President
Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, has taken a swipe on Nigeria, labeling the
country and her citizens as corrupt. He made the remark during his 90th
birthday luncheon hosted by the service chiefs and the public
commission.
Mugabe said Zimbabweans are now almost behaving like Nigerians who have to be corruptly paid for every service.
“Are we now like Nigeria where you have to reach your pocket to get
anything done,” he said. “You see we used to go to Nigeria and every
time we went there we had to carry extra cash in our pockets to
corruptly pay for everything. You get into a plane in Nigeria and you
sit there and the crew keeps dilly dulling without taking off as they
wait for you to pay them to fly the plane,” said the president followed
by a huge laugh from the delegates attending his birthday bash.
The current corruption rankings in the world rank Zimbabwe’s
corruption a lot worse than Nigeria. Nigeria is ranked 163 worst corrupt
country in the world while Zimbabwe is an embarrassing 170 third from
the bottom.
The report was carried by Bulawayo24 News, based in Zimbabwe.
