that is why the Archbishop of Canterbury quickly pointed out that President Muhammadu Buhari is not corrupt and trying very hard.
Cameron is stating the minds and traumatic experiences of Nigerians that have been impoverished by the governments at the 3 strata. Why are a few persons attempting to distort facts and the message, by quarreling with the messenger? Our fantastically and fanatically corrupt leaders have rendered Nigeria into a failed and insurgency dominated nation. Evidently, Nigeria without controversies is similar to Afghanistan.
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