The Nigerian Presidency on Tuesday said it found as “embarrassing” a statement credited to the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, describing Nigeria as a “fantastically corrupt” country.
In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Garba Shehu, shortly after the news of the Prime Minister’s comment went viral on the Internet, the presidency said, “This is embarrassing to us, to us say the least, given the good work that the President is doing, Mr. Buhari said. “The eyes of the world are on what is happening here.”
The presidency argued that the “Prime Minister must be looking at an old snapshot of Nigeria. Things are changing with corruption and everything else.”
The statement, however, welcomed the remarks by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who said President Buhari was not corrupt.
“Thank you to the Archbishop. We have great admiration for the good relationship between our two countries,” the presidency said.
Mr. Cameron was caught on camera ridiculing Nigeria as a “fantastically corrupt” country on Tuesday afternoon.
In the short footage, published by British television station, ITV News, Mr. Cameron told the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, that Nigeria and Afghanistan are “two of the most corrupt countries in the world”.
Mr. Cameron’s comment was published just as President Muhammadu Buhari departed Nigeria Tuesday to attend an anti-corruption summit organised by the UK government to be held in London on Thursday.


Mr. Cameron was briefing the Queen on the notoriety of countries expected to attend the summit during an event at the Buckingham Palace to celebrate the monarch’s 90th birthday, ITV News reported.
Mr. Welby, however, said Mr. Buhari is not a corrupt person.
“But this particular president is actually not corrupt,” the religious leader said. “Oh yes, he’s trying very hard this one.”

ganisucks:
Can this President be real for one second. The British Prime minister, who W̶̲̥̅̊åS̤̈̊ by the way expressing a callous opinion, said that Y̶̲̥̅̊ø̲̣̣̥ǖ, I A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ everybody in this country is Fantastically Corrupt. He wasn't ambigious, neither did he say it W̶̲̥̅̊åS̤̈̊ only the previous administration that W̶̲̥̅̊åS̤̈̊ corrupt. ΨђåƮ is wrong with this guy, is he slow or ΨђåƮ. Mr President, quit this ignorance game, A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ come up with a better response, instead ☀̤̣̈̇f this Kindergarten PR work, Please.

seunmsg:



I agree with you completely. This response from the presidency is too weak and watery. Transparency international gave a better response. All in all, we should all support the president's war on corruption, that's the only way to correct the country's battered image.

seunmsg:



I agree with you completely. This response from the presidency is too weak and watery. They should have just kept quiet if they know they have nothing meaningful to say. Transparency international did a better job of responding to Cameron's statement.

All in all, we should all support the president's war on corruption, that's the only way to correct the country's battered image globally. Our youths who support corrupt political leaders for political, ethnic and religious reasons should desist forthwith.

ononujuchika:
support one-sided fight against corruption?

What happened to those who padded our budget?

Did rat ate up the petitions written to EFCC about how amaechi and fashola stole their state blind?

What killed timipreye silver's case at EFCC?

When buhari and his EFCC lap dog probe source of his campaign funds from states that were owning civil servants at that time?

Till your hypocritical buhari answer these simple question don't expect us to take him serious.

Mr. Buhari argued that the, “Prime Minister
must
be looking at an old snapshot of Nigeria.
Things
are changing with corruption and everything
else”.

“Thank you to the Archbishop. We have great
admiration for the good relationship between
our
two countries,” Mr. Buhari said.

ElCount:
Says the president who told the whole world that his people are criminals

seunmsg:


You can't jail people for padding the budget because they have not stolen any money in the real sense. Budget paddling is just preparing the ground for future corruption. You can only take administrative actions against such people and the president already did that. He sacked the DG of the budget office and redeployed all the directors in the office. That's enough action for me.

On Fashola and Amaechi, it's the responsibilities of the government of Lagos and Rivers to investigate and prosecute them respectively. Buhari cannot do everything. Tell Wike and Ambode to do the needful, that's why they both have ministry of justice.

ononujuchika:
then the ministers who supervised the were given a presidential hand shake rite?

Your buhari and his EFCC can not probe fashola and amaechi? So why are the probing akpabio,ohakim and lamido?

I raised about four or five questions,so why choosing only two to address? Abi,are u in agreement with me on the other unattended questions?

seunmsg:


To the best of my knowledge, no minister was accused of supervising the budget padding. In fact, it was some of the ministers that complained during budget defence that the figures they have is different from the ones being disclosed by the national assembly committees.

Lamido's case was instituted during the GEJ administration, the Buhari government only continued with it. Ohakim and Akpabio are being investigated for partaking in the sharing of Dezianis election bribe funds. The funds that was shared belongs to the federal government.

ganisucks:

#REALTALK
David Cameron, can't stand fakers, A̶̲̥̅̊Ω̴̩̩̩̥D̶̲̥̅̊ says it as it is. He sees Buhari as the biggest Fraud in history. That's why I like him, he says it as it is, irrespective ☀̤̣̈̇f who's ox is gored.