{"id":121896,"date":"2025-09-04T08:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=121896"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:01:06","slug":"chatham-house-faults-tinubus-anti-corruption-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/chatham-house-faults-tinubus-anti-corruption-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatham House Faults Tinubu\u2019s Anti-Corruption Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chatham House, a respected London-based policy institute, has raised serious questions about President Bola Tinubu\u2019s recent assertion in Brazil that his administration has eradicated corruption in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a new report, the think tank stated that corruption remains \u201cdeeply entrenched,\u201d undermining the economy, weakening the rule of law, and eroding public trust in national institutions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Authored by Dr. Leena Hoffmann and Tommy Hilton, the report pointed to a compromised judiciary and entrenched political capture as indicators that Nigeria\u2019s struggle with corruption is far from over.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Despite more than two decades of reform initiatives, the report observed that graft continues to define governance in the country, contributing to rising poverty now affecting 54 percent of Nigerians while driving emigration, public protests, political unrest, and extremist violence. Nigeria remains ranked among the 40 most corrupt nations globally on Transparency International\u2019s Corruption Perceptions Index, lags on the World Bank\u2019s control of corruption index, and places 33rd in Africa on the Mo Ibrahim governance ranking.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cCorruption diverts public resources away from vital sectors such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure, fuelling poverty and inequality,\u201d the report stated, noting that Nigeria\u2019s economic size masks low per capita output and stark inequality.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The report linked these persistent challenges to decades of military rule, political patronage, and weakened anti-graft agencies, while observing that bribery and clientelism have become widely accepted practices for navigating official processes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By scrutinising President Tinubu\u2019s claims, Chatham House has reignited debate over the effectiveness of ongoing governance reforms and the gap between official pronouncements and the lived experiences of many Nigerians.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi Chatham House, a respected London-based policy institute, has raised serious questions about President Bola Tinubu\u2019s recent assertion in Brazil that his administration has eradicated corruption in Nigeria.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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