British TV anchor kick towards UK govt giving N136m in monetary aids yearly to Nigeria with so many millionaires

A British journalist, Lowri Turner, has referred to as on the UK authorities to chop its overseas support to Nigeria.

In a video that has now gone viral, Lowri, whereas talking on the Channel 5 present within the UK, questioned the accountability of the funds despatched as support to Nigeria. She argued that the £136 million despatched to nations like Nigeria is commonly misplaced to high-level corruption and fails to succeed in the extraordinary individuals who really need it.

She mentioned {that a} nation like Nigeria with so many millionaires and dropping over $15 billion to corruption yearly, shouldn’t be handed extra overseas support that can’t be accounted for.

She mentioned the UK is dealing with extreme home challenges, hardworking British residents can not afford their vitality payments or meals and that such aids to nations like Nigeria should be minimize quick.

She mentioned the UK authorities has a larger accountability to handle its personal residents earlier than sending hundreds of thousands overseas.

‘’We at present give Nigeria £136 million a 12 months. They have eight and a half thousand millionaires there, and so they lose roughly $15 billion a 12 months in corruption. So, we’re giving cash to a rustic that has a large number of rich folks in it and this cash might be fuelling the corruption, so I do not suppose we ought to be giving them aids.

There is little question support funnels corruption in sure nations. It additionally infantilizes them. If you ask some folks in African nations, they are saying ‘’We don’t desire white saviour complicated’. We need to have the ability to construct our personal economies”

She puzzled why the Nigerian authorities would proceed to require support from overseas nations when it boasts of so many millionaires.

Her submission has sparked a debate on-line.

Watch the video of her talking under