$135 Million "Costly Failure" - could have hired 1,300 nurses instead Cdn Taxpayers paid $135M to buy 3,196 motorbikes, 266 pickups, 16 station wagons and uniforms/work boots for 2,305 farm agents in Ghana but a consultants report found that The Department of Foreign Affairs “failed to provide necessary oversight.” Ghanian farm agents could not afford to refuel the vehicles or buy spare parts. An earlier study by Ghanian researchers concluded the motorbike purchase was a "costly failure." -Blacklock's Reporter *** We can debate how much foreign aid Canada should provide and to whom but there should be no excuse for wasting taxpayers' money. NOTE: $135,000,000 could feed approximately 321,428 Cdns for a year or pay for 27 million visits or hampers at Food Banks or hire over 1,300 registered nurses for a year.