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 since 2015, as the Buhari administration’s best could only manage 25 points out of a possible 100.
The 2019 TI report had ranked Nigeria 146th out of the 180 countries surveyed, scoring 26 points, while in the 2018 report, the largest country in Africa ranked 144 out of 180, pointing to the fact that corruption had worsened in the country.
T.I’s report fails to reflect FG’s anti-corruption achievements- Official
The minister says the Federal Government has put in place many anti-corruption preventive measures not acknowledged in the TI’s report. 5 min read
The Federal Government has said Nigeria’s poor rating in the 2020 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (TI-CPI) does not reflect “the great strides by the country in its fight against corruption.”
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said in a statement on Sunday that the Federal Government had put in place many anti-corruption preventive measures not acknowledged in the TI’s report.
In the statement signed by his spokesperson, Segun Adeyemi, the minister said the implementation of the various reforms, especially in the Ease of Doing Business, would start yielding positive outcomes in the country’s corruption perception and other relevant assessments in the next 12 to 24 months.
The presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari deserves credit for diminishing corruption in the public service. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a
NIGERIA, in the Global Corruption Index (CPI) 2020 released on Thursday by Transparency International, fell three places to 149 out of 183 countries. With
Nigeria ranks 149th in Corruption Perception Index Nigeria-Corruption Index-Ranking January 29, 2021 to 14:31 345 APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The Transparency International (TI) says that Nigeria ranked 149th on its latest corruption Perception Index (CPI) after it picked 25 points, the worst since 2013.
Nigeria dropped three points from its 2019 ranking when it sat 146th on the table, local media reports said on Friday.
The reports added that the 2020’s index was co-led by New Zealand and Denmark after they polled 88 points individually, while Finland, Switzerland and Singapore (a country that emerged from a stinky official corruption history under the late Lee Kuan Yew) followed in that order.