Was Cameron Right To Criticise Such Countries As Nigeria?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3584458/Well-s-bit-awkward-Nigerian-leader-country-branded-fantastically-corrupt-Cameron-arrives-London-summit.html

[youngmafbog]

He didnt criticize, he just reiterated a known fact.

[agchristie]

Yes, factually correct and only confirming what Buhari himself said....

[mikey4444]

Well, he was probably correct, and few would disagree with what he said.

But he was a tad cack-handed, saying it in front of Betty and the Arch Bish, especially as there was a TV camera focused upon him. Someone of his experience should have known better.

[Zacs-Master]

It would appear so:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/nigerias-booming-borders-drivers-and-consequences-unrecorded-trade?gclid=CjwKEAjwsMu5BRD7t57R1P2HwBgSJABrtj-RjKtF9Peaj-M6LCoEtl742WyXCpZFMJNDXIJ94l0GqxoCqIrw_wcB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Nigeria

http://hubpages.com/education/Corruption-in-Nigeria

https://www.pwc.com/ng/en/assets/pdf/impact-of-corruption-on-nigerias-economy.pdf

[Khandro]

He was saying nothing that HM didn't know (she knows everything that's going on) Its a rotten country.

[agchristie]

Maybe Cameron should chair a COBRA meeting with world leaders to establish how many snakes there are...

[retrocop]

More to the point. Shouldn't he be soundly criticised for knowingly giving £435 million of taxpayers money to two corrupt countries which are also rife with terrorists and we were in conflict with( Afganistan) ?

[viv41]

Yes.

[ChillDoubt]

I concur with retrocop. Furthermore, and along the same lines: giving millions to India whilst they sent a probe to Mars whilst millions of their citizens live in abject poverty.
But in these austere times I'm heartened by the fact that we're all in this together.....

[agchristie]

Whatever money has been given to Nigeria does not alter the fact that is a corrupt nation which Buhari has publicly acknowledged and has pledged to crack down on.

[Svejk]

Christ, I had an e-mail from a President Buhari asking me to launder money. I presumed it was a con and deleted it. ;-(

[agchristie]

Funny that Svejk, I had an email from the previous President. I thought it was goodluck...

[agchristie]

Mikey > But he was a tad cack-handed, saying it in front of Betty and the Arch Bish, especially as there was a TV camera focused upon him.

Was Her Majesty equally cack-handed when referring to China?

[New Judge]

It would be a good luck message only if your name was Jonathon. :-)

[mikey4444]

agchristie...(13:47)....not really, no. What she said and the Policelady agreed with her, was not really on the same scale.

[DTCwordfan]

Yes, Nigeria is corrupt as hell, even more bent than a banana.

[EDDIE51]

As said he was merely stating a fact!

[mikey4444]

DTC....but should Dave have said it, knowing that a TV camera was just to the side of him ? The Arch Bish didn't seem to agree.

[agchristie]

The Archbishop only referred to Buhari not being corrupt, not Nigeria itself Mikey.

[mikey4444]

agchristie.....if that is the case, then it wasn't very clever of Dave to make the statement that he did.