Originally Posted by
VinRouge
I think you need to move the decimal place. Reccommended 0.7% Of GDP works out at 13.3 billion in Fy16.
Be interesting to see if with one hand the treasury giveth whilst the other takes away...
I sincerely hope we will see a genuine change in the direction of UK aid. BJ recently pledged £400m to NIGERIA. Has the plonnker ever been to Nigeria? Even if it sent to some sandal-wearing DFID-graduates to do good for starving babies - IT WILL BE STOLEN! These people just have no idea how corrupt, venal and self-serving Africans are.
And still whenever I make my regular BALufthansa flights from Abuja to Europe - the outgoing plane is full of fat Nigerian men in First Class, mostly Nigerian men in Business Class, and mostly fat Nigeria pregnant women about to bursting economy class - but the return flight is half empty except for the sandal wearing Oyibos travelling in Business class on DFID/GIZ or equivalent budget.