UK UNIVERSITIES TURNING BLIND EYE TO NIGERIAN MONEY LAUNDERING ASSOCIATED WITH FOREIGN STUDENTS, SAYS REPORT
February 1st, 2021
UK universities are turning a blind eye to Nigerian political elites laundering dirty money through their fees, according to a paper published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from West Africa expert and non-resident scholar, Matthew Page. Commissioned by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, ‘West African Elites’ Spending on UK Schools and Universities: A Closer Look’ (1), flags up the “unexplained wealth” used by Nigerian politicians and public officials to pay British university and boarding school fees. This is ...
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