Corruption is getting worse in Nigeria, according to the latest corruption
\nperception index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
While the country scored 27\/100 and was ranked 136th in 2016, the latest
\nCPI scores Nigeria 28\/100 but with a rank of No. 148 out of 180 countries
\nsurveyed a significant 12 places below where it was the previous year.<\/p>\n
This will come as a blow to the President Muhammadu Buhari administration
\nwho came into office on the strength of his anti-corruption credential.<\/p>\n
Although the administration has put many suspects on trial and seized
\nassets of politicians and government officials, it has also been accused
\nof condoning corrupt practices by top government officials.<\/p>\n
The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived
\nlevels of public sector corruption in the opinion of experts and business
\npeople, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is
\nvery clean, according to TI.<\/p>\n
NIGERIA NOW MORE CORRUPT THAN KENYA
\nAn analysis by TheCable shows that Kenya, which was rated more corrupt
\nthan Nigeria in 2016, has now overtaken the west African country, climbing
\nto 143 from 145.<\/p>\n
Other sub Saharan African countries ranked higher than Nigeria are
\nBotswana whose joint 34 rank is the best in Africa as well as Rwanda
\n(joint 48) and Nambia (joint 53).<\/p>\n
Nigeria is ranked 148 along with Guinea and Comoros.
\nIn 2015, Nigeria scored 26\/100 and was ranked 136 although only 168
\ncountries and territories were surveyed then.<\/p>\n
New Zealand maintains the No. 1 rank with a score of 89\/100, Denmark No. 2
\nwith 88, while Finland, Norway and Switzerland are joint No. 3 with 85.<\/p>\n
CORRUPTION FIGHT IN NIGERIA STALLED<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the
\nnational contact of TI, says it is seriously worried about the new but
\nunfavorable trend in the fight against corruption in the country, as
\nbuttressed in the newly published CPI.<\/p>\n
On the African continent, Nigeria ranks 32nd position in Africa out of 52 This fresh setback in the fight against corruption confirms that Corruption is getting worse in Nigeria, according to the latest corruption perception index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) on Wednesday. While the country scored 27\/100 and was ranked 136th…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nassessed countries in 2017. While Botswana leads the continent with the
\nrecord of competent and largely corruption-free public administration,
\nNigeria hopelessly falls behind with 27 points. In West Africa, Nigeria is
\nthe second worst country out of 17 countries leaving only Guinea Bissau
\nbehind, CISLAC said in a statement releasedon Wednesday<\/span><\/span>evening.<\/p>\n
\ngrand-corruption, political corruption, nepotism, favoritism and bribery
\npersist in Nigeria at all levels. It is CISLACs view that the negative
\nperception is mainly a consequence of the inability to combat grand
\ncorruption and astronomical plundering of public coffers costing the
\nNigerian tax payers around 25% of annual GDP. Since the current
\nadministration has come to power on the anti-corruption ticket, no
\nsignificant politically exposed person has been duly sentenced on
\nanti-corruption charges, it added.<\/p>\n