Guthrie Gray
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/ 12 February 2007

Oil money oozes into graft

Official corruption in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta is robbing the local population of basic health and educational services, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The 107-page report describes health clinics lacking running water and electricity — not to mention mattresses and even the most basic medications — and schools without textbooks and chalk.