“…The debate on the possible role of ODA has remained dominant in recent African development literature (Mahembe & Odhiambo, 2019;Asongu & Nnanna, 2018;Quibria, 2014;Asongu & Nwachukwu, 2018;Bwire, Lloyd & Morrissey, 2017;Crivelli & Gupta, 2017;Asongu & Nnanna, 2019;Ezeaku, Egbo, Nwokoby & Onwumere, 2019;Asongu & Leke, 2019;Moyo & Mafuso, 2017;Asongu, 2016;Mascagni & Timmis, 2017). Barring the controversy between statistical reality and political expediency, the underlying definition of ODA is actually anchored on the principle of developmental motivation.…”