February 15, (THEWILL) – A US lawmaker representing Pennsylvania in the Congress, Scott Perry, has alleged that developmental funds provided as aid by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are being diverted to fund terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram, ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
The USAID has faced increasing scrutiny, particularly from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), over allegations of mismanagement and wasteful spending of U.S. taxpayer funds.
Speaking on Thursday, during the inaugural hearing of the Subcommittee on DOGE, Perry alleged that the Agency’s funds are diverted to finance terrorist organisations. He emphasised the misappropriation of about $136 million meant for building 120 schools in Pakistan.
Perry, who spoke in defence of Trump’s administration action to stop Aid to countries, especially Arab and Africans, said: “Who gets some of that money? Does that name ring a bell to anybody in the room? Because your money, your money, $697 million annually, plus the shipments of cash funds in Madrasas, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, ISIS Khorasan, terrorist training camps. That’s what it’s funding.
“You are funding terrorism, and it’s coming through USAID. And it’s not just Afghanistan because Pakistan’s right next door.
“USAID spent $840 million in the last year, the last 20 years, on Pakistan’s education-related programmes. It includes $136 million to build 120 schools, of which there is zero evidence that any of them were built. Why would there be any evidence? The Inspector General can’t get in to see them.
“But you know what? We doubled down and spent $20 million from USAID to create educational television programs for children unable to attend physical school.
“Yeah, they can’t attend it because it doesn’t exist. You paid for it.cSomebody else got the money. You are paying for terrorism. This has got to end.”
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