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Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Nobody:
Eugenedimgba:
Read what you wrote again...deep down inside you,you know you've written is senseless.
Sorry! I know it pains!
Wailers after reading the Post be like.........!

Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by modath(f): 7:53pm On May 10, 2016
omenka:
Let them die of hatred and frustration. The better for our country.
How good news about one's country go depress person?

This is beyond hate, it's deep psychological order.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by ooshinibos: 7:54pm On May 10, 2016
adeyemi2015:
Responding to the recent comments by David Cameron, Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director of Transparency International said:

“There is no doubt that historically, Nigeria and Afghanistan have had very high levels of corruption, and that continues to this day.  But the leaders of those countries have sent strong signals that they want things to change, and the London Anti-Corruption Summit creates an opportunity for all the countries present to sign up to a new era.  This affects the UK as much as other countries: We should not forget that by providing a safe haven for corrupt assets, the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are a big part of the world’s corruption problem.”

http://www.transparency.org/news/pressrelease/transparency_international_responds_to_cameron_comments_regarding_nigeria_a


See Cameron's statement here https://www.nairaland.com/3097280/david-cameron-describes-nigeria-fantastically
The UK do not force the Nigerians corrupt officials to come and dump their loot in UK ....and the Switzerland too .
the UK government have always prosecuted money laundering cases but the will not stop investment indirectly injected into the UK economy , its common sense
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by ooshinibos: 7:58pm On May 10, 2016
but honestly o , aint we corrupt , I was passing through the airport and the custom officers were openly asking for *oney , I think this corruption is part of our culture ...
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Maski87: 7:59pm On May 10, 2016
Can see all of them abusing Cameron for telling the truth there is no need for that if you are stupid enough to steal your people's money and go and buy property in another man's country thereby impoverishing your country and supporting the economy of another country you deserve what you get. Nigeria is a fabulously corrupt country there is no excuse for what We are doing to our people
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by paix(m): 8:00pm On May 10, 2016
john4reala:
WHAT IS TODAYS DATEhuh
Yesterday was 9th.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by currentbrands(m): 8:00pm On May 10, 2016
'' We should not forget that by providing a safe haven for corrupt assets, the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are a big part of the world’s corruption problem.”






That ends the news!
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Nobody: 8:02pm On May 10, 2016
ooshinibos:
The UK do not force the Nigerians corrupt officials to come and dump their loot in UK ....and the Switzerland too .
the UK government have always prosecuted money laundering cases but the will not stop investment indirectly injected into the UK economy , its common sense
Are you indirectly blaming PMB for the Transparency International's Report?!
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by kokomilala(m): 8:03pm On May 10, 2016
Pathologically, Britain is even more corrupt than any other country, if corruption is seen from the prism of coveting other land's wealth.They have built their fading empire on colonial plunder.They spent about 100 yrs in Nigeria; 300 in India, about 200? in the US; about another 100 in South Africa, something similar in Australia and New Zealand and so on.
Their British Councils all over their former colonies act as bases for the grounding and extension of their hegemony.
They made sure structures that would help their former colonies develop were never on ground before they left.Nkrumah's Ghana; the fledgling democracy in Nigeria,..The list is endless!
We are conscious of corruption in our system, but Cameron-a game addict-shouldn't be making judgements on us.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by 9jatatafo(m): 8:07pm On May 10, 2016
UK is more corrupt than Nigeria because they accept stolen money in their banks and also allow the looters to buy landed properties there. A case of a kettle calling pot black
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Nobody: 8:08pm On May 10, 2016
Descartes:
Lies, a poor defense from Garba Shehu and his lying crew to the president on new media.

Transparency ko transcurreency ni
So Garba Shehu is now working with TI?!
What will it cost you to click on the link and confirm the Writer by yourself?!

Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Nobody: 8:08pm On May 10, 2016
Haba you guys shouldn't feel offended by his comments Nigeria is corrupt though undecided
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by WATERLee1: 8:08pm On May 10, 2016
Wow, he got served
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by ooshinibos: 8:09pm On May 10, 2016
adeyemi2015:
Are you indirectly blaming PMB for the Transparency International's Report?!
No , í blame all Nigerians for putting up with corrupt leaders , we in Nigeria have allowed corruption because we accept it as normal , 80 percent of Nigeria all genetically corrupt , even Buhari cannot change it locally , I see corruption at all levels ,it has become a culture which buhari cannot alter
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by podosci(m): 8:09pm On May 10, 2016
ooshinibos:
but honestly o , aint we corrupt , I was passing through the airport and the custom officers were openly asking for *oney , I think this corruption is part of our culture ...
Sometimes i see policemen who beg for 10naira in a busy city with everyone seeing them... Thats not the shocking part... The fact that nobody even cares, evebody goes about their normal business is shocking...
We need another another War agaisnt indecipline spear headed by Gen Burutai.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by dragunov: 8:10pm On May 10, 2016
sonnie10:
MEMO TO MY PRESIDENT, THE THIEF CATCHER...

My dear Mr. President,
Rankadede sir.

There is always this sense of excitement from your supporters whenever they hear that someone (always from the opposition) has been invited by EFCC. They go overdrive whenever figures are mentioned.

Let me make it clear: I am 100% in support of you if you go after those who were awarded contracts and collected money without working. I will be your anti-corruption ambassador of you go after service chiefs who diverted money meant for their services. I support you if you go after banks who aided money laundering. I am your man if you go after those itchy fingers at FIRS. Or those who collected defence contacts and subsidy claims and ran away. BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE MY GUY WITH THIS YOUR PROBING OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS. You know why? You are more GUILTIER than those you are pursuing!

It is not only immoral, but against law of natural fairness for you who publicly announced that you borrowed money to buy your nomination form, but ran a campaign of hundred of billions of naira. Where did your money come from? Let tell you certain things which you know about or pretending not to know.

* When Akin Ambode resumed as governor of Lagos State, the total money he reportedly met in ALL Lagos State bank accounts was a paltry N850m! It was the lowest in recent memory. Not that alone. Capital budget for the fiscal year had been executed up to 85%! Yet, that was just FIVE months to the year. We only saw capital spending without capital projects. If they present these facts before you, you cannot deny you don't know where these monies went to.

*Rivers State has been complaining over almost N100b missing few months to the end of one of your minister's tenure as governor. Invite Wike over and you will hear ween!

* Each state being ruled by your party was taxed to contribute to your campaign. Depending on the strength of their treasuries. But they tried to outdo themselves. Sir, can you swear by Allah that you don't know why many states could not pay salaries today? Ask your campaign treasurer! And also banks they took overdrafts from!

* One of your ministers today, who is seen as agents of change, actually took N1b bank loan to prosecute a second term election he lost in 2014. If you are keen at probing campaign funds, sit him down and ask how he intends to pay back. As I write this, the loan is still pending!

* There are couple of banks and oil service companies who contributed to your campaign funding too. Your EFCC has pretended as if it is not aware.

Politicians know themselves. They know how they fund campaigns. It is public funds. Contracts are inflated or outrightly not carried out. Funds are diverted. Banks play their own role. Contractors key in. On the eve of election, banks overwork themselves. From minister/commissioner down to special assistants, cash is provided for them to go and prosecute elections in their areas. These runs into billions. Is that acceptable? NO! BUT THAT WAS HOW YOUR OWN ELECTION WAS PROSECUTED TOO.

I learnt you turned the blind eye when all these were going on. You jettisoned your long held personal principle not to have anything to do with thieves. After winning election and assuming office, you wanted to pick that principle again and expect someone like me to hail you? No sir! Lailai!

Since you saw nothing wrong in people stealing to run your own campaign, you have no moral justification to go after those who equally stole to run their own campaigns too. Public funds are public funds, either in Abuja or Lagos!

I will continue this campaign until your DSS picks me up. That's the worst they can do!

Assurances of my highest regards! Say me well to the First Lady. Sorry, Wife of the Thief Catcher. Sorry again, Wife of the President...

~ Samuel Ajayi
Attention seekeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by udoh2k: 8:12pm On May 10, 2016
adeyemi2015:



“There is no doubt that historically, Nigeria and Afghanistan have had very high levels of corruption, and that continues to this day. 
Continues into one yr of pmb/apc administration
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by MrPresident1: 8:20pm On May 10, 2016
dragunov:
Attention seekeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!
How is he an attention seeker? Has he lied? The truth will set you free.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Gaddafithe2nd(m): 8:31pm On May 10, 2016
Seened:
I watched the conversation between the pm, the queen, the archbishop and other persons. If I am the Nigerian president I will immediately cancel my attendance at the summit. Imagine the manner the pm felt so morally puffed up when he mentioned Nigeria and Afghanistan. He was feeling like he was God.
Nigeria better wake up. How can someone who is treating you for a terminal disease go behind your back and start announcing to the world that you will die soon. I am peeved.
Western nations are hypocrites. They don't practice what they preach.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by back2sender: 8:33pm On May 10, 2016
Descartes:
Lies, a poor defense from Garba Shehu and his lying crew to the president on new media.

Transparency ko transcurreency ni
See one of the caricatures who bubu has rendered jobless, no more loot money again to sustain them
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by yaki84: 8:37pm On May 10, 2016
politricks:
The bolded statement above summarises the whole article and the gross hypocrisy of that useless cameron abi na amplicox. How can someone you know is a thief gives you money to hold and you accept it only to turn around and call that person 'corrupt' what about you?. I don't blame them, i blame those people that out of hatred for buhari supports any negative report about the country forgetting that we are in the ship together and God forbids anything happen to it, 'Titanic would be a child's play'.
u forget so soon that 13 months ago u were in our shoes. rejoicing over every negative utterances against naija. anything that put naija in bad light was welcomed by u guys so it can be a campaign material for una.
dont blame us for acting mysterious, we r just doing what apc taught us.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Favored4gud: 8:41pm On May 10, 2016
Read it again and understand what Cameron is indicating. He is saying him as a representative of UK and other Nations that allow such act, are part of the problem. No hypocrisy there. When someone finally admit they are part of a problem and decides to call out others that are part of a problem and want a solution and not be part of it any more.

Its like you stealing n giving me to keep n one day I say I don't want to be part of it anymore and call out on others that are part of it. So we can keep a clean slate. My hope is that they honor their words or commitment.
politricks:
The bolded statement above summarises the whole article and the gross hypocrisy of that useless cameron abi na amplicox. How can someone you know is a thief gives you money to hold and you accept it only to turn around and call that person 'corrupt' what about you?. I don't blame them, i blame those people that out of hatred for buhari supports any negative report about the country forgetting that we are in the ship together and God forbids anything happen to it, 'Titanic would be a child's play'.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by olajide8(m):
sonnie10:
MEMO TO MY PRESIDENT, THE THIEF CATCHER...

My dear Mr. President,
Rankadede sir.

There is always this sense of excitement from your supporters whenever they hear that someone (always from the opposition) has been invited by EFCC. They go overdrive whenever figures are mentioned.

Let me make it clear: I am 100% in support of you if you go after those who were awarded contracts and collected money without working. I will be your anti-corruption ambassador of you go after service chiefs who diverted money meant for their services. I support you if you go after banks who aided money laundering. I am your man if you go after those itchy fingers at FIRS. Or those who collected defence contacts and subsidy claims and ran away. BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE MY GUY WITH THIS YOUR PROBING OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS. You know why? You are more GUILTIER than those you are pursuing!

It is not only immoral, but against law of natural fairness for you who publicly announced that you borrowed money to buy your nomination form, but ran a campaign of hundred of billions of naira. Where did your money come from? Let tell you certain things which you know about or pretending not to know.

* When Akin Ambode resumed as governor of Lagos State, the total money he reportedly met in ALL Lagos State bank accounts was a paltry N850m! It was the lowest in recent memory. Not that alone. Capital budget for the fiscal year had been executed up to 85%! Yet, that was just FIVE months to the year. We only saw capital spending without capital projects. If they present these facts before you, you cannot deny you don't know where these monies went to.

*Rivers State has been complaining over almost N100b missing few months to the end of one of your minister's tenure as governor. Invite Wike over and you will hear ween!

* Each state being ruled by your party was taxed to contribute to your campaign. Depending on the strength of their treasuries. But they tried to outdo themselves. Sir, can you swear by Allah that you don't know why many states could not pay salaries today? Ask your campaign treasurer! And also banks they took overdrafts from!

* One of your ministers today, who is seen as agents of change, actually took N1b bank loan to prosecute a second term election he lost in 2014. If you are keen at probing campaign funds, sit him down and ask how he intends to pay back. As I write this, the loan is still pending!

* There are couple of banks and oil service companies who contributed to your campaign funding too. Your EFCC has pretended as if it is not aware.

Politicians know themselves. They know how they fund campaigns. It is public funds. Contracts are inflated or outrightly not carried out. Funds are diverted. Banks play their own role. Contractors key in. On the eve of election, banks overwork themselves. From minister/commissioner down to special assistants, cash is provided for them to go and prosecute elections in their areas. These runs into billions. Is that acceptable? NO! BUT THAT WAS HOW YOUR OWN ELECTION WAS PROSECUTED TOO.

I learnt you turned the blind eye when all these were going on. You jettisoned your long held personal principle not to have anything to do with thieves. After winning election and assuming office, you wanted to pick that principle again and expect someone like me to hail you? No sir! Lailai!

Since you saw nothing wrong in people stealing to run your own campaign, you have no moral justification to go after those who equally stole to run their own campaigns too. Public funds are public funds, either in Abuja or Lagos!

I will continue this campaign until your DSS picks me up. That's the worst they can do!

Assurances of my highest regards! Say me well to the First Lady. Sorry, Wife of the Thief Catcher. Sorry again, Wife of the President...

~ Samuel Ajayi
The Writer
Samuel Ajayi
Cc: C-in-C of the fed Rep of Nig

Dear writer,

On behalf of the president of the federal government of the republic of nigeria, I send you my best wishes and regards.

With these few points, though full of a lot of sarcasm, from you. I would like to stress this point once more "I am for no one and belong to everyone" and the efforts put forward by the current administration headed by my humble self. I would like to draw your attention to a few issues,

1. When I came into power on may 29 I meet an economy that was borrowing money to pay salaries

2. I also met a government that had less then $28b in foreign reserves

3. I met a country in which 3 states apart from their capitals were in the control of insurgents, killing and making farrows into the interlands, bombing and killing innocent peace loving nigerians, of which I happened to be a victim and for the mercy of God and the bullet proof truck I was in maybe the story today may have been different, this happened in kaduna- I doubt you have experienced any thing like this, apart from hearing it on radio and seeing it on tv.

4. My administration met a country overtaken with a lot of kidnapping on our high ways

5. Doctors strike and challenges in the educational sector, as a result of the refusal of the past administration to look into the complains of the players

6. I met a government in which people with no know form of industry own billions and owned a lot of private jets at the expense of millions that were hungry and begging for arms

7. We have been faced with cattle rustling in which I have been a victim in time past.

8. The power situation I met on ground shows that we had the potential to produce but, distribution was the problem, thou as of the time I took over unofficially we were generating 4000mw, for a population of 170m nigerians and that was within the rainy season when we had the potential to do more.

9. We also had the issue of theft of the common patrimony of nigeria, "OIL" because whether we like it or not until the day their becomes another country split out of nigeria- which would not happen in my time, (all the land mass represent the sovereign state of nigeria, of which is my current constituency) by those said to be watching the pipelines, government could not account for what was coming in(ships) and what was being taken out crude, we also had illegal refineries dotted across the length and breath of the niger-delta, causing oil spills.

10. I also met a monopolised economy that depended heavily on importation for everything from tooth picks to machinery and food, we were already importing garlic.

11. I met a bureaucracy that I thought was efficient and needed a bit of tinkering to make it work, but from the padding of budgets to increasing allocations in the budget we have been able to identify the problem

12. I also observed this issue of election funding, and that's part of the reasons why, I raised my funds for elections from those that bought scratch cards, I raise N500m and ordered they stop selling my campaign donation scratch card. I also diligently, monitored the amounts coming into the account, knowing fully well that he whom comes to equity must come with clean hands.

13. For this purpose, finally we visited the petition of the past CBN governor, after implementing the single treasury account, and on the surface discovered $2.1b stolen outright and another $15b, plus $3.8m foreign aid for antiroviral drugs, so many road contracts allocated, designed and executed on paper but upon visiting - nothing had taken place, e.g lagos ibadan expressway, 2nd niger bridge kaduna kano high way to mention but a few. Monies gotten as income were looted and a handful of nigerians could actually fund th nigerian budget for 7years with what had been stolen.

My fellow nigerian, I am working asidiously to correct all these ills in the structure and polity of the country, I would no also shy away from allow the EFCC to do their job, like investigating any politician if he belongs to my party or otherwise, I must state that all that has been probed have direct payments from the CBN some banks and the movement of these monies shows outright stealing.

Assurances of my highest regards, as that boy (nnamdi kanu), that also did not collect permit to broadcast a radio, causing civil unrest and death, came into nigeria without either using his nigerian or british passports needs company. For the purpose of decorum, an insult on the person of my wife who is neither a political appointee or elected appointee does not sound well, as the international community is also reading.

Your commander in chief
President M. Buhari
2015-2019
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by ooshinibos: 8:53pm On May 10, 2016
podosci:
Sometimes i see policemen who beg for 10naira in a busy city with everyone seeing them... Thats not the shocking part... The fact that nobody even cares, evebody goes about their normal business is shocking...
We need another another War agaisnt indecipline spear headed by Gen Burutai.
this has been going on for years has a bad habit which eventually rolled into a culture ,Nigerians now expect to pay bribes even outside Nigeria , Buhari cannot solved it locally , he can resolved the one in the federal levels , but how will he resolve the ones in our local street , local council office , market place , local banks , local schools ,Nigerian embassies , local pension office , universities admin office , local police stations , local hospitals , local govt pharmacies , fish market , meat market ..even tomato seller , government receptions ..i can go on for ever ....
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by phenzeek: 8:55pm On May 10, 2016
The fact that someone or some people chose to defend a generally known fact shows how currupt this country is.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Laid2001: 8:59pm On May 10, 2016
The only sin of PMB on his anti-curroption fight is that he is not arresting all thieves.
But he has not arrested a single clean, honest man.

So, dear wailers, your saviour was in government for more than 5 years and his party for 16 years, you had your opportunity to arrest all the thieves but you could not even arrest any. Yet you will not let the one who can arrest atleast some of the yam eaters to do it.!!

For God's sake PMB was elected to clean the federal government and the governors are to do same at the state level. All previous ministers, All MDA directors, all the yam eaters at Federal level, who fortunately were PDP members, will be scrutinized. If he leaves out any yam eaters at Federal levels, another government will catch them if and when PMB/APC leaves government.!!

However, I expect the state governments to go after their own yam eaters as well. They all have the powers under the constitution to do that and should not be waiting for PMB to do that for them!
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by ooshinibos: 9:03pm On May 10, 2016
the David Cameron is not lying and being transparent actually .. I bet he knows more than most of us , he has access to all the deposit of Nigerian govt looters and co ..the deposits actually help the UK economy via the tax collected on the interest the Nigeria money generates ..Nigerians you don lose again ..keep bring the money here
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by FxMallam: 9:08pm On May 10, 2016
ooshinibos:
the David Cameron is not lying and being transparent actually .. I bet he knows more than most of us , he has access to all the deposit of Nigerian govt looters and co ..the deposits actually help the UK economy via the tax collected on the interest the Nigeria money generates ..Nigerians you don lose again ..keep bring the money here
No disagreement however, the hypocrisy in all of it is that, they collect the money knowingly because it helps their economy. If he is really concerned, they can pass laws that audit accounts of known politicos or make it more difficult to use their country as a storage shed for looted funds. IMO, the guy was just chyking the Queen to show that he's working.
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by DealZ(m): 9:10pm On May 10, 2016
That david cameron abi camera sef na better hypocrite, no be dis idiot name comot 4 panama papers wey him com giv one stupid excuse say na him papa run d package when him mates de resign by d mere mention of their names in such papers....oga buhari atleast now u go knw say all those white fuckas no send us, make u de do dealings with them eye to eye no go giv dem ur back o, its hy time these indians chinese n whites go de fvk back where they came coz their help get 2face
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Lugano(m): 9:14pm On May 10, 2016
David How much your Papa hide for Panama?
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Rayhutar(m): 9:27pm On May 10, 2016
Chaii Nigerian youth, in an effort to defend Buhari, you guys have lost your sense of reasoning, imagine politicians stealing public fund and investing in another man country, and the citizens is busy blaming the innocent country of where the money is invested as been corrupt, nawaa oo!!! in Germany, they need more investment and if anybody bring in huge amount of money to buy new estates and build new companies that will generate more jobs for their citizens, how will their government stop the inflow of the needed capital to boost their GDP, they beg or force your thieving politicians to bring the money to them, Africans mostly Nigerian corruption is a disgrace to humanity, you guys should continue to blame innocent countries that is receiving the booties from your country to boost their economy, tongue cry cry, Nigerian should understand that the west need your money more than you need it, in Germany there is no limit to the amount of money that you can bring in, but you can not leave Germany with more that 10,000€
Re: Transparency International Responds To Cameron Comments Regarding Nigeria by Nobody: 9:35pm On May 10, 2016
#IStandWithCameron

#BritishBanksNotResponsibleForCorruptLeaders
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