Tag: Transparency International

‘Tinubu rewarding corrupt individuals with appointments’ – CISLAC, Transparency Int’l

Aminu Imam

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has accused President Bola Tinubu of appointing persons believed to be corrupt into leadership positions. In a statement issued alongside Transparency International (TI) Nigeria, CISLAC said the appointments spread across political party level, the executive and the legislative arms of government. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, Executive Director CISLAC, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, said he was worried about the effect such actions would have on the morale of anti-corruption agencies in the country. He noted that the ministerial list sent to the…

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2022 Corruption Index: ‘Nigeria, other sub-Saharan nations most corrupt globally’ – Transparency Int’l

Aminu Imam

Nigeria and other sub-Saharan countries have bottomed the latest (2022) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report by Transparency International. According to the report, which was released yesterday, there has not been much progress in the fight against corruption under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in the last year, maintaining last year’s 24, out of 100 points. The sub-Saharan Africa region also took a setback, from 33 points average score last year to 32, underlying the deepening corruption crisis across the region as it relates to the cost of living, recovery from the…

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Nigeria emerges second most corrupt country in West Africa in 2021

Aminu Imam

…Seychelles, Africa’s smallest country, emerged as the least corrupt Despite the efforts of the anti-corruption agencies, Nigeria’s corruption data remains worrisome as a recent study ranks the country as the second most corrupt in West Africa (#154) out of 180 countries evaluated globally. This is based on statistics from Transparency International (TI)’s Corruption Perception Index, (CPI), for 2021. The index assigns a score to each country on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being the most corrupt and 100 being the cleanest. Nigeria has a historic low on…

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Nigeria drops 5 places to rank 154 on Corruption Perception Index

Aminu Imam

The 2021 Corruption Perception Index, (CPI), published by Transparency International, (TI), has revealed that Nigeria dropped five places. In the index released yesterday, which was made known by the Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani, during a press conference in Abuja, TI and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, (CISLAC), indicated that Nigeria ranked 154 out of 180 countries. According to Rafsanjani, the index revealed that Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points in the 2021 CPI, taking the nation five steps down from the 149th position it scored in 2019.…

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Corruption Perception Index: Transparency Int’l report scores Nigeria low

Aminu Imam

… Ranks 149 out of 180 countries  The global corruption tracking organisation, Transparency International (TI), on Thursday, released its 2020 annual report, in which it scored Nigeria very low, thereby casting aspersions on the relentless efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to curtail the scourge of corruption and its ripple effects. The latest TI’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) claims Nigeria scored 25/100, which is one point less than its 26 points in the previous year.  It pegged Nigeria at 149 out of 180 countries, a record that is three steps…

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Corruption Perceptions Index: Garba Shehu blames Nigerians for poor ranking by Transparency International

Ishaku Yohanna

…Says report a reflection of corruption by Nigerians and not by Buhari administration By Ishaku Yohanna Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, says the report by Transparency International (TI) that ranked Nigeria low was an indictment of Nigerians and not President Buhari or his administration. The Presidential spokesman said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday while reacting to the poor ranking on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index in which Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 and was named the…

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Nigeria, now 2nd most corrupt country in West Africa – Transparency International

Aminu Imam

…’Worsened rating under Buhari vindicates us’ ? PDP The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2020 Report published by Transparency International, (TI),  shows that Nigeria occupies the 149th position out of the 180 countries surveyed.  With the current ranking, Nigeria is now the second most corrupt country in West Africa, with Guinea-Bissau the only country more corrupt than Nigeria in the sub-region. Recall that in its 2019 Report, Nigeria was ranked 146th out of the 180 countries surveyed, scoring 26 points out of 100 points. For 2020, it scored 25 out of 100 points.…

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