squiffy2
April 24th, 2006, 11:16 AM
Nigeria is to be the first African nation to settle its debts with its official lenders:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4926966.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4926966.stm)
You can't help thinking that they have probably been willing and able to pay it off for years, but every time they sent a letter starting "My name is Chief Obasanjo, and I am willing to pay you USD12 billion" it went straight in the bin...
;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4926966.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4926966.stm)
You can't help thinking that they have probably been willing and able to pay it off for years, but every time they sent a letter starting "My name is Chief Obasanjo, and I am willing to pay you USD12 billion" it went straight in the bin...
;)