(Daily Mail) - Britain alone is contributing more than one billion pounds in foreign aid for Nigeria. This aid will help fund Nigeria's training program for astronauts that will join American, Chinese or Russian space missions. Nigeria also plans to launch its own rockets.
The space program is costing Nigeria millions of dollars. 70% of Nigerians live below the poverty line.
Despite Nigeria having the second-highest national income of all African countries, most of its people still live in poverty. It is also mired in corruption. The most modest estimates suggest between £2.5 and £5billion is stolen from the state’s coffers every year by corrupt officials and politicians.
Britain is also spending about £280million a year on aid to India, another country with its own space program.
Britain is also spending about £280million a year on aid to India, another country with its own space program.
Read more - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2387338/As-Cameron-attacks-Bongo-Bongo-MEP--How-1billion-cash-used-help-Nigeria-join-space-race.html
Backlash in Britain over financial aid to oil-rich Nigeria
Read more -http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2387359/Nigeria-country-corrupt-better-burn-aid-money.html
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