The English Daily has
laid into the President, Muhammadu Buhari saying that he has at least £1m in the Bank, 5 houses and 2 plots of land.
The Foreign Newspaper
also reported that Britain is set to give Nigeria £250m in aid this year.
In their words “The
presence of Nigeria’s president at David Cameron’s anti-corruption summit this
week may surprise many in his nation – which receives vast amounts of UK aid.
Self-proclaimed
‘People’s President’ Muhammadu Buhari began a war on corruption after taking
power last year, but critics allege it is a political witch-hunt.
The Government is giving nearly £250million in the coming year to
oil-rich Nigeria, whose president sends his daughter to a £26,000-a-year English
school.”
They reported that
PDP sympathisers had in April discovered a ticket stub confirming that Buhari’s
daughter, Hanan, had flown first class from London to Nigeria even after the
President had expressly stated that no government official was allowed to do so
with government funds.
The Daily Mail also
talked about the vast amounts in which government officials earn in Nigeria
stating “Nigeria has the highest-paid
government officials in the world but is one of the largest beneficiaries of UK
foreign aid.”
They concluded that
the Nigerian Embassy have so far not commented on any of the allegations.
President Buhari has
been credited with saying that he sends his children overseas for their
education because he can afford it and the daily wasn’t clear as to whether the
money spent by Buhari or his family was government funds or personal cash.
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