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Over $9 billion stolen in Nigeria in seven years: Minister
[Iran Press TV] Fifty-five Nigerians, including former ministers, governors, business leaders and public officials, have stolen nine billion dollars in public funds in seven years, the information minister claims.Addressing news hounds at a Monday presser in the Nigerian capital Abuja, Lai Mohammed said that the money was stolen between 2006 and 2013, without identifying the accused. The looted funds could have built 36 hospitals or educated 4,000 children through university, Mohammed said. "The situation is dire and the time to act is now," he noted. The minister also appealed to Nigerians to join the fight against corruption that is crippling Africa's biggest economy, population and oil producer. "If we don't kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria," he stressed. According to Mohammed, the stolen money included USD 2.1 billion meant to buy weapons to fight the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... terrorist group but instead was diverted to the election campaign of former President  Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau.Other than that he's pretty useless as the Boko Haram debacle shows.. . Posted by: Fred 2016-01-19 |
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