Dutch Diplomat To Nigeria Sacked For Exposing Corrupt Practises

Hans Smaling, a Dutch Diplomat has been sacked after he made comments about alleged unethical conduct and corruption indulged in by the country’s businesses operating in Nigeria. Smaling, who was stationed in Nigeria between 2015 and 2018 to lobby for the economic interests of the Netherlands, had repeatedly warned the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ‘endemic corruption’ in Nigeria. According to the Diplomat, it was impossible to advance Dutch businesses in Nigeria without making dirty hands, NRC, a Dutch online news outlet reported. β€œBringing in assignments in Nigeria without…

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