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Letter to the Editor, 13th June 2007
AID AND CORRUPTION
Sir
The $60bn aid money pledged by the G8 leaders in Heiligendamm to fight Aids, malaria and TB in Africa, has to be seen in the light of the estimated $148bn lost to that continent each year through corruption. Indeed, the recently retired Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has claimed that 25 per cent of Africa’s combined income is lost to graft – that’s $15bn of the G8 cash gone before one child gets its treatment. Wouldn’t it make more sense to tackle that issue first, before throwing more money into the sizeable coffers of corrupt governments?
John O’Shea
GOAL UK
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