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Punch Newspapers Sections Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Presidency has blamed Nigerians for the country’s poor ranking on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index in which Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 and was named the second most corrupt nation in West Africa and ranked 149 out of 180 countries. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday, barely two days after ...

Corruption Perception Index for Solomon Islands Public Sector Remains Same Mr. Paulsen says Solomon Islands has one of the highly corrupt public sectors in the region and the government is not doing enough to tackle it. Source: The Economic Times Monday, 01 February 2021 09:12 AM Solomon Islands remains at 42 out of a 100 on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published by Berlin based, Transparency International. Recently the 2020 CPI was launched by Transparency Solomon Islands...

Nigerians, in the course of last week, woke up to another damning report by the international corruption watchdog, Transparency International, in its 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report, in which Nigeria was ranked 149 out 180 countries in the world. The country was also adjudged the second most corrupt country in West Africa, only surpassed by Guinea-Bissau and the 13th most corrupt on the Aftican continent. The 2020 CPI also showed a worsening in the nation’s corruption rating sin...

❚ You already voted!   The Presidency says Nigerians are to blame for the country’s poor ranking on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index in which Nigeria scored 25 out of 100. In the rating released last week, Nigeria was also named the second most corrupt nation in West Africa and ranked 149 out of 180 countries.   Senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity Garba Shehu said on Monday on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily progra...

Views: Visits 42 The Presidency through its spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu has blamed Nigerians for the country’s poor ranking on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International. The latest report showed that Nigeria scored 25 out of 100, named the second most corrupt nation in West Africa and ranked 149 out of 180 countries. Shehu who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday, said the report is a reflection of corruption by Nigeri...

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says Nigeria's poor rating on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) by Transparency International is not a true reflection of the country's anti-graft war.

Mary Addah, Research and Programs Officer for Ghana Integrity Initiative The Research and Programmes Officer for Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Addah, says there is more room for improvement with respect to Ghana’s fight against corruption. This comment comes after Ghana scored an average mark of 43 out of 100 on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International performing better than 39 other Sub-Saharan African (SSA) including Benin, Lesotho, Burkina ...

Corruption should not infest COVID-19 efforts The 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) was released yesterday by Transparency International. Ghana scored 43 out of a possible clean score of 100 and is ranked 75 out of 180 countries included in this year’s index. This CPI score indicates that Ghana gained two points compared to its 2019 score of 41. Ghana’s score also exceeds the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) average of 32 and is equal to the global average score of 43. According to the report...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas has dropped one spot to being ranked at 30 out of 180 countries on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). The Bahamas scored 63 points out of 100 on the index. Barbados, which ranked at 29, scored 64. New Zealand and Denmark both ranked number one, each with a score of 88. The report states that a country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale from zero to 100. Zero means the cou...

Reuters Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign boast that he would eliminate corruption in the Philippines , the country’s rating in Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index remained at the same level as last year and one notch lower than when he began his presidency in 2016. By most accounts, corruption has worsened under Duterte and, by his own admission, the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown to stem its spread have become lucrative sources of graft. The i...