Despite being ranked as as one of the poorest countries in the world, it has been revealed that Nigerian politicians own the most expensive houses in London.
This was revelation was made by Mr. Charles Dukwe, Founder and chairman of New Nation, an empowerment oriented group, while unveiling the Queen of Compassion and Kill the Killers Initiative (QCKKI), a grassroots anti-diabetes and high blood pressure campaign in Port Harcourt, Rivers State at the weekend.
According to him, “The most missing thing in Nigeria is compassion. We want to use compassion as a value and drive it through people so that people can help one another in the society.
“There is a street in London. It is called Edgerton Crescent. Edgerton Crescent, the most expensive street in the world. A house there is worth three million pounds, four million pounds each, British celebrities that have money don’t buy houses on that street. ”They will tell you it is too expensive. Seventy per cent of the houses there are owned by Nigerians,” he alleged.
“Our aim is to make compassion a core-value in the society,” the New Nation chairman said.