Presidency tackles Cameron, says he is not up-to-date about Nigeria

Apparently miffed by the insidious remarks by Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, which classified Nigeria and Afghanistan as ‘fantastically corrupt’ nations, the Presidency on Tuesday described the statement as a misrepresentation of the true situation.
Cameron had made the remark at an event marking the Queen’s 90th birthday at the Buckingham Palace.
“We’ve got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain… Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world,” Cameron said.
The UK will host world and business leaders at an anti-corruption summit in London on Thursday in London, towards galvanising a global response to tackle corruption.
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President Muhammadu Buhari and other world leaders are already in London for the summit.
Thankfully after Cameron’s comments at the Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby came to the rescue of President Buhari by saying: “But this particular president is not corrupt… he’s trying very hard.”
Also faulting Cameron’s comment, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said: “It is certainly not reflective of the good work that the President is doing. The eyes of the world are on what is happening here.
“The Prime Minister must be looking at an old snapshot of Nigeria. Things are changing with corruption and everything else. That, we believe is the reason they chose him as a keynote speaker at the the pre-summit conference.
“Thank you to the Archbishop. We very much cherish the good relationship between our two countries and nothing should stand in the way of improving those relations.”

 

 

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