Nigerians have been confronted with the news the past week of the 'illegal' withdrawal of $496 million from the nation's coffers by the executive for the purchase of Tucano fighter jets to execute the war on terrorism.

The past adminstration of Goodluck Jonathan tried without success to purchase military equipment but was frustrated by the actions of the US citing gross human rights abuse amidst other concerns.

While this new development is laudable and should be appreciated, the process brings the entire exercise to questionable heights. It can be agreed that there is no good way of doing a wrong thing and vice versa. There are processes for every official action which when not followed brings disrepute to the process and persons involved.

The brazen withdrawal of public funds without recourse to the official channels and procedures is one of these actions. The US has over the time acted as a watchdog and reference for other countries both in government and otherwise. Can this unilateral action be condoned in their climes or are there different rules for the same actions.
If the government of Gej can be refused the sale of equipments on human right grounds, has there been any change of situation presently?
On what basis is this 'change' anchored on?
Is the US now encouraging acts which can be described in plain terms as corruption?
Is the illegal withdrawal of public funds even for a good reason to be encouraged?

While not trying to blame others for our own problems, it is pertinent to remind the 'world police' of the repercussions of its actions especially at this time when there is an ongoing war against embezzlement of public funds. In other to maintain its moral and fiscal responsibility grounds, this deal should be put on hold and the Nigerian executive advised to go back and do the right thing to give legitimacy to these actions. It would seem to have failed if it encourages acts that breeds corruption.

My thoughts though

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