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About $32bn was lost to corruption during the six-year administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development said on Monday.

The agency said the huge amount represented 16 per cent of the previous government’s resources that could have been channeled to development.

The agency’s Head of Office, DFID Nigeria, Debbie Palmer, said this at the expression of undergraduate debates challenge to celebrate this year’s international anti-corruption day.

The event was organized by a non-governmental organization, Youngstars Foundation Initiative in Abuja.


She said millions of dollars tied up in legal challenges remained in other countries.

Palmer said: “An independent report estimates that up to $32bn was lost to corruption under the previous government. This is around 15 per cent of state resources during the period and could well be an under-estimate.

“So the estimate is that nearly 16 per cent of the previous government’s money was lost to corruption. That is a staggering amount of money. And that is money that is to all of you and to your future. That is why we all should care about corruption.

“Millions of dollars also remain in other jurisdictions tied up in legal challenges.”

Palmer said youths in the country have a critical role to play in President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft fight.

She added that the UK is committed to supporting Nigeria to tackle corruption in all its various forms through its anti-corruption programme in Nigeria.
http://www.akelicious.com/2017/12/nigeria-lost-32bn-to-corruption-under.html

transparency international will post their corruption index next year and we will know who's really corrupt.

“An independent report estimates that up to $32bn was lost to corruption under the previous government. This is around 15 per cent of state resources during the period and could well be an under-estimate.

which independent report?

mtcheeew.....

IBB,Abacha,OBJ have all ruled this country-so why limiting it to only one person's tenure.And how much have been lost under the leadership of the dullard criminal Nigeria have there now?
[/b]"She added that the UK is committed to supporting Nigeria to tackle corruption in all its various forms through its anti-corruption programme in Nigeria."[b] If only they will acknowledged that they really grasp the depth of corruption in the Buhari's government with it selective anti-graft war.

But that can never be compared to the 150 billion dollars lost to Buharis imcompetence in 2 years of purposeless governance ..

Debbie Palmer must be an Afonja

SalamRushdie:
But that can never be compared to the 150 billion dollars lost to Buharis imcompetence in 2 years of purposeless governance ..

Link to that please

SalamRushdie:
But that can never be compared to the 150 billion dollars lost to Buharis imcompetence in 2 years of purposeless governance ..

Those this justify the said amount that was looted?

philcz:
Those this justify the said amount that was looted?

No

I never liked this Jonathan but believe me Buhari made him start looking like a saint to me.

If this actually happened, then by the time Buhari leaves office 1 trillion must have been stolen under him.

If Not

How would someone explain that under Jonathan a bag of Semo was 1500 but under Buhari 3000.

A litre of fuel was 86 now 145.

And many more price hikes.

Who have answered for budget padding?
Who have answered for grass cutting project?
What of Ikoyi money?
Who stole the missing NNPC money?
How much did Buhari spend in London hospital?

... palm slippers are you the next plan

1 transaction = $26b dollars. Talk more of all the phantom explorations in the North

Its funny how they are making it sound like Jonathan started corruption in Nigeria. In one voice let us say that we dont want this thieves any longer, they have been embezzling for decades, they should have enough by now. Atiku is not going to be different from Buhari, it was the same thing they did in 2015, we all knew Buhari wasn't an option but would rather vote GEJ out. We shouldn't let them make Atiku our only option. It still not making sense

una don start again,tot u guys were done with blame game

E no go better for that mistake of a human being. Useless man kowai.




Ga shi dan iska, ga shi dan giya . Sai yaci ubansa wallahi.

I think I will be more interested in knowing how much would have been lost after Buhari's tenure in 2019! As at now I am sure it is closer to $35 billion already misappropriated already.

which independent report?

conducted by whom/which organisation?


how was the figure arrived at?


a link to the report would have been helpful.


that there was corruption under GEJ is not in doubt, but to what extent?


if GEJ's administration was so corruption driven, policies like FOI, BVN, IPPIS, TSA and other similar policies would have never been heard of...


it was GEJ himself that drew the attention of Nigerians to the issue of fuel subsidy manipulation.

Buhari sef

DFID should tell us how Buhari's economic policies have affected Nigerians since 2015.

Atichukwulators, come and earn your meagre evening allowance deflecting this indictment.

IPOB = PDP

PDP = BOKO HARAM.

Therefore.

IPOB = BOKO HARAM.

Go and argue with your ancestors if you disagree.

SalamRushdie:
But that can never be compared to the 150 billion dollars lost to Buharis imcompetence in 2 years of purposeless governance ..

Where did Nigeria earn that amount of money from? Selling the brains of Potopoto yoots to science research labs overseas?

DonVikings:
Where did Nigeria earn that amount of money from? Selling the brains of Potopoto yoots to science research labs overseas?

Oh so you don know that your master made our oil industry shrink over 100 billion dollars in value and projections when he lit up the Niger delta looking for Tompolo because of 13 billion naira land deal ..

SpecialAdviser:
I never liked this Jonathan but believe me Buhari made him start looking like a saint to me.

If this actually happened, then by the time Buhari leaves office 1 trillion must have been stolen under him.

If Not

How would someone explain that under Jonathan a bag of Semo was 1500 but under Buhari 3000.

A litre of fuel was 86 now 145.

And many more price hikes.

Who have answered for budget padding?
Who have answered for grass cutting project?
What of Ikoyi money?
Who stole the missing NNPC money?
How much did Buhari spend in London hospital?

Check the topic again and comment accordingly.

Paperwhite:
IBB,Abacha,OBJ have all ruled this country-so why limiting it to only one person's tenure.And how much have been lost under the leadership of the dullard criminal Nigeria have there now?

The looting spree during Jonathan's tenure was just too much.

Jonathan had the opportunity to solve a lot of problem facing this country during his tenure, like electricity, owing to the large sum of money that was coming into the country, but instead he squandered the opportunity.

SalamRushdie:


Oh so you don know that your master made our oil industry shrink over 100 billion dollars in value and projections when he lit up the Niger delta looking for Tompolo because of 13 billion naira land deal ..

Did he sell you people's brains?

Buh Atiku is not Jonathan na.... we are voting for Atiku hence this news holds no water.....

And the APC propaganda machinery continues. Buhari D Vegetable govt has already broken the corruption record set by Abacha who did not steal.

NCP:
Some of the dollars was used for the last PDP Cash-and -Carry Convention.

Why are you exposing your barawo bubu and his 40 thieves cabal of the All Poverty Congress, APC anyhow like this na

scribble:





Dollarization Of The APC Primaries: How Amaehi Vanquished Atiku #saibuhari

The blogosphere was inundated with reports of the excessive sharing of dollars at the All Progressives Congress which took place during the latter part of last week.

One APC supporter and Special Adviser to Osun Governor on Environment, BolaIlori had blown the scandal open after he saw the beginning stages of the dollarization in action.

He took to his Facebook page and scribbled, “Crazy things are happening here!!! Some of these cannot represent the change Nigeria is yearning for. Excessive dollarization by one of the aspirants to is to say the least obscene. I have been involved in political process for decades now, I have never witnessed this volume of raw dollarization of party primaries. I only read about this kind of things in PDP primaries. A question been asked by conscientious delegates is that whoever can be giving out between $2000 to $5000 to…delegates certainly does not represent the kind of change Nigerians want…those who contributed to the pauperization of Nigeria now revel in dollarization… majority of Ondo delegates are still standing with Buhari but have been reduced from 85% to 70% within 24 hours…the remaining has gone with dollars ooo.!!!!!”

One has to wonder how Buhari was able to win the primaries in this era of stomach infrastructure where dollars are like the Biblical manna that God sent down from heaven to nourish the Israelites as they made their way to the promised land.

Sources close to the APC with knowledge of the way the Primaries unfolded have revealed that it was Rivers State Governor, Amaechi who flew back to Rivers State and returned to Lagos on Thursday morning with enough dollars to make Benjamin Franklin blush.

It has been revealed that Atiku offered the delegates $5000 each, but Amaechi doubled it to $10000 a pop. Thus turning the tables in favour of General Buhari.

Since his adventure into the APC, Amaechi has gone out of his way to prove himself a party loyalist, always the first to shoki or azonto at the many events the APC holds, which he himself is usually the chief sponsor.

According to party insiders, Amaechi has overtaken Tinubu as the major financier of the party. One does not need to wonder why he is always at President Jonathan’s throat over misappropriated oil wells or other such business. Anything that diminishes from the State’s coffers will have a ripple effect on his funding budget for the APC.



Joe Francis wrote in from Port Harcourt.


http://www.theheraldng.com/dollarization-apc-primaries-amaehi-vanquished-atiku-saibuhari/

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3483217_amaechidollarisation_jpegb5e0800e024c28f6be3bb816a31e3e74

Saaruman:
And the APC propaganda machinery continues. Buhari D Vegetable govt has already broken the corruption record set by Abacha who did not steal.

That is why the barawo bubu said Abacha did not steal.
Barawo bubu stole more then and is even stealing more now with the aid of his 40 cabal thieves such as Baru in NNPC, who was exposed by Kachikwu.


www.nairaland.com/attachments/3040085_abachaaa_jpegb9b6ace1c002846314b86b3375f466a0


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Grabbeast:
The looting spree during Jonathan's tenure was just too much.
Jonathan had the opportunity to solve a lot of problem facing this country during his tenure, like electricity, owing to the large sum of money that was coming into the country, but instead he squandered the opportunity.

Is he the same person with Ebola Owu, the solicited navigator of the All poverty Congress, APC who stole $16 billion for electricity

Nigerian deals 'wasted billions
14 March 2008

Some $2.2bn-worth of Nigerian energy contracts were awarded without a bidding process by the former president and his energy minister, officials say.
One was to a company with less than $200 of base capital at the time, a witness told a parliamentary committee.

It is investigating why $16bn of investment in the energy sector during Olusegun Obasanjo's eight years in power failed to end power shortages.

More from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7296466.stm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iaCiityJqE

Obasanjo endorses APC moves, as party leadership visit Abeokuta
22.Dec 2013

The push by the opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC to dislodge the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP received a boost yesterday as former President Olusegun Obasanjo openly threw his weight behind the APC’s current initiatives.
The APC leadership, comprising some national leaders and governors visited him Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Saturday to solicit the former president’s support for the party in the forthcoming elections.
The party leaders, which started converging on Obasanjo’s Hilltop Mansion around 5:22pm, included former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s Interim National Chairman, Bisi Akande; former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari; former speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Masari; former Borno State governor, Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff; Senator Osita Isunazor; Senator Bukola Saraki and Lai Mohammed.
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State came to the former president’s house in company with the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissioin, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; the former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others in a convoy of three black jeeps.
Other APC governors at the meeting included Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abdulfattah Ahmed (Kwara), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano) and Senator Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo).
The Chairman of the New PDP, Kawu Baraje led some of his members and the former Kaduna State Chairman, Yero Makama, to the meeting.
Presenting the party chieftains and the APC governors to Obasanjo during the opening of the meeting, Akande said the party was in support of the former president’s 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan.
The APC National Leader, Tinubu who alluded to Obasanjo’s contribution to the building of the Nigerian nation, lamented that the country was divided more than ever.
Apparently referring to Obasanjo’s recent letter to Jonathan, he enjoined the former president not to shy away from speaking the truth.
Tinubu added that the APC had resolved to rescue Nigeria, appealing to Obasanjo to lead the mission.
“You’ve come out of tribulation and held the highest position in this country. We are here because of your courage. Nobody can say he has information more than you. You have surmounted a number of crises. Nigeria is divided more than before; to realise stable Nigeria, we want to encourage you to continue to speak the truth. We’re resolved and determined to rescue Nigeria. We want you as navigator,” he said.


Source: http://newmail-ng.com/new/obasanjo-endorses-apc-moves-as-party-leadership-visit-abeokuta/

SpecialAdviser:
I never liked this Jonathan but believe me Buhari made him start looking like a saint to me.

If this actually happened, then by the time Buhari leaves office 1 trillion must have been stolen under him.

If Not

How would someone explain that under Jonathan a bag of Semo was 1500 but under Buhari 3000.

A litre of fuel was 86 now 145.

And many more price hikes.

Who have answered for budget padding?
Who have answered for grass cutting project?
What of Ikoyi money?
Who stole the missing NNPC money?
How much did Buhari spend in London hospital?

Economis book is 1000k stop disgracing your self

Ratello:
I think I will be more interested in knowing how much would have been lost after Buhari's tenure in 2019! As at now I am sure it is closer to $35 billion already misappropriated already.

People talk without facts

How much has Buhari colleted as revenue??
Jonathan revenue was more than what abacha , abdusalami and obasanjo received combined yet what did he do

Let's be objective

How much has Buhari revived ?
Subtract $500m to pay federal workers every month then tell me how much is left