Corruption Worries Complicate Nigeria's $1Billion Request to Combat Boko Haram -- Voice of America
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is seeking up to $1 billion in foreign loans to help fight Boko Haram militants but the country's reputation for corruption could make foreign donors wary.
The extremist group kidnapped more than 200 girls from their school in northeastern Nigeria in April.
And, in a recently released video, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said his group was also responsible for a June blast that killed two people in Lagos.
The two incidents are among a long string of attacks prompting Jonathan to seek foreign loans to finance Nigeria's battle against the militants.
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My Comment: Nigeria is one of the most corrupt countries in the world .... and in it's fight against Boko Haram .... completely ineffective. A billion here or a billion there is not going to make any difference in this fight until the Nigerian government takes a step forward to face up to the endemic corruption that exists in it's society, and to reform the military into a fighting force instead of a band of (fill in the blank).
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