{"id":38622,"date":"2015-05-16T19:28:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T18:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=38622"},"modified":"2015-05-17T15:11:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T14:11:59","slug":"corruption-obasanjo-buhari-govts-worse-than-jonathan-says-t-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/corruption-obasanjo-buhari-govts-worse-than-jonathan-says-t-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Corruption: Obasanjo, Buhari govts worse than Jonathan says T.I"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Transparency International has rated the out going government of Presidet Goodluck Jonathan as better, in the area of probity,\u00a0\u00a0 compared to the past governments headed President-Elect Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and that of Chief Oluegun Obasanjo.<\/p>\n

According to Transparency In\u00acternational\u2019s data from 1979 till date, shows that the tenures of both General Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo were more corrupt than the tenure of Jonathan.
\nThe data also showed that under the administration of President Jonathan, Nigeria has recorded its best score in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) since 1979. This is in complete contrast to the sordid picture of rampant corruption being painted by the opposition, ardent critics of the Jonathan administration and much of the media in the last few years \u2013 especially in the build up to the general elections.
\nBut the point that the figures from Transparency International make so clearly is that, in com\u00acparative terms, Nigeria is actually much less corrupt today, and per\u00acceived globally to be much less corrupt today, than it has been in the last 35 years \u2013 including under the regimes of General Buhari and President Obasanjo, both of who wear the toga and chant the man\u00actra of anti-corruption. Shockingly, according to the TI data, President Obasanjo\u2019s first tenure had the worst scale of corruption during the 35 years period between 1979 and 2015.
\nThe TI Corruption Perception Index is a rating of countries from 1 to 100 showing their corruption scale. A rating of 1 is the worst and rating of 100 means a country is completely free of corruption. The pass mark is 50 and any country scoring below 50 is considered a corrupt country.
\nIn the year 2000, Nigeria was ranked the most corrupt country in the world \u2013 and improved mar\u00acginally in 2001 and 2003 when it was rated the second most corrupt nation in the world in the TI\u2019s Cor\u00acruption Perception Index. This was certainly not under the watch of President Jonathan.
\nSince 2012, Nigeria has made steady improvements in the CPI. Indeed, under President Jonathan, for the first time in decades, Nige\u00acria is not in the list of 1-10 most corrupt countries in the world.
\nIn the 2014 Transparency In\u00acternational\u2019s Corruption Percep\u00action Index, issued in December, Nigeria was ranked 136 out of 175 countries surveyed in the re\u00acport. This ranking placed Nigeria, alongside five other countries, as the 39th most corrupt country in the world. This is Nigeria\u2019s best ranking in the last four years.
\nWith this ranking, Nigeria leap\u00acfrogged eight countries within a space of one year \u2013 from the 31st most corrupt nation in 2013 to the 39th in 2014. This may be regard\u00aced by cynics as a small achieve\u00acment: but it represents a big step in the right direction.
\nIndeed, the administration of President Jonathan deserves some commendation for the positive steps it has taken, and the modest achievements it has made so far, in the war against corruption \u2013 rather than the vengeful knocks it is re\u00acceiving from various quarters.
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